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Security News This Week: Ring Is in a Standoff With Hackers
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A SpaceX supplier ransom, critical vulnerabilities in dozens of Android phones, and more.
Read moreSenator Warner on the Restrict Act and a US TikTok Ban
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:59:24 +0000
WIRED spoke with the coauthor of the Restrict Act, a bipartisan bill to crack down on tech from six “hostile” countries.
Read moreThis Is the New Leader of Russia’s Infamous Sandworm Hacking Unit
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:35:52 +0000
Evgenii Serebriakov now runs the most aggressive hacking team of Russia’s GRU military spy agency. To Western intelligence, he’s a familiar face.
Read moreAI-Generated Voice Deepfakes Aren’t Scary Good—Yet
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000
The threat of scammers using voice deepfakes in their cons is real, but researchers say old-school voice-impersonation attacks are still the more pressing concern.
Read moreA Spy Wants to Connect With You on LinkedIn
Credit to Author: Jennifer Conrad, Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China have been caught using fake profiles to gather information. But the platform’s tools to weed them out only go so far.
Read moreThe World’s Real ‘Cybercrime’ Problem
Credit to Author: Andrew Couts, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000
From US state laws to the international stage, definitions of “cybercrime” remain vague, broad, and increasingly entrenched in our legal systems.
Read moreRansomware Attacks Have Entered a ‘Heinous’ New Phase
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000
With victims refusing to pay, cybercriminal gangs are now releasing stolen photos of cancer patients and sensitive student records.
Read moreHow a Catholic Group Doxed Gay Priests
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: A data breach exposes Washington, Ring camera footage has a new problem, and the George Santos scandal slips into the world of cybercrime.
Read more‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Are Now a $3 Billion Threat
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:32:36 +0000
The FBI’s latest Internet Crime Report highlights the stunning rise of investment-themed crimes over the past 18 months.
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