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Dec 23, 2020 • 8min
Hold Everything: Stormtroopers Have Discovered Tactics
In The Mandalorian, Imperial troops have finally figured out how to do more than charge straight ahead.
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Dec 22, 2020 • 7min
Russia's FireEye Hack Is a Statement—but Not a Catastrophe
The fallout from the attack may not be as dire as it first sounds.
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Dec 21, 2020 • 7min
Critical Flaws in Millions of IoT Devices May Never Get Fixed
Amnesia:33 is the latest in a long line of vulnerabilities that affect countless embedded devices.
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Dec 18, 2020 • 7min
The NSA Warns That Russia Is Attacking Remote Work Platforms
A vulnerability in VMWare has prompted a warning that companies—and government agencies—need to patch as soon as possible.
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Dec 17, 2020 • 7min
This ‘Magical Bug’ Exposed Any iPhone in a Hacker's Wi-Fi Range
A Google researcher found flaws in Apple's AWDL protocol that would have allowed for a complete device takeover.
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Dec 16, 2020 • 9min
The Internet’s Most Notorious Botnet Has an Alarming New Trick
The hackers behind TrickBot have begun probing victim PCs for vulnerable firmware, which would let them persist on devices undetected.Â
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Dec 15, 2020 • 7min
Hackers Are Targeting the Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Cold Chain’
As vaccines await US approval, a sophisticated global phishing campaign has tried to harvest credentials from companies involved in their distribution.
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Dec 14, 2020 • 8min
A Broken Piece of Internet Backbone Might Finally Get Fixed
Efforts to secure the Border Gateway Protocol have picked up critical momentum, including a big assist from Google.
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Dec 11, 2020 • 9min
7 Simple Ways to Make Your Android Phone More Secure
Here's how to lock down your data and stop others from snooping on your personal information.Â
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Dec 10, 2020 • 7min
Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?
As the Signal protocol becomes the industry standard, it's worth understanding what sets it apart from other forms of end-to-end encrypted messaging.
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