Security, Spoken
2,086 episodes — Page 8 of 42
This Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator’s Exact Location
Every DJI quadcopter broadcasts its operator’s position via radio—unencrypted. Now, a group of researchers has learned to decode those coordinates. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Twitter's Two-Factor Authentication Change 'Doesn't Make Sense'
The company will soon require users to pay for a Twitter Blue subscription to get sign-in codes via SMS. Security experts are baffled. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apple Users Need to Update iOS Now to Patch Serious Flaws
Plus: Microsoft fixes several zero-day bugs, Google patches Chrome and Android, Mozilla rids Firefox of a full-screen vulnerability, and more. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
China Is Relentlessly Hacking Its Neighbors
New details reveal that Beijing-backed hackers targeted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding to a string of attacks in the region. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ukraine Suffered More Data-Wiping Malware Last Year Than Anywhere, Ever
As Russia has accelerated its cyberattacks on its neighbor, it's barraged the country with an unprecedented volume of different data-destroying programs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
You Can’t Trust App Developers’ Privacy Claims on Google Play
Mozilla researchers found that apps often provide inaccurate data use disclosures, giving people “a false sense of security.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Crypto Buyers Beware: 1 in 4 New Tokens of Any Value Is a Scam
And according to tracing firm Chainalysis, one very prolific scammer ran at least 264 of those scams in 2022 alone. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
US Border Patrol Is Finally Able to Check E-Passport Data
After 16 years, the agency has implemented the software to cryptographically verify digital passport data—and it’s already caught a dozen alleged fraudsters. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A New Kind of Bug Spells Trouble for iOS and macOS Security
Security researchers found a class of flaws that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to access people’s messages, photos, and call history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How to Protect Yourself from Twitter’s 2FA Crackdown
Twitter is disabling SMS-based two-factor authentication. Switch to these alternatives to keep your account safe. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Political Theater Behind the Bipartisan Data Privacy Push
Biden’s speech calling for better data protections got a standing ovation from both sides of the aisle. So, where’s a federal privacy law? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Russia’s Ransomware Gangs Are Being Named and Shamed
Members of the Trickbot and Conti cybercrime gangs have been sanctioned in an unprecedented wave of action against the country’s hackers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How the US Can Stop Data Brokers' Worst Practices—Right Now
Legal experts say a key law should already prevent brokers from collecting and selling data that's weaponized against vulnerable people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Meet the Creator of North Korean Hackers’ New Favorite Crypto Privacy Service
The world’s most prolific crypto thieves have used Sinbad.io to launder tens of millions. Its creator, “Mehdi,” answers WIRED’s questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That
People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elon’s team is ignoring them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Spotted a UFO? There’s an App for That
Enigma Labs launches a project to crowdsource and quantify data about “unidentified aerial phenomena.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Inside Safe City, Moscow’s AI Surveillance Dystopia
Moscow promised residents lower crime rates through an expansive smart city project. Then Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Netflix’s US Password-Sharing Crackdown Isn’t Happening—Yet
Accidental revisions to a US Help Center page sparked confusion about the streamer's next moves. But restrictions on account sharing are still coming soon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Congress Has a Lo-Fi Plan to Fix the Classified Documents Mess
As unsecured docs pile up, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is itching to overhaul the nation’s secret secret-sharing operation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Fact-Checkers Are Scrambling to Fight Disinformation With AI
Bad actors use artificial intelligence to propagate falsehoods and upset elections, but the same tools can be repurposed to defend the truth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ex-Twitter Workers Puzzle Over Elon Musk’s Abandoned Laptops
The cash-strapped company recently auctioned off USB dongles but has left some corporate computers in the custody of laid off staff. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War
True Anomaly, a startup backed by US senator JD Vance’s VC firm, plans to launch prototype pursuit satellites on a SpaceX flight later this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Untold Story of a Crippling Ransomware Attack
More than two years ago, criminals crippled the systems of London’s Hackney Council. It's still fighting to recover. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges
The crypto money-laundering market is tighter than at any time in the past decade, and the few big players are moving a “shocking” amount of currency. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet Just Took a Left Turn
