Security, Spoken

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Security, Spoken episodes

May 12, 2023 Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp
The social network's new privacy feature is technically flawed, opt-in, and limited in its functionality. All this for just $8 a month.
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11 min
May 11, 2023 A Mysterious New Hacker Group Is Lurking in Ukraine’s Cyberspace
The unidentified attackers have targeted people on both sides of Russia’s war against Ukraine, carrying out espionage operations that suggest state funding.
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7 min
May 10, 2023 How To Delete Your Data From ChatGPT
OpenAI has new tools that give you more control over your information—although they may not go far enough.
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10 min
May 09, 2023 The Data Broker That Targeted Abortion Clinics Landed a US Military Contract
Documents obtained by WIRED show SafeGraph, which sold location data related to Planned Parenthood visits, is now pursuing contracts with the US Air Force.
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11 min
May 08, 2023 The DOJ Detected the SolarWinds Hack 6 Months Earlier Than First Disclosed
In May 2020, the US Department of Justice stumbled upon Russian hackers in its network. But did not realize the significance of what they had found for six months. Read the story here.

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11 min
May 05, 2023 Google Is Rolling Out Password-Killing Tech to All Accounts
The tech industry’s transition to passkeys gets its first massive boost with the launch of the alternative login scheme for Google’s billions of users. Read the story here.

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7 min
May 04, 2023 Meta Is Trying to Push Attackers to the Brink
The company is adding new tools as bad actors use ChatGPT-themed lures and mask their infrastructure in an attempt to trick victims and elude defenders.
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8 min
May 03, 2023 With 288 Arrests, Feds Reveal a Widening Dragnet of Dark Web Busts
Operation SpecTor likely drew on leads from multiple dark web market busts, including the secret takedown of Monopoly Market in 2021.
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9 min
May 02, 2023 The High-Stakes Scramble to Stop Classified Leaks
AI tools? A porn filter, but for Top Secret documents? Just classifying less stuff? US lawmakers are full of ideas but lack a silver bullet.
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10 min
May 01, 2023 A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media
The legislation would insert the government into online platforms' age-verification efforts—a move that makes some US lawmakers queasy.

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11 min

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