Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Members of the US Congress touted improvements to children’s privacy protections as an urgent priority. So why didn’t they do anything about it?
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:34:33 +0000
After an 18-month rampage, global law enforcement finally moved against the notorious Alphv/BlackCat ransomware group. Within hours, the operation faced obstacles.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000
On Telegram, scammers are impersonating doctors to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates and other products, showing how criminals are taking advantage of conspiracy theories.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 01:02:52 +0000
Plus: Hackers reveal flaws in crypto wallets holding $1 billion, a massive breach of Danish electric utilities, and more.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: Apple tightens anti-theft protections, Chinese hackers penetrate US critical infrastructure, and the long-running rumor of eavesdropping phones crystallizes into more than an urban legend.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:59:59 +0000
Kytch, the company that tried to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines, has unearthed a 3-year-old email it says proves claims of an alleged plot to undermine their business.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:22:40 +0000
Ten years in, Microsoft’s DCU has honed its strategy of using both unique legal tactics and the company’s technical reach to disrupt global cybercrime and state-backed actors.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:56:43 +0000
A hacker group calling itself Solntsepek—previously linked to Russia’s notorious Sandworm hackers—says it carried out a disruptive breach of Kyivstar, a major Ukrainian mobile and internet provider.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:20:53 +0000
Competing bills moving through the House of Representatives both reauthorize Section 702 surveillance—but they pave very different paths forward for Americans’ privacy and civil liberties.
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Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:28:02 +0000
With its war against Russia raging on, Ukraine has begun raising funds to rebuild homes and structures one by one using its own crowdfunding platform.
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