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A Navy SEAL, a Quadcopter, and a Quest to Save Lives in Combat
On the battlefield, any doorway can be a death trap. A special ops vet, and his businessman brother, have built an AI to solve that problem.
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Ransomware Hits Dozens of Hospitals in an Unprecedented Wave
As Covid-19 infections spike in many parts of the US, malware gangs are wreaking havoc on the health care system.
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All the Ways Slack Tracks You—and How to Stop It
From changing privacy settings to putting limits on those infuriating notifications, here’s how to take control of Slack.
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'Watch Dogs: Legion' Tackles Surveillance Without Humanity
The game envisions a near-future full of techno-dystopian surveillance, but doesn't have much to say about the people it affects.
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New Research Reveals the Hidden Downsides of Link Previews
The feature is convenient, but it can also leak sensitive data, consume bandwidth, and drain batteries. And some sites are worse than others.
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A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients' Therapy Notes
An extortionist has turned a breach of Finland's Vastaamo mental health services provider into a nightmare for victims.
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The Russian Hackers Playing 'Chekhov's Gun' With US Targets
Berserk Bear has had plenty of opportunity to cause serious trouble. So why hasn't it yet?
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How to Clean Up Your Digital History
There are plenty of reasons to declutter your online traces. Here's how to tidy up.
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The Unsinkable Maddie Stone, Google's Bug-Hunting Badass
The Project Zero reverse engineer shuts down some of the world's most dangerous exploits—along with antiquated hacker stereotypes.
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Did a Security Researcher Guess Trump's Twitter Password?
Plus: An Among Us spam attack, China's favorite vulnerabilities, and more of the week's top security news.
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The US Sanctions Russians For Potentially ‘Fatal’ Malware
The message is meant to deter any similar attack against US infrastructure.
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How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator
A secret experiment in 2007 proved that hackers could devastate power grid equipment beyond repair—with a file no bigger than a gif.
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How Police Can Crack Locked Phones—and Extract Information
A report finds 50,000 cases where law enforcement agencies turned to outside firms to bypass the encryption on a mobile device.
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Facebook Promises Privacy Reform. Critics Aren't Convinced
In an interview with WIRED, Facebook's chief privacy officers argue that the company has turned a corner. Again.
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12 Cyber Threats That Could Wreak Havoc on the Election
From targeted misinformation to manipulated data, these are the cybersecurity concerns election officials worry about most.
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A Deepfake Porn Bot Is Being Used to Abuse Thousands of Women
An AI tool that ‘removes’ items of clothing from photos has targeted more than 100,000 women, some of whom appear to be under the age of 18.
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US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit
The Department of Justice has named and charged six men for allegedly carrying out many of the most costly cyberattacks in history.
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A Cut Cable Knocked Out Virginia's Voter Registration Site
Plus: Barnes and Noble got hacked, Zoom adds real end-to-end encryption, and more of the week's top security news.
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Twitter's 'Hacked Materials' Rule Tries to Thread an Impossible Needle
The company's flip-flopping on the policy after banning a shady New York Post story highlights the challenges facing social media in 2020.
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Fancy Bear Imposters Are on a Hacking Extortion Spree
Nice looking website you've got there. It'd be a shame if someone DDoS'd it.
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