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The Department of Justice has named and charged six men for allegedly carrying out many of the most costly cyberattacks in history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The company's flip-flopping on the policy after banning a shady New York Post story highlights the challenges facing social media in 2020. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
From arrests to surveillance, governments are using the novel coronavirus as cover for a crackdown on digital liberty. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Despite the operation's short-term effects, it sets new precedents for the scope of Cyber Command's mission. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The company has patched the vulnerabilities and paid the team of white-hat hackers $288,000. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Privacy advocates warn that the Ring Always Home Cam and Amazon One both normalize aggressive new forms of data collection. Â Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Researchers found they could stop a Tesla by flashing a few frames of a stop sign for less than half a second on an internet-connected billboard. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The latest Gboard feature needs to know as much as possible about your digital life to work—but doesn't share that data with Google. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mike Postle claims he was the victim of an elaborate online campaign to tar him as a fraud—and he’s suing a dozen defendants. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The tool attacks a device’s UEFI firmware—which makes it especially hard to detect and destroy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hackers spent $4 million of victims' money to buy ads for diet pills, fake designer handbags, and more. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
There’s a small but real possibility that we won’t know which party controls the Senate until 2021, thanks to a special election and a unique state requirement. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The campaigns primarily targeted countries outside the US. But the same mechanisms could be used in “hack and leak” operations like those that roiled the 2016 campaign. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
“All computers are completely shut down,” one Universal Health Services employee told WIRED. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ad trackers follow you everywhere online—but it doesn’t have to be that way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
After a girl reported a suspicious TikTok profile, researchers detected aggressive adware in apps that had been downloaded 2.4 million times. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
On Day 2 of WIRED’s virtual conference, hacker Matt Mitchell cautions that law enforcement routinely trawls social media to surveil protestors. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The latest update for your iPhone and iPad will make them safer than ever. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Operation Disruptor is an unprecedented international law enforcement effort, stemming from last year’s seizure of a popular underground bazaar called Wall Street Market. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
So-called single sign-on options offer a lot of convenience. But they have downsides that a good old fashioned password manager doesn't. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Poll workers, who skew elderly, are in short supply during the pandemic. Meet some of the young people trying to make up the gap. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The outage resulted in a significant delay in treatment. German authorities are investigating the perpetrators on suspicion of negligent manslaughter. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US government has detained thousands of wireless earbuds on suspicion of being fake Apple goods—despite crystal clear branding from an established company. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Passwords, key fobs, fingerprints—there are lots of ways to gain access to your laptop or desktop. Here are the best and most secure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google Maps is arguably the easiest mapping service to use, but that doesn't mean it's the most secure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Microsoft has revealed that the GRU hacking group has attacked hundreds of organizations over the last year, many of them tied to the upcoming election. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hackers have been exploiting the vulnerability, which is now patched: Users should update to File Manager version 6.9 ASAP. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Facebook-owned company has end-to-end encryption by default—but that doesn't mean the service’s settings are as private as they could be. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The argument hinges in part on psychiatrists' testimony that Assange is a high suicide risk. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The DHS, the DOJ, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have all had recent controversies that bode poorly for electoral integrity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
