Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:02:20 +0000
The $4.4 billion in crypto is set to be the largest pile of criminal proceeds ever sold off by the US. The former IRS agent who seized the recording-breaking sum, meanwhile, languishes in a Nigerian jail cell.
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Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:39:49 +0000
Earlier this year, Google ditched its plans to abolish support for third-party cookies in its Chrome browser. While privacy advocates called foul, the implications for users is not so clear cut.
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Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:30:00 +0000
Perfctl malware is hard to detect, persists after reboots, and can perform a breadth of malicious activities.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Harvard students pack Meta’s smart glasses with privacy-invading face-recognition tech, Microsoft and the DOJ seize Russian hackers’ domains, and more.
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Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:30:00 +0000
After decades of relying on buttons, switches, and toggles, the Pentagon has embraced simple, ergonomic video-game-style controllers already familiar to millions of potential recruits.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.
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Credit to Author: Vas Panagiotopoulos| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:15:53 +0000
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s one-year contract with Paragon’s US subsidiary comes amid the Biden administration’s years-long crackdown on commercial spyware vendors.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:59:21 +0000
UK law enforcement and international partners have released new details about the cybercriminal gang Evil Corp, including its use of the Lockbit ransomware platform and ties to Russian intelligence.
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