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Oct 18, 2019 • 2min
DNC Hackers Resurface, Zuckerberg Talks Free Speech, and More News
A dangerous hacker group resurfaced, Mark Zuckerberg delivered a long-winded defense of Facebook, and Volvo is going green. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today’s Headlines Stealthy Russian hacker group resurfaces with clever new tricks A band of Kremlin hackers involved in the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee has resurfaced.
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Sep 19, 2019 • 6min
A Password-Exposing Bug Was Purged From LastPass
Google Project Zero found and reported a flaw in the widely used password manager.
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Sep 18, 2019 • 6min
Hacker Lexicon: What Are Zero-Knowledge Proofs?
How do you make blockchain and other transactions truly private? With mathematical models known as zero-knowledge proofs.
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Sep 11, 2019 • 6min
Red Flag Laws Are Red Herrings of Gun Control
Opinion: There’s little data on the effectiveness of mental health reporting laws, and we’re being distracted from measures we know will save lives.
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Sep 10, 2019 • 5min
Security News This Week: An Unprecedented Cyberattack Hit US Power Utilities
Exposed Facebook phone numbers, an XKCD breach, and more of the week's top security news.
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Aug 27, 2019 • 6min
Alleged 'Snake Oil' Crypto Firm Sues Over Boos at Black Hat
The paper being presented suggested that the two researchers had a method to quickly find large semiprime numbers and essentially break RSA-2048 and any other semiprime-based encryption.
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Aug 26, 2019 • 5min
The Consumer Bureau's Reckless Plan for Debt Collection
Opinion: A CFPB proposal would create a quandary for consumers. Click and risk a computer virus, or don't click and miss a debt payment.
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Aug 23, 2019 • 7min
Firefox and Chrome Fight Back Against Kazakhstan's Spying
The Central Asian country’s government has repeatedly threatened to monitor its citizens’ internet activities. Google and Mozilla aren’t having it.
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Aug 20, 2019 • 5min
Security News This Week: Facebook's Voice Transcripts Were More Invasive Than Amazon's
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Aug 19, 2019 • 6min
8/19 PM - A Brief History of Vanity License Plates Gone Wrong
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