Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:15:00 +0000
With the mercenary spyware industry booming, Apple VP Ivan Krstić tells WIRED that the company is also offering bonuses that could bring the max total reward for iPhone exploits to $5 million.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: China sentences scam bosses to death, Europe is ramping up its plans to build a “drone wall” to protect against Russian airspace violations, and more.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:21:05 +0000
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
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Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:30:00 +0000
A team of researchers found that, by not encrypting the data broadcast by Tile tags, users could be vulnerable to having their location information exposed to malicious actors.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:25:49 +0000
Plus: A ransomeware gang steals data on 8,000 preschoolers, Microsoft blocks Israel’s military from using its cloud for surveillance, call-recording app Neon hits pause over security holes, and more.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:06:41 +0000
Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens—some as young as 14—into an FBI crime database, raising alarms about oversight and legality.
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Credit to Author: Jacob Roach| Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: An investigation reveals how US tech companies reportedly helped build China’s sweeping surveillance state, and two more alleged members of the Scattered Spider hacking group were arrested.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: An investigation reveals how US tech companies reportedly helped build China’s sweeping surveillance state, and two more alleged members of the Scattered Spider hacking group were arrested.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:44:27 +0000
Obtaining and using a true burner phone is hard—but not impossible. Here are the steps you need to take to protect your mobile communications based on the risks you face.
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