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Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down Jul 28, 2023

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After scammers duped a friend with a hacked Twitter account and a “deal” on a MacBook, I enlisted the help of a fellow threat researcher to trace the criminals’ offline identities.

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Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor Jul 27, 2023

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A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight. Researchers say it isn’t pretty.

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Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws Jul 25, 2023

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German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they’re years behind normal cybersecurity standards.

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New Police Body Cam Data Exposes the True Scale of NYPD Violence Against Protesters Jul 24, 2023

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A landmark $13 million settlement with the City of New York is the latest in a string of legal wins for protesters who were helped by a video-analysis tool that smashes the “bad apple” myth.

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Rival US Lawmakers Mobilize to Stop Police From Buying Phone Data Jul 19, 2023

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A bill to prevent cops and spies from buying Americans' data instead of getting a warrant has a fighting chance in the US Congress as lawmakers team up against surveillance overreach.

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FBI Surveillance Fears Are Uniting a Badly Broken Congress Jul 17, 2023

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The FBI has collected sensitive data on millions of Americans without warrants, drawing intense scrutiny from Congress and turning the agency into a punching bag across the political divide.

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Silk Road’s Second-in-Command Gets 20 Years in Prison Jul 14, 2023

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Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, will spend much of the rest of his life in prison for his key role in building the world’s first dark web drug market.

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Ransomware Attacks Are on the Rise, Again Jul 13, 2023

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Ransomware attacks tumbled in 2022, offering hope that the tide was turning against the criminal gangs behind them. Then things got a whole lot worse.

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How to Use Discord’s ‘Family Center’ Safety Settings for Your Kids Jul 12, 2023

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The popular messaging platform launched new parental controls for keeping tabs on teens. Here’s what the tools do (and don’t) include.

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The Quiet Rise of Real-Time Crime Centers Jul 11, 2023

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Cities across the US have established RTCCs that police say protect the rights of innocent people, but critics warn of creeping surveillance.

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