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Mar 4, 2022 • 12min
Meanie in a Bottle: An Internet Troll Gives Nonalcoholic Spirits Startups the Spins
From false press releases to misleading domain names, one man has allegedly gone to great lengths to sabotage his competitors.
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Mar 3, 2022 • 8min
Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territory
The country has enlisted thousands of cybersecurity professionals in the war effort against Russia.
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Mar 2, 2022 • 12min
An ‘Unhinged’ Putin Threatens Dangerous Escalation in Ukraine War
With no off-ramp in sight, Russia’s leader has put the country’s nuclear forces on alert.
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Mar 1, 2022 • 10min
Inside the Lab Where Intel Tries to Hack Its Own Chips
Researchers at iSTARE have to think like the bad guys, finding critical flaws before processors go to production.
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Feb 28, 2022 • 4min
How to Use Google Chrome's Enhanced Safety Mode2/28
You get a safer, more secure browser experience, but Google gets a lot more data about you.
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Feb 25, 2022 • 7min
An Optical Spy Trick Can Turn Any Shiny Object Into a Bug
Anything from a metallic Rubik’s cube to an aluminum trash can inside a room could give away your private conversations.
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Feb 24, 2022 • 5min
US Agencies Say Russian Hackers Compromised Defense Contractors
Kremlin-backed cyber actors lurked in the networks for months, obtaining sensitive documents related to weapons and infrastructure development.
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Feb 23, 2022 • 10min
Twitter Has Started Blocking Porn in Germany
A number of accounts have been vanished as Twitter bows to pressure to make it harder for children to find adult content online.
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Feb 22, 2022 • 10min
Is Firefox Okay?
Mozilla’s privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web.
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Feb 21, 2022 • 4min
Hackers Rigged Hundreds of Ecommerce Sites to Steal Payment Info
The attackers exploited a known vulnerability and installed credit card skimmers on more than 500 websites.
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