Apple's M1 Chip Has a Fascinating Flaw
The covert channel bug demonstrates a fundamental fact of CPUs: even new ones have vulnerabilities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 10, 2021•7 min
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The Bizarro Streaming Site That Hackers Built From Scratch
BravoMovies isn't real. But it puts in a remarkable amount of effort trying to trick you into believing that it is. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 09, 2021•6 min
Blurry Satellite Images of Palestine and Israel Make Rebuilding Harder
Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 08, 2021•9 min
Goodbye Internet Explorer—and Good Riddance
Microsoft will finally put the venerated, vulnerability-ridden browser out to pasture, but it's still got a year to cause some trouble. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 07, 2021•5 min
How to Avoid Those Infuriating Cookie Pop-Ups
Cookie consent notices are everywhere, and opting out of tracking is a pain. It doesn’t have to be this way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 04, 2021•7 min
How to Avoid App Store Scams
Apple’s and Google’s approval guidelines are notoriously lax—and they won’t keep out apps that are after your money and data. Here’s how to sniff them out. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 03, 2021•9 min
Ransomware's Dangerous New Trick Is Double-Encrypting Your Data
Even when you pay to get a decryption key, you may find your files are still locked up by another strain of malware. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 02, 2021•4 min
The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware
An attack has crippled the company's operations—and cut off a large portion of the East Coast's fuel supply—in an ominous development for critical infrastructure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 01, 2021•7 min
DarkSide Ransomware Hit Colonial Pipeline—and Created an Unholy Mess
As the White House gets involved in the response, the group behind the malware is scrambling. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 31, 2021•8 min
How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme
The company’s ex-vice president of IT faces 20 years in prison for creating a pay-to-play environment with technology vendors. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 28, 2021•8 min
WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Just Kicked In. Here’s What You Need to Know
Instead of a hard cutoff, the messaging app will gradually degrade and eventually cease to function if you don’t accept the changes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 27, 2021•7 min
What's Google FLoC? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy?
There's a battle raging over how advertisers can target us on the web—or whether they should be able to target us at all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 26, 2021•7 min
I’m Not a Robot! So Why Won’t Captchas Believe Me?
If clicking crosswalks makes your blood boil, you’re not alone. Fortunately, there are some tips that make solving those challenges way less frustrating. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 25, 2021•12 min
Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable
Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 24, 2021•6 min
Google's Grand Plan to Eradicate Cookies Is Crumbling
Regulators in the EU and competitors have raised concerns about the company's proposals to rewrite the rules of online advertising. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 20, 2021•9 min
An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds
A task force counting Amazon, Cisco, and the FBI among its members has proposed a framework to solve one of cybersecurity's biggest problems. Good luck. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 19, 2021•6 min
Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin
The alleged administrator of Bitcoin Fog kept the dark web service running for 10 years before the IRS caught up with him. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 18, 2021•7 min
The New iOS Update Lets You Stop Ads From Tracking You—So Do It
Facebook and other advertisers fought the move, but App Tracking Transparency is finally here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 17, 2021•6 min
AirDrop Is Leaking Email Addresses and Phone Numbers
Apple has known about the flaw since 2019 but has yet to acknowledge or fix it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 14, 2021•7 min
Hackers Used ‘Mind-Blowing’ Bug to Sneak Past macOS Safeguards
The vulnerability was patched Monday, but hackers had already used it to spread malware. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 13, 2021•6 min
VPN Hacks Are a Slow-Motion Disaster
Recent spying attacks against Pulse Secure VPN are just the latest example of a long-simmering cybersecurity meltdown. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 12, 2021•7 min
Apple’s Ransomware Mess Is the Future of Online Extortion
This week, hackers stole confidential schematics from a third-party supplier and demanded $50 million not to release them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 11, 2021•7 min
A Clubhouse Bug Let People Lurk in Rooms Invisibly
 The vulnerabilities opened the door to “ghosts” hiding in and disrupting rooms, where moderators would be unable to mute them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 10, 2021•6 min
Palestinian Hackers Tricked Victims Into Installing iOS Spyware
The groups used social engineering techniques on Facebook to direct targets to a wide range of malware, including custom tools. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 07, 2021•5 min
A New Facebook Bug Exposes Millions of Email Addresses
A recently discovered vulnerability discloses user email addresses even when they’re set to private. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 06, 2021•6 min
The Biggest Security Threats to the US Are the Hardest to Define
In a Senate briefing, the heads of the major intelligence agencies warned the public about dangers that offer no easy solutions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 05, 2021•7 min
100 Million More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won't Be the Last
The Name:Wreck flaws in TCP/IP are the latest in a series of vulnerabilities with global implications. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 04, 2021•7 min
US Sanctions on Russia Rewrite Cyberespionage's Rules
The US has sent a loud message to Moscow—though what it's saying isn’t exactly clear. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 03, 2021•8 min
The FBI Takes a Drastic Step to Fight China’s Hacking Spree
The agency's approach to protecting vulnerable victims of the recent Hafnium attack manages to be at once controversial and refreshingly restrained. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 30, 2021•8 min
Facebook Had Years to Fix the Flaw That Leaked 500M Users' Data
Software makers can't catch every bug every time, but Facebook had ample warning about the privacy problems with its “contact import” feature. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 29, 2021•9 min
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