Credit to Author: Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000
This week on Uncanny Valley, we break down how one of the most common card shufflers could be altered to cheat, and why that matters—even for those who don’t frequent the poker table.
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Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:13:16 +0000
Peter Williams, a former executive of Trenchant, L3Harris’ cyber division, has pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing trade secrets and selling them to an unnamed Russian software broker.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:51:38 +0000
WIRED recently demonstrated how to cheat at poker by hacking the Deckmate 2 card shufflers used in casinos. The mob was allegedly using the same trick to fleece victims for millions.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0000
The Universe Browser is believed to have been downloaded millions of times. But researchers say it behaves like malware and has links to Asia’s booming cybercrime and illegal gambling networks.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A secret FBI anti-ransomware task force gets exposed, the mystery of the CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is finally solved, North Koreans busted hiding malware in the Ethereum blockchain, and more.
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Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:42:29 +0000
Networking software company F5 disclosed a long-term breach of its systems this week. The fallout could be severe.
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Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:40:00 +0000
The malicious app required to make a “Pixnapping” attack work requires no permissions.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 01:00:00 +0000
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: US government cybersecurity staffers get reassigned to do immigration work, a hack exposes sensitive age-verification data of Discord users, and more.
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