Are You Being Tracked by an AirTag? Here’s How to Check
Credit to Author: Reece Rogers| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000
Useful advice for anyone worried that one of Apple’s trackers is following them without consent.
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Microsoft Disabling Macros Is a Huge Win for Security
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:20:45 +0000
Word and Excel files you download from the internet just got a whole lot safer.
Read morePlaying With Crypto? You’ll Need a Wallet (or Several)
Credit to Author: Omar L. Gallaga| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000
Buying and selling NFTs or transferring digital currency is going to require a little leap of faith. Here’s how to get started.
Read moreThe DOJ’s $3.6B Seizure Shows How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 23:16:59 +0000
A couple allegedly used a “laundry list” of technical measures to cover their tracks. They didn’t work.
Read moreThe Alt-Right on Facebook Are Hijacking Canada’s Trucker Blockade
Credit to Author: Chris Stokel-Walker| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:49:30 +0000
In Ottawa, a protest against vaccine mandates has become an international sensation. American far-right personalities are behind its online rise.
Read moreMyanmar’s Fight for Democracy Is Now a Scrap Over Phone Records
Credit to Author: Morgan Meaker| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:00:31 +0000
Norwegian Telecoms giant Telenor wants to leave Myanmar. Activists say its exit risks putting their data— and their freedom—at risk.
Read moreCryptocurrency Is Funding Ukraine’s Defense—and Its Hacktivists
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:00:00 +0000
As Russia continues to amass troops at the border, resistance groups have seen a surge in crypto donations.
Read moreAn Insidious Mac Malware Is Growing More Sophisticated
Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000
When UpdateAgent emerged in late 2020, it utilized basic infiltration techniques. Its developers have since expanded it in dangerous ways.
Read moreHealth Sites Let Ads Track Visitors Without Telling Them
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000
Privacy policies didn’t tell the whole story about third-party tools gathering personal information from the sites of medical and genetic-testing companies.
Read moreA $320 Million Crypto Hack Sends the DeFi World Reeling
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: News Corp gets hacked, UK snacks ransomware, and more of the week’s top security news.
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