Security, Spoken

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Security, Spoken episodes

August 08, 2023 How to Automatically Delete Passcode Texts on Android and iOS
Here’s one simple way to reduce your security risk while logging in.
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8 min
August 07, 2023 Hackers Could Have Scored Unlimited Airline Miles by Targeting One Platform
Flaws in the Points.com platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data—and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks.
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8 min
August 04, 2023 Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.
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9 min
August 03, 2023 It’s Getting Harder for the Government to Secretly Flag Your Social Posts
Social apps prioritize content moderation tips from governments and online watchdogs. A US court ruling and a new EU law could restrict the practice, but they still leave loopholes.
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12 min
August 02, 2023 A New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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10 min
August 01, 2023 It's Hot Zero-Day Summer for Apple, Google, and Microsoft Security Fixes
Plus: Mozilla fixes two high-severity bugs in Firefox, Citrix fixes a flaw that was used to attack a US-based critical infrastructure organization, and Oracle patches over 500 vulnerabilities.
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11 min
July 31, 2023 US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'
The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers.

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10 min
July 28, 2023 Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down
After scammers duped a friend with a hacked Twitter account and a “deal” on a MacBook, I enlisted the help of a fellow threat researcher to trace the criminals’ offline identities.
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13 min
July 27, 2023 Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor
A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight. Researchers say it isn’t pretty.
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15 min
July 25, 2023 Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws
German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they’re years behind normal cybersecurity standards.
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11 min

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