Security, Spoken

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The Last Hour of Prigozhin’s Plane Aug 28, 2023

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Russia tightly controls its information space—making it hard to get accurate information out of the country. But open source data provides some clues about the crash.

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Chatbots Got Big—and Their Ethical Red Flags Got Bigger Aug 25, 2023

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Researchers have spent years warning that text-generation algorithms can spew bias and falsehoods. Tech giants are rushing them into products anyway.

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The Internet Is Turning Into a Data Black Box. An ‘Inspectability API’ Could Crack It Open Aug 24, 2023

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Unlike web browsers, mobile apps increasingly make it difficult or impossible to see what companies are really doing with your data. The answer? An inspectability API.

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A New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China Aug 23, 2023

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The hackers, who mostly targeted victims in Hong Kong, also hijacked Microsoft’s trust model to make their malware harder to detect.

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Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here’s How It Works Aug 22, 2023

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Pixel Binary Transparency is the latest security benefit for Pixel owners.

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A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite ‘Offers’ Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight Aug 21, 2023

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The wide-ranging scams, often disguised as game promotions, can all be linked back to one network.

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The Plan to Better Protect US Hospitals From Ransomware Aug 18, 2023

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An innovation agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services will fund research into better defenses for the US health care system’s digital infrastructure.

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A Clever Honeypot Tricked Hackers Into Revealing Their Secrets Aug 17, 2023

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Security researchers set up a remote machine and recorded every move cybercriminals made—including their login details.

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An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is ‘Trivially’ Easy to Bypass Aug 15, 2023

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The macOS Background Task Manager tool is supposed to spot potentially malicious software on your machine. But at Defcon, a researcher says it has troubling flaws.

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Teens Hacked Boston Subway Cards to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time, Nobody Got Sued Aug 14, 2023

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In 2008, Boston’s transit authority sued to stop MIT hackers from presenting at the Defcon hacker conference on how to get free subway rides. Today, four teens picked up where they left off.

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