ADS-B Exchange, beloved for resisting censorship, was sold to a company owned by private equity—and now even its biggest fans are bailing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
You Might Survive a Nuclear Blast—if You Have the Right Shelter
The escalating risks of Russia’s war in Ukraine have led scientists to study the unthinkable and model the aftermath of nuclear detonation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Unrelenting Menace of the LockBit Ransomware Gang
The notorious Russian-speaking cybercriminals grew successful by keeping a low profile. But now they have a target on their backs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
India’s Public Education App Exposed Millions of Students’ Data
A mandatory app exposed the personal information of students and teachers across the country for over a year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
T-Mobile’s $150 Million Security Plan Isn’t Cutting It
The mobile operator just suffered at least its fifth data breach since 2018, despite promising to spend a fortune shoring up its systems. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Welcome to the Era of Internet Blackouts
New research from Cloudflare shows that connectivity disruptions are a problem around the globe, pointing toward a troubling new normal. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Small but Mighty Danger of Echo Chamber Extremism
Research shows that relatively few people exist in perfectly sealed-off media bubbles—but they’re still having an outsize impact on US politics. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Sneaky Ad Scam Tore Through 11 Million Phones
Some 1,700 spoofed apps, 120 targeted publishers, 12 billion false ad requests per day—Vastflux is one of the biggest ad frauds ever discovered. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Spy Cams Reveal the Grim Reality of Slaughterhouse Gas Chambers
Animal rights activists have captured the first hidden-camera video from inside a carbon dioxide “stunning chamber” in a US meatpacking plant. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Widespread Logic Controller Flaw Raises the Specter of Stuxnet
More than 120 models of Siemens' S7-1500 PLCs contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
All the Data Apple Collects About You—and How to Limit It
Cupertino puts privacy first in a lot of its products. But the company still gathers a bunch of your information. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In the Fight Against Scams, ‘Cyber Ambassadors’ Enter the Chat
Police in the Indian state of Telangana have found a novel way to help people avoid getting swindled online: grassroots education. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
What Twitter’s 200 Million-User Email Leak Actually Means
The exposure of hundreds of millions of email addresses puts pseudonymous users of the social network at risk. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Notorious Russian Spies Piggybacked on Other Hackers’ USB Infections
The infamous, FSB-connected Turla group took over other hackers’ servers, exploiting their USB drive malware for targeted espionage. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
WhatsApp Launches Tool to Fight Internet Censorship
Amid internet shutdowns in Iran, the encrypted messaging app is introducing proxy connections that can help people get online. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Password Isn’t Dead Yet. You Need a Hardware Key
Any multifactor authentication adds protection, but a physical token is the best bet when it really counts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Cops Hacked Thousands of Phones. Was It Legal?
When police infiltrated the EncroChat phone system in 2020, they hit an intelligence gold mine. But subsequent legal challenges have spread across Europe. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hacker Lexicon: What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?
This type of devastating scheme ensnares victims and takes them for all they’re worth—and the threat is only growing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hands On With Flipper Zero, the Hacker Tool Blowing Up on TikTok
Don’t be fooled by its fun name and Tamagotchi-like interface—this do-everything gadget is trouble waiting to happen and a whole lot more. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Russia’s Cyberwar Foreshadowed Deadly Attacks on Civilians
The Kremlin’s aggression in Ukraine is following a dangerous playbook that began to unfold years ago. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hacktivism Is Back and Messier Than Ever
Throughout 2022, geopolitics has given rise to a new wave of politically motivated attacks with an undercurrent of state-sponsored meddling. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2022
From SBF to the GRU, these were the most disruptive forces of online chaos this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Dangers of Censoring Real-Time Flight Trackers
Elon Musk claims plane-tracking data is a risky privacy violation. But the world loses a lot if this information disappears—and that’s already happening. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ransomware Gang Abused Microsoft Certificates to Sign Malware
The company has taken measures to mitigate the risks, but security researchers warn of a broader threat. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Meta’s Tricky Quest to Protect Your Account
How do you keep Facebook easy to use without being trivial to exploit? The company is trying to chart a middle ground. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hackers Planted Files to Frame an Indian Priest Who Died in Custody
And new evidence suggests those hackers may have collaborated with the police who investigated him. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices