Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: US regulators fine T-Mobile $60 million for mishap with sensitive data, New Zealand approves Kim Dotcom’s US extradition, and San Francisco takes on deepfake porn.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:31:13 +0000
Social Security numbers, physical addresses, and more—all available online. After months of confusion, leaked information from a background check firm underscores the long-term risks of data breaches.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000
A fix is coming, but data analytics giant Palantir says it’s ditching Android devices altogether because Google’s response to the vulnerability has been troubling.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:27:03 +0000
APT42, which is believed to work for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeted about a dozen people associated with both Trump’s and Biden’s campaigns this spring, according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:59:59 +0000
Security researchers say they’ve extracted digital management keys from select electronic lockers and revealed how they could be cloned.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Please don’t, actually. But do update your Shimano Di2 shifters’ software to prevent a new radio-based form of cycling sabotage.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 23:00:00 +0000
Security researcher Bill Demirkapi found more than 15,000 hardcoded secrets and 66,000 vulnerable websites—all by searching overlooked data sources.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 21:30:00 +0000
Allan “dwangoAC” has made it his mission to expose speedrunning phonies. At the Defcon hacker conference, he’ll challenge one record that’s stood for 15 years.
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