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Jan 5, 2022 • 11min
6 Ways to Delete Yourself From the Internet
You’ll never be able to get a clean slate—but you can significantly downsize your digital footprint.
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Jan 3, 2022 • 11min
The Worst Hacks of 2021
It was a year of ransomware, surveillance, data breaches, and yes, more ransomware.
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Dec 28, 2021 • 6min
Meta Removes 7 Surveillance-for-Hire Operations From Its Platforms
While NSO Group gets most of the attention, the takedowns underscore how insidious the industry has become.
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Dec 23, 2021 • 6min
How to Guard Against Smishing Attacks on Your Phone
“Smishing" is an attempt to collect logins or other sensitive information with a malicious text message—and it's on the rise.
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Dec 22, 2021 • 6min
Google Warns That NSO Hacking Is on Par Elite Nation State Spies
ForcedEntry is “one of the most technically sophisticated exploits” Project Zero security researchers have ever seen.
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Dec 21, 2021 • 6min
The Log4J Vulnerability Will Haunt the Internet for Years
Hundreds of millions of devices are likely affected.
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Dec 20, 2021 • 12min
The Biggest Deepfake Abuse Site Is Growing in Disturbing Ways
A referral program and partner sites have spurred the spread of invasive, AI-generated “nude” images.
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Dec 17, 2021 • 6min
‘The Internet Is on Fire’
A vulnerability in the Log4j logging framework has security teams scrambling to put in a fix.
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Dec 16, 2021 • 7min
Microsoft Seizes Domains Used by a Chinese Hacking Group
The move delivers a blow to the hackers behind sophisticated attacks on government agencies, think tanks, and other organizations.
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Dec 15, 2021 • 11min
A Year After the SolarWinds Hack, Supply Chain Threats Still Loom
The Russia-led campaign was a wake-up call to the industry, but there's no one solution to the threat.
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