Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself
Credit to Author: Jules Roscoe| Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The easy access that scammers have to sophisticated AI tools means everything from emails to video calls can’t be trusted.
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See How Much Faster a Quantum Computer Will Crack Encryption
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000
A quantum computer will likely one day be able to break the encryption protecting the world’s secrets. See how much faster such a machine could decrypt a password compared to a present-day supercomputer.
Read moreHow the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:21:20 +0000
For years, a powerful farm industry group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.
Read moreA Swedish MMA Tournament Spotlights the Trump Administration’s Handling of Far-Right Terrorism
Credit to Author: Ali Winston| Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 18:14:03 +0000
A member of a California-based fight club seems to have attended an event hosted by groups with ties to an organization the US government labeled a terrorist group. Will the Trump administration care?
Read moreThe US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
Read moreThe US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A mysterious hacking group’s secret client is exposed, Signal takes a swipe at Microsoft Recall, Russian hackers target security cameras to spy on aid to Ukraine, and more.
Read moreFeds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 19:56:44 +0000
A new US indictment against a group of Russian nationals offers a clear example of how, authorities say, a single malware operation can enable both criminal and state-sponsored hacking.
Read moreA Silicon Valley VC Got Israel Starlink Access Within Days of October 7 Attack
Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 16:37:18 +0000
During a webinar hosted by Israel’s Defense Ministry, Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire discussed helping connect Israel with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet far earlier than was known.
Read moreA Silicon Valley VC Says He Got the IDF Starlink Access Within Days of October 7 Attack
Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 16:37:18 +0000
Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire said in a webinar hosted by Israel’s Defense Ministry that he connected the IDF with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet far sooner than believed.
Read moreCoinbase Will Reimburse Customers Up to $400 Million After Data Breach
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: 12 more people are indicted over a $263 million crypto heist, and a former FBI director is accused of threatening Donald Trump thanks to an Instagram post of seashells.
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