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Feb 18, 2022 • 6min
Are You Being Tracked by an AirTag? Here’s How to Check
Useful advice for anyone worried that one of Apple’s trackers is following them without consent.
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Feb 17, 2022 • 6min
Microsoft's Small Step to Disable Macros Is a Huge Win for Security
Word and Excel files you download from the internet just got a whole lot safer.
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Feb 16, 2022 • 10min
Playing With Crypto? You’ll Need a Wallet (or Several)
Buying and selling NFTs or transferring digital currency is going to require a little leap of faith. Here’s how to get started.
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Feb 15, 2022 • 10min
The DOJ's $3.6B Bitcoin Seizure Shows How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto
A couple allegedly used a “laundry list” of technical measures to cover their tracks. It didn't matter.
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Feb 14, 2022 • 7min
Cryptocurrency Is Funding Ukraine's Defense—and Its Hacktivists
As Russia continues to amass troops at the border, resistance groups have seen a surge in crypto donations.
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Feb 11, 2022 • 8min
The Alt-Right on Facebook Are Hijacking Canada’s Trucker Blockade
In Ottawa, a protest against vaccine mandates has become an international sensation. American far-right personalities are behind its online rise.
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Feb 10, 2022 • 4min
An Insidious Mac Malware Is Growing More Sophisticated
When UpdateAgent emerged in late 2020, it utilized basic infiltration techniques. Its developers have since expanded it in dangerous ways.
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Feb 9, 2022 • 10min
Health Sites Let Ads Track Visitors Without Telling Them
Privacy policies didn't tell the whole story about third-party tools gathering personal information from the sites of medical and genetic-testing companies.
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Feb 8, 2022 • 4min
Out-of-Control Cybercrime Will Cause More Real-World Harm
Ransomware and online attacks can lead to deadly real-world consequences. Governments need to raise their game in response.
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Feb 7, 2022 • 12min
North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands.
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