Security, Spoken

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How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet Jun 03, 2024

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Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.

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From What's New: A Billion-Dollar Plan to Fix Farm Emissions Might Make Things Worse Jun 02, 2024

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We're bringing an extra episode from our show What's New.

Agriculture is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions, so the US is getting serious about reform. But some scientists say current efforts are misguided.

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From Business, Spoken: How AI Could Transform Email May 31, 2024

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We're bringing an extra episode from our show Business, Spoken.

Artificial intelligence may streamline a form of business communication that’s already super fake.

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The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer May 31, 2024

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In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a Virginia shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines.

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Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress May 30, 2024

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Twitter cofounder Ev Williams is backing a new social network called Maven, which trades likes and follows for algorithms designed to foster serendipity and deep discussion.

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From Science, Spoken: High Blood Pressure Is the World’s Biggest Killer. Now There’s a Plan to Tackle It. May 29, 2024

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We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken.

Once considered a disease of the affluent, hypertension now affects a third of all adults. The WHO wants nations to get organized to combat it.

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Cops Are Just Trolling Cybercriminals Now May 29, 2024

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Police are using subtle psychological operations against ransomware gangs to sow distrust in their ranks—and trick them into emerging from the shadows.

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He Trained Crypto Cops to Fight Crypto Crime—and Allegedly Ran a $100M Dark Web Drug Market May 27, 2024

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The strange journey of Lin Rui-siang, the 23-year-old accused of running the Incognito black market, extorting his own site's users—and then refashioning himself as a legit crypto crime expert.

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A Leak of Biometric Police Data Is a Sign of Things to Come May 24, 2024

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Thousands of fingerprints and facial images linked to police in India have been exposed online. Researchers say it’s a warning of what will happen as the collection of biometric data increases.

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Teslas Can Still Be Stolen With a Cheap Radio Hack—Despite New Keyless Tech May 23, 2024

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Ultra-wideband radio has been heralded as the solution for “relay attacks” that are used to steal cars in seconds. But researchers found Teslas equipped with it are as vulnerable as ever.

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