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A combination of technologies helped scientists discover a potentially illegal fishing operation involving more than 900 vessels. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A WIRED investigation found dozens of channels belong to children apparently under 13, and anonymous chat participants sending inappropriate messages their way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A ransomware hit and subsequent outage caused problems in the company's aviation services, including flight planning and mapping. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A previously unreported Fancy Bear campaign persisted for well over a year—and indicates that the notorious group has broadened its focus. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Last year, Apple announced a special device just for hackers. The phone—for approved researchers only—has started to ship. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The new hardware-based attack, which has targeted machines across Europe, can yield a stream of cash for the attacker. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Twitter's new policy won't make the conspiracy group disappear. But experts say it could dramatically reduce its ability to spread. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Officials in the three countries believe a state-linked group is trying to steal intellectual property and information about potential vaccine candidates. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Atlas of Surveillance shows which tech law enforcement agencies across the country have acquired. It's a sobering look at the present-day panopticon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Turf wars are heating up over the routers that fuel distributed denial of service attacks—and cybermercenaries are running rampant. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The SigRed vulnerability exists in Windows DNS, used by practically every small and medium-sized organization in the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Confidential Virtual Machines allows Google Cloud Services Customers to keep data secret—even when it's being actively processed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A sophisticated scheme was designed to trick businesses in more than 60 countries into wiring large sums of money to attackers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dozens of people have come forward over the past week, many pointing to a culture that they say enabled rampant predatory behavior. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
US lawmakers have repeatedly raised security concerns over the app's Chinese ownership. Are US businesses next? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Iran, China, Russia—the gang was all here in the first half of this year. Oh, and also an unprecedented pandemic that’s been a boon for hackers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
There's finally a way to get off of email lists with your privacy intact. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
As China exerts more power over the city, companies like Facebook and Google have stopped handing over data—for now. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A group dubbed "Cosmic Lynx" uses surprisingly sophisticated methods—and targets big game. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
For companies that haven't patched their BIG-IP products, it may already be too late. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A lack of dedicated funding and resources made it hard to keep data secure—and that was before classes moved almost entirely online. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The malware known as ThiefQuest or EvilQuest also has spyware capabilities that allow it to grab passwords and credit card numbers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Starting today, the search giant will make a previously opt-in auto-delete feature the norm. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Plus: Evil Corp hacking, an anti-encryption bill, and more of the week's top security news. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Computers constantly give off more information than you might realize—which hackers can use to pry out their secrets. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Kenton Varda gets dozens of messages a day from Spanish-speakers around the world, all thanks to a Gmail address he registered 16 years ago. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A series of WikiLeaks disclosures that exposed a trove of the intelligence organization's secrets could have been avoided, a task force found. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The video conferencing platform had previously said that only paid accounts would get the feature—a move privacy advocates roundly decried. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Secondary Infektion appears to be a distinct effort from the meddling of the IRA and GRU—and it went undetected for years. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Blizzard has suspended or closed over 74,000 accounts in the last month, as bots have upended the game's economy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
