Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: Google’s U-turn on creepy “fingerprint” tracking, the LockBit ransomware gang’s teased comeback, and a potential US ban on the most popular routers in America.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
A free VPN app called Big Mama is selling access to people’s home internet networks. Kids are using it to cheat in a VR game while researchers warn of bigger security risks.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:31:00 +0000
The National Defense Authorization Act passed today, but lawmakers stripped language that would keep the Trump administration from wielding unprecedented authority to surveil Americans.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:31:43 +0000
In a previously unreported August memo, the Department of Homeland Security urged state and local police to conduct exercises to test their ability to respond to weaponized drones.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Experts say the catchall term for online fraud furthers harm against victims and could dissuade people from reporting attempts to bilk them out of their money.
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Credit to Author: Mattha Busby| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The marketing of illegal drugs on open platforms is “gaining prominence,” authorities note, while the number of drug transactions on the dark web has decreased in recent years.
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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they fear the new administration will cut programs that keep the US safe—and “persecution.”
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Digital license plates sold by Reviver, already legal to buy in some states and drive with nationwide, can be hacked by their owners to evade traffic regulations or even law enforcement surveillance.
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