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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.…
3 years, 7 months ago
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.
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3 years, 7 months ago
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.
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3 years, 7 months ago
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.
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3 years, 7 months ago
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.
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3 years, 7 months ago
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 progr…
3 years, 7 months ago
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.”
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3 years, 7 months ago
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.
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3 years, 7 months ago
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 fra…
3 years, 7 months ago
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.
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3 years, 7 months ago