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Apr 9, 2021 • 3min
The Dark Web Is Teeming With Vaccine Listings Right Now
Vendors are cashing in on people desperate to leapfrog the line—or falsely certify that they got the shot.
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Apr 8, 2021 • 6min
Facebook Moves Against ‘Evil Eye’ Hackers Targeting Uyghurs
The company’s investigation into a Chinese espionage campaign took researchers beyond Facebook’s own platforms.
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Apr 7, 2021 • 7min
‘Browser Isolation’ Takes On Entrenched Web Threats
Cloudflare says it’s possible to build a version of the notoriously slow and buggy tool without compromising on speed.
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Apr 6, 2021 • 5min
The Peculiar Ransomware Piggybacking Off of China’s Big Hack
DearCry is the first attack to use the same Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities, but its lack of sophistication lessens the threat.
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Apr 5, 2021 • 7min
A SpaceX Engineer's Dark Web Insider Trading Sparks an SEC First
“MillionaireMike” allegedly ran a stock tip scam that earned him $27,000 in bitcoin payments.
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Apr 2, 2021 • 7min
With Spectre Still Lurking, Google Looks to Protect the Web
To show how browsers can guard against the speculative execution bug, Google security researchers have shown how an attack would work.
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Apr 1, 2021 • 8min
Facebook's ‘Red Team X’ Hunts Bugs Beyond the Social Network's Walls
The internal hacking team has spent the last year looking for vulnerabilities in the products the company uses, which could in turn make the whole internet safer.
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Mar 31, 2021 • 9min
Foreign Meddling Flooded the 2020 Election—but Not by Hackers
A new ODNI report shows how extensive Russian and Iranian influence operations were, but it doesn’t mention a single hack-and-leak incident.Â
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Mar 30, 2021 • 6min
Apple Bent the Rules for Russia—and Other Countries Will Take Note
Russian iPhone buyers will soon be prompted to install software developed in that country, setting a precedent that other authoritarian governments may follow.
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Mar 26, 2021 • 11min
The UK Is Secretly Testing a Controversial Web Snooping Tool
The country passed its Investigatory Powers Act in 2016. Now, it's building what could be the most powerful data collection system used by any democratic nation.Â
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