Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:44:44 +0000
The US has accused two brothers of being part of the hacker group Anonymous Sudan, which allegedly went on a wild cyberattack spree that hit hundreds of targets—and, for one of the two men, even put lives at risk.
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Credit to Author: Todd Feathers| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Bots that “remove clothes” from images have run rampant on the messaging app, allowing people to create nonconsensual deepfake images even as lawmakers and tech companies try to crack down.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000
“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: New details emerge in the National Public Data breach, Discord gets blocked in Russia and Turkey over alleged illegal activity on the platform, and more.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Scammers in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to AI, deepfakes, and dangerous malware in a way that makes their pig butchering operations even more convincing.
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Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 09:30:00 +0000
It’s hard enough creating one air-gap-jumping tool. Researchers say the group GoldenJackal did it twice in five years.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Kate Knibbs| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:00:19 +0000
The hack exposed the data of 31 million users as the embattled Wayback Machine maker scrambles to stay online and contain the fallout of digital—and legal—attacks.
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