Security, Spoken
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The UK’s Secretive Web Surveillance Program Is Ramping Up
A government effort to collect people’s internet records is moving beyond its test phase, but many details remain hidden from public view. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Republican-Led Lawsuit Threatens Critical US Cyber Protections
Three states are suing to block security rules for water facilities. If they win, it may open the floodgates for challenges to other cyber rules. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp
The social network's new privacy feature is technically flawed, opt-in, and limited in its functionality. All this for just $8 a month. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Mysterious New Hacker Group Is Lurking in Ukraine’s Cyberspace
The unidentified attackers have targeted people on both sides of Russia’s war against Ukraine, carrying out espionage operations that suggest state funding. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How To Delete Your Data From ChatGPT
OpenAI has new tools that give you more control over your information—although they may not go far enough. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Data Broker That Targeted Abortion Clinics Landed a US Military Contract
Documents obtained by WIRED show SafeGraph, which sold location data related to Planned Parenthood visits, is now pursuing contracts with the US Air Force. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The DOJ Detected the SolarWinds Hack 6 Months Earlier Than First Disclosed
In May 2020, the US Department of Justice stumbled upon Russian hackers in its network. But did not realize the significance of what they had found for six months. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google Is Rolling Out Password-Killing Tech to All Accounts
The tech industry’s transition to passkeys gets its first massive boost with the launch of the alternative login scheme for Google’s billions of users. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Meta Is Trying to Push Attackers to the Brink
The company is adding new tools as bad actors use ChatGPT-themed lures and mask their infrastructure in an attempt to trick victims and elude defenders. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
With 288 Arrests, Feds Reveal a Widening Dragnet of Dark Web Busts
Operation SpecTor likely drew on leads from multiple dark web market busts, including the secret takedown of Monopoly Market in 2021. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The High-Stakes Scramble to Stop Classified Leaks
AI tools? A porn filter, but for Top Secret documents? Just classifying less stuff? US lawmakers are full of ideas but lack a silver bullet. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media
The legislation would insert the government into online platforms' age-verification efforts—a move that makes some US lawmakers queasy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Brace Yourself for the 2024 Deepfake Election
No matter what happens with generative AI, its disruptive forces are already beginning to play a role in the fast-approaching US presidential race. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Security Team Is Turning This Malware Gang’s Tricks Against It
The cybercriminals behind the Gootloader malware have found clever ways to avoid detection. But researchers are using those same mechanisms to stop them. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google’s Authenticator App Just Got a Handy New 2FA Tool
You can now sync sign-in codes across devices—but they aren’t end-to-end encrypted. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Intel Let Google Cloud Hack Its New Secure Chips and Found 10 Bugs
To protect its Confidential Computing cloud infrastructure, Google leans on its relationships with chipmakers to gain unusual insight into hardware. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Huge 3CX Breach Was Actually 2 Linked Supply Chain Attacks
The mass compromise of the VoIP firm's customers is the first confirmed incident where one software supply chain attack enabled another, researchers say. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Chinese Cops Ran Troll Farm and Secret NY Police Station, US Says
Three criminal cases detail China's alleged attempts to extend its security forces' influence online—and around the globe. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How ChatGPT, and Bots Like It, Can Spread Malware
Generative AI is a tool, which means it can be used by cybercriminals, too. Here’s how to protect yourself. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Used Routers Often Come Loaded With Corporate Secrets
More than half of the enterprise routers researchers bought secondhand hadn’t been wiped, exposing sensitive info like login credentials and customer data. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Newly Discovered LockBit Mac Ransomware Doesn't Work—Yet
The discovery of malicious encryptors for Apple computers could herald new risks for macOS users if the malware continues to evolve. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Leaked Pentagon Documents May Herald a New Era of Revelations
The bizarre release of sensitive US government materials soon after their creation signals a potential shift to near-real-time unauthorized disclosures. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Hacking of ChatGPT Is Just Getting Started
Security researchers are jailbreaking large language models to get around safety rules. Things could get much worse. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
LinkedIn Will Finally Offer Ways to Verify Your Job
To beat back fake accounts, the professional social network is rolling out new tools to prove you work where you say you do and are who you say you are. Read the article here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How to Use Apple’s New All-In-One Password Manager
Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac now have a built-in password feature, complete with two-factor authentication. Read the article here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Open Source VPN Out-Maneuvering Russian Censorship
Amnezia, a free virtual private network, allows users to set up their own servers, making it harder for Moscow to block this portal to the outside world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Dangerous Weak Link in the US Food Chain
Without an information sharing and analysis center, the country’s food and agriculture sector is uniquely vulnerable to hackers. Read the article here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem
Italy’s recent ban of Open AI’s generative text tool may just be the beginning of ChatGPT’s regulatory woes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Massive 3CX Supply Chain Hack Targeted Cryptocurrency Firms
North Korean hackers appear to have used the corrupted VoIP software to go after just a handful of crypto firms with "surgical precision." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tor Project’s New Privacy-Focused Browser Lets You Layer a VPN
Mullvad Browser, a collaboration between the nonprofit and Mullvad VPN, offers an anti-tracking browser designed to be used with a VPN.Read the article here Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
You’ll Soon Need to Show ID to Watch Porn Online
An increasing number of states and countries are passing age-verification laws. It’s not clear how they’ll work.Read the article here Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US Is Sending Money to Countries Devastated by Cyberattacks
The White House is sending $25 million to Costa Rica, after providing Albania with similar aid following aggression by hackers linked to Iran.Read the article here Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
They Posted Porn on Twitter. German Authorities Called the Cops
Regulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography. Creators face fines and potential prison sentences.Read the article here Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot
A spy group working for the Kim regime has been feeding stolen coins into crypto mining services in an effort to throw tracers off their trail. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism
The GOP-fueled far right differs from similar movements around the globe, thanks to the country’s politics, electoral system, and changing demographics. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem
The interrogation of CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted US lawmakers’ own failure to pass privacy legislation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Some Photo-Cropping Apps Are Exposing Your Secrets
Image-editing tools from Google and Microsoft contain the “aCropalypse” bug, which can reveal information users intentionally removed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Scorched-Earth Tactics of Iran’s Cyber Army
Amid ongoing protests, the Iranian regime has lost control of its image, pushing it to employ increasingly drastic tactics where everyone loses. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Online Sleuths Untangle the Mystery of the Nord Stream Sabotage
Open source intelligence researchers are verifying and debunking opaque claims about who ruptured the gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
I Got Investigated by the Secret Service. Here's How to Not Be Me
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A Spy Wants to Connect With You on LinkedIn
Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China have been caught using fake profiles to gather information. But the platform’s tools to weed them out only go so far. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Is the New Leader of Russia's Infamous Sandworm Hacking Unit
Evgenii Serebriakov now runs the most aggressive hacking team of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency. Thanks to a botched 2018 operation, he's already well-known to Western intelligence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI-Generated Voice Deepfakes Aren’t Scary Good—Yet
The threat of scammers using voice deepfakes in their cons is real, but researchers say old-school voice impersonation attacks are still the more pressing concern. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ransomware Attacks Have Entered a ‘Heinous’ New Phase
With victims refusing to pay, cybercriminal gangs are now releasing stolen photos of cancer patients and sensitive student records. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Are Now a $3 Billion Threat
The FBI's latest Internet Crime Report highlights the stunning rise of investment-themed crimes over the past 18 months. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A US Congressman Says the FBI Unlawfully Targeted Him
Representative Darin LaHood's claim that he was the subject of so-called “backdoor” searches comes at a dicey moment for the bureau. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets
After successful autonomous flight tests in December, the military is ramping up its plans to bring artificial intelligence to the skies. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The FBI Just Admitted It Bought U.S. Location Data
Rather than obtaining a warrant, the bureau purchased sensitive data—a controversial practice that privacy advocates say is deeply problematic. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The High-Stakes Blame Game in the White House Cybersecurity Plan
The Biden administration’s new strategy would shift the liability for security failures to a controversial target: the companies that caused them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Sketchy Plan to Build a Russian Android Phone
Amid isolating sanctions, a Russian tech giant plans to launch new Android phones and tablets. But experts are skeptical the company can pull it off. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices