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5:06

Google Recalls Titan Security Key Over a Bluetooth Flaw

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2019/05/20

As part of its expanded anti-phishing and account security measures, Google offers extensive support for physical authentication tokens. In a surprising setback, though, the company announced today that it has discovered a vulnerability in the Bluetooth version of its own Titan Security Key—which pairs to devices through the wireless Bluetooth Low Energy protocol, rather than through NFC or physical insertion into a port. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:47

How Tech Helped Unknown Staffers Change the US Way of...

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2019/05/17

The Tandberg video-teleconference monitor is sleeker than the average desktop computer but not much bigger. Developed by a Norwegian concern now owned by Cisco Systems, the desktop units—which look like knock-off iMacs, with a handset for dialing—support seamless and, when enabled, classified video-teleconferencing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:36

The FCC's Plan to Stop Robocalls Sounds Awfully Familiar

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2019/05/17

Despite high-profile arrests and protocols with clever names, the robocall scourge remains indomitable. Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai teased a new proposal to put a serious dent in the problem. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. On the face of it, Pai’s proposal sounds appealing. It would allow carriers to block robocalls by default, rather than on an opt-in basis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:23

Microsoft’s First Windows XP Patch in Years Is a Very...

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2019/05/16

This week, Microsoft issued patches for 79 flaws across its platforms and products. One of them merits particular attention: a bug so bad that Microsoft released a fix for it on Windows XP, an operating system it officially abandoned five years ago. There’s maybe no better sign of a vulnerability’s severity; the last time Microsoft bothered to make a Windows XP fix publicly available was a little over two years ago, in the months before the WannaCry ransomware attack swept the globe. Learn more

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3:48

WhatsApp Was Hacked, Your Computer Was Exposed, and...

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2019/05/16

Hackers got into pretty much everything, and Amazon is paying employees to quit. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Today's Headlines A phone call broke Whatsapp The messaging platform WhatsApp is well known for its end-to-end encryption, but recent news calls its security into question. The NSO Group, an Israeli spy firm, injected malware onto targeted phones in order to steal data by simply placing a phone call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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6:03

How Hackers Broke WhatsApp With Just a Phone Call

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2019/05/15

You've heard the advice a million times. Don't click links in suspicious emails or texts. Don't download shady apps. But a new Financial Times report alleges that the notorious Israeli spy firm NSO Group developed a WhatsApp exploit that could inject malware onto targeted phones—and steal data from them—simply by calling them. The targets didn't need to pick up to be infected, and the calls often left no trace on the phone's log. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:00

Millions of Hacked Routers, Apple's Court Troubles,...

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2019/05/15

Your Cisco routers aren't safe, the Supreme Court voted against Apple, and the nostalgic Tomagotchi has returned. Here's the tech news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Today's Headlines Hackers found a way into Cisco devices. Millions of them Everyone uses Cisco routers, including institutions that deal with hypersensitive information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:39

Indictment Alleges Who Hacked Anthem, but Not Why

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2019/05/14

The hack of health insurance giant Anthem Inc. has loomed large in the public consciousness since it first came to light in 2015—not just as one of the biggest breaches of all time, but also as a potential example of the Chinese government's longstanding cyber espionage campaign. Hackers stole names, birth dates, addresses, Social Security numbers, and employment details from 78 million Anthem customers. And for years China was reported to be behind it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:42

Security News This Week: Robert Mueller Won't Testify...

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2019/05/14

It was a week of notable firsts, although not always welcome ones. Israel responded to a Hamas cyberattack by blowing up the building that apparently housed the responsible hacking group, a new escalation in cyberwar doctrine. Google for the first time lets you limit how long it keeps your data—so go do that. And the CIA became the first intelligence agency to establish an official presence on the Tor anonymous network. For some reason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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6:28

Artificial Intelligence May Not 'Hallucinate' After All

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2019/05/13

Thanks to advances in machine learning, computers have gotten really good at identifying what’s in photographs. They started beating humans at the task years ago, and can now even generate fake images that look eerily real. While the technology has come a long way, it’s still not entirely foolproof. In particular, researchers have found that image detection algorithms remain susceptible to a class of problems called adversarial examples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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9:53

Feds Dismantled the Dark Web Drug Trade—but It's...

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2019/05/10

On the dark web drug market Empire this week, business proceeds as usual. "Satisfied customer, will be back," writes one user on the product page of a meth dealer with the handle shardyshardface. "Excellent," reads a plaudit posted by a buyer of the opiate oxycodone. "Bravo," says another for a five-dollar sample of fentanyl, one of 18 reviews posted on the product's profile page in the last week. In all, Empire lists over 18,000-plus narcotic offerings, including hundreds for oxycodone alone. Learn

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6:26

Hack Brief: Hackers Stole $40 Million from Binance...

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2019/05/09

Binance is one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges. As of Tuesday, it’s now also the scene of a major cryptocurrency theft. In what the company calls a “large scale security breach,” hackers stole not only 7,000 bitcoin—equivalent to over $40 million—but also some user two-factor authentication codes and API tokens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:43

The Law Being Used to Prosecute Julian Assange Is Broken

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2019/05/09

The First Amendment and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act collided last month when the UK arrested Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on, among other things, a US extradition request for computer crime. He has since been sentenced to 50 weeks in a British prison. For roughly seven years before his arrest, he’d been living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, but on April 11, the Ecuadorian government withdrew his asylum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:31

The CIA Sets Up Shop on Tor, the Anonymous Internet

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2019/05/08

The anonymity service Tor has grown in popularity around the world over the last few years, but it has also long been a tool for intelligence agencies and clandestine communications—not to mention endless cat-and-mouse games between law enforcement and criminals. But now, the CIA is staking out a more public presence there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:12

What Israel's Strike on Hamas Hackers Means For Cyberwar

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2019/05/08

This weekend, violence between Israel and Gaza escalated to a degree not seen since 2014, with 25 Palestinians and four Israelis killed in the fighting. Decades into the entrenched tensions of the region, the incident overall was tragically unsurprising. But for cybersecurity professionals, one aspect particularly stood out: The Israeli Defense Force claimed that it bombed and partially destroyed one building in Gaza because it was allegedly the base of an active Hamas hacking group. Learn more

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6:35

Security News This Week: Putin Will Put Russia Behind...

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2019/05/07

The week began with dragon’s breath. After a major breach in its firewall, a scrappy security team in the north engaged in an epic battle to rid its system of an infected payload that kept growing bigger and bigger, spewing frozen ice flames across all critical infrastructure. Yes, I’m talking about Game of Thrones, folks, and yes, we asked an officer in the Army National Guard to do a tactical analysis of the battle of Winterfell, and yes, it’s wonderful and you should read it. Learn more about

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3:38

A Hacking Spree, a Fight for Open Internet, and More...

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2019/05/07

Hackers are hacking, Portland is leading the charge for open internet, and Paris is pondering what to do with what's left of the Notre Dame Cathedral. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. A hacker group is on a hijacking spree Over the past three years, insidious supply chain attacks on at least six different companies have now all been tied to a single group of hackers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:11

A Mysterious Hacker Group Is On a Supply Chain...

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2019/05/06

A software supply chain attack represents one of the most insidious forms of hacking. By breaking into a developer's network and hiding malicious code within apps and software updates that users trust, supply chain hijackers can smuggle their malware onto hundreds of thousands—or millions—of computers in a single operation, without the slightest sign of foul play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:29

Hacktivists Are on the Rise—but Less Effective Than Ever

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2019/05/03

In the United States, the public discourse has lately centered around nation state disinformation campaigns much more than hacktivism. But internationally, dramatic or destructive digital acts that call attention to particular issues continue to simmer—and boiled over in the lead-up to the ouster of longtime Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir. The #OpSudan effort did not directly lead to al-Bashir's arrest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:23

Trump’s World Still Faces 16 Known Criminal Probes

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2019/05/02

In December, WIRED took stock of then 17 known criminal investigations swirling around Donald Trump, Russia’s role in the 2016 election, and Trump’s network of businesses and business partners—probes by not just Special Counsel Robert Mueller but by at least a half-dozen other federal, state, and local investigators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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