Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Harvard students pack Meta’s smart glasses with privacy-invading face-recognition tech, Microsoft and the DOJ seize Russian hackers’ domains, and more.
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Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:30:00 +0000
After decades of relying on buttons, switches, and toggles, the Pentagon has embraced simple, ergonomic video-game-style controllers already familiar to millions of potential recruits.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.
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Credit to Author: Vas Panagiotopoulos| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:15:53 +0000
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s one-year contract with Paragon’s US subsidiary comes amid the Biden administration’s years-long crackdown on commercial spyware vendors.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:59:21 +0000
UK law enforcement and international partners have released new details about the cybercriminal gang Evil Corp, including its use of the Lockbit ransomware platform and ties to Russian intelligence.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Scamming operations that once originated in Southeast Asia are now proliferating around the world, likely raking in billions of dollars in the process.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: The US Justice Department indicts three Iranians over Trump campaign hack, EU regulators fine Meta $100 million for a password security lapse, and the Tor Project enters a new phase.
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Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A handful of Tesla’s electric pickup trucks are armed and ready for battle in the hands of Chechen forces fighting in Ukraine as part of Russia’s ongoing invasion. Can the EV take the heat?
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Credit to Author: Morgan Meaker| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:24:17 +0000
As Israel intensifies its attacks on Lebanon, eerie messages have been arriving on the phones of civilians on both sides of the border, with authorities in each country accusing the other of psychological warfare.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will—the latest in a plague of web bugs that’s affected a dozen carmakers.
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