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The Comedy of Errors That Let China-Backed Hackers Steal Microsoft’s Signing Key Sep 11, 2023

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After leaving many questions unanswered, a new post mortem from Microsoft explains the series of slip-ups that allowed attackers to steal and abuse a valuable cryptographic key.

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How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products Sep 08, 2023

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Some foreign companies may be complying—potentially offering China’s spies hints for hacking their customers.

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Generative AI’s Biggest Security Flaw Is Not Easy to Fix Sep 07, 2023

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Chatbots like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are vulnerable to indirect prompt injection attacks. Security researchers say the holes can be plugged—sort of.

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The Strange Afterlife of Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin Sep 06, 2023

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Posts praising the Wagner Group boss following his death in a mysterious plane crash last month indicate he was still in control of his "troll farm," researchers claim.

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How to Use Proton Sentinel to Keep Your Accounts Safe Sep 05, 2023

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If you want the highest possible level of protection, this is it.

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Apple's Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy Sep 04, 2023

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Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.

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Nvidia Chip Shortages Leave AI Startups Scrambling for Computing Power Sep 01, 2023

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Trimming profits, delaying launches, begging friends. Companies are going to extreme lengths to make do with shortages of GPUs, the chips at the heart of generative AI programs.

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The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat Message Aug 31, 2023

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A ramshackle team of American scientists scrambled to decode the Nazi cipher before the time ran out. Luckily, they had a secret weapon.

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The Weird, Big-Money World of Cybercrime Writing Contests Aug 30, 2023

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The competitions, which are held on Russian-language cybercrime forums, offer prize money of up to $80,000 for the winners.

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The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland's Railway System Aug 29, 2023

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The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple “radio-stop” command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment.

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