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Three iOS 0-Days Used to Infect iPhone
Researchers said Apple has corrected a series iOS zero-day flaws used to infect Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Eltantawy's iPhone with Predator spyware. ...
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Microsoft Comes Under Blistering Criticism for 'Grossly Irresponsible' Security
Azure looks like a house of cards collapsing under the weight of exploits and vulnerabilities.
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OpenAI Discontinues Its AI Writing Detector Due to 'Low Rate of Accuracy'
Research shows that any AI writing detector can be defeated—and false positives abound.
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Google Tells Canada It Won't Pay 'Link Tax,' Will Pull News Links from Search
Canada requiring payments from tech to news orgs; similar bills pending in the U.S.
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Used Routers Often Loaded with Corporate Secrets
Scientists from Slovak security firm ESET found that half of the used routers its researchers purchased for testing were loaded with sensitive corporate information...
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Hackers Drain Bitcoin ATMs of $1.5 Million by Exploiting 0-Day Bug
General Bytes reported that over $1.5 million in bitcoin was drained from Internet-accessible wallets via its bitcoin ATMs by hackers that exploited a previously...
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Stealthy UEFI Malware Bypassing Secure Boot Enabled by Unpatchable Windows Flaw
Researchers at Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET have found the first real-world case of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface malware that can take over a computer's...
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China Bans AI-Generated Media Without Watermarks
New regulations from China's Cyberspace Administration that go into effect Jan. 10, 2023, ban the creation of media using artificial intelligence without watermarks...
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Pentagon Picked Four Tech Companies to Form $9B Cloud Computing Network
Microsoft agrees multi-cloud strategy is "the right one" for U.S. Defense Department.
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A Scientist's Quest for an Accessible, Unhackable Voting Machine
After 19 years of work, Juan Gilbert says he has invented the most secure voting machine.
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Europe Prepares to Rewrite Internet Rules
The enactment of the European Union's Digital Markets Act is expected to force big technology platforms to become more transparent and interoperable next year. ...
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Deepfake Audio Has a Tell
Researchers at the University of Florida can detect audio deepfakes by measuring acoustic and fluid dynamic distinctions between organic and synthetic voice samples...
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Cops Wanted to Keep Mass Surveillance App Secret; Privacy Advocates Refused
Fog Reveal is "almost invisible" when attempting to search for it online.
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Post-Quantum Encryption Contender Taken Out by Single-Core PC in One Hour
Researchers ruled out an algorithm selected by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology as a potential post-quantum encryption program.
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YouTube Content Creator Credentials Are Under Siege by YTStealer Malware
A researcher at security firm Intezer identified a new malware that can steal YouTube content creators' authentication credentials.
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FCC Lets Starlink Offer Internet Service in Moving Vehicles
"These services, never before available, promise the potential for expanding reach to remote and rural areas and facilitating higher quality broadband services...
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Wide Range of Routers Under Attack by Sophisticated Malware
Researchers have discovered at least 80 routers in North America and Europe have been infected by a remote access Trojan as part of a larger hacking campaign.
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Tesla Hack Gives Thieves Their Own Personal Key
Austrian security researcher Martin Herfurt has demonstrated that electric vehicle company Tesla's updated near-field communication key card can be hacked.
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'Tough to Forge' Digital Driver's License Actually Easy to Forge
Security researchers have found that the supposedly hard-to-counterfeit digital driver's licenses in use in New South Wales, Australia, actually can be altered...
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