The US Emergency Alert System Has Dangerous Flaws
Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A crypto-heist extravaganza, a peek at an NSO spyware dashboard, and more.
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A Slack Bug Exposed Some Users’ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:09:22 +0000
The exposure of cryptographically scrambled passwords isn’t a worst-case scenario—but it isn’t great, either.
Read moreAn Attack on Albanian Government Suggests New Iranian Aggression
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 21:30:27 +0000
A Tehran-linked hack of a NATO member marks a significant escalation against the backdrop of US-Iran nuclear talks.
Read moreThe Microsoft Team Racing to Catch Bugs Before They Happen
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:43:50 +0000
What’s it like to be responsible for a billion people’s digital security? Just ask the company’s Morse researchers.
Read moreA New Attack Easily Knocked Out a Potential Encryption Algorithm
Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000
SIKE was a contender for post-quantum-computing encryption. It took researchers an hour and a single PC to break it.
Read moreThe January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: The FCC cracks down on car warranty robocalls, Thai activists get targeted by NSO’s Pegasus, and the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar continues.
Read moreThe 2022 US Midterm Elections’ Top Security Issue: Death Threats
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 14:52:03 +0000
While cybersecurity and foreign meddling remain priorities, domestic threats against election workers have risen to the top of the list.
Read moreInstagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:40:13 +0000
Despite alerting Meta months ago, feminist groups say tens of thousands of fake accounts continue to bombard them on the platform.
Read moreAmazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week’s top security news.
Read moreA New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Researchers have found a way to use the web’s basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.
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