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Jan 26, 2021 • 9min
This Site Published Every Face from Parler's Capitol Riot Videos
Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face from the 827 videos taken from the insurrection on January 6.
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Jan 25, 2021 • 10min
Anti-Secrecy Activists Publish a Trove of Ransomware Victims' Data
WikiLeaks successor DDoSecrets has amassed a controversial new collection of corporate secrets and is sharing them in the name of transparency.
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Jan 22, 2021 • 11min
How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone's Encryption
New research has dug into the openings iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools.Â
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Jan 21, 2021 • 10min
The SolarWinds Hackers Shared Tricks With a Notorious Russian Spy Group
Security researchers have found links between the attackers and Turla, a sophisticated team suspected of operating out of Moscow's FSB intelligence agency.
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Jan 20, 2021 • 0sec
WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years, Actually
A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place sine 2016.
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Jan 19, 2021 • 5min
Ticketmaster Pays Up for Hacking a Rival Company
Employees admitted to using stolen passwords and URL guessing to access confidential data.
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Jan 18, 2021 • 6min
How Amazon Sidewalk Works—and Why You May Want to Turn It Off
The premise is convenient. But the e-commerce giant's privacy track record isn't exactly inspiring.
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Jan 15, 2021 • 9min
Post-Riot, the Capitol Hill IT Staff Faces a Security Mess
Wednesday's insurrection could have exposed Congressional data and devices in ways that have yet to be appreciated.
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Jan 14, 2021 • 9min
The UK Denies Julian Assange's Extradition, Citing Suicide Risk
The ruling is based not on whether the Wikileaks founder violated the Espionage Act, but on the implications of subjecting him to the US carceral state.
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Jan 13, 2021 • 8min
Ransomware Is Headed Down a Dire Path
2020 was a great year for ransomware gangs. For hospitals, schools, municipal governments, and everyone else, it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
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