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Security researchers see updated tactics and tools—and a tempo change—in the cyberattacks Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency is inflicting on Ukraine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Anyone can get a blue tick on Twitter without proving who they are. And it’s already causing a ton of problems. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
True the Vote’s IV3 app is meant to catch election cheaters. But it has a fundamental flaw. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Cash is safe—for now. Contactless payment methods, like Apple Pay or Google Wallet, are more of a threat to the existence of physical cards. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A year after a billion-dollar seizure of the dark web market's crypto, the same agency found a giant trove hidden under a different hacker's floorboards. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Rust makes it impossible to introduce some of the most common security vulnerabilities. And its rise can't come soon enough. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Underwater cables keep the internet online. When they congregate in one place, things get tricky. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Authoritarian societies depend on people ratting each other out for activities that were recently legal—and it’s already happening in the US. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
What's next for the social network is anyone's guess—but here's what to watch as you wade through the privacy and security morass. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Your anti-malware software may not work if you upgraded to the new operating system. But Apple says a fix is on the way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The suspected Chinese influence operation had limited success. But it signals a growing threat from a new disinformation adversary. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
For months, an anonymous caller has terrorized communities around the US by reporting false shooting threats. We know how they did it. The question is, why? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A series of deadly attacks using Iranian “suicide drones” shows Russia is shifting gears in the conflict. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Endless vulnerabilities. Widespread hacking campaigns. Slow and technically tough patching. It's time to say goodbye to on-premise Exchange. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Vice Society has a superpower that’s allowed it to quietly carry out attacks on schools and hospitals around the world: mediocrity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
While tensions over a possible nuclear attack on Ukraine remain high, experts say surveillance will likely catch Russia if it plans to do the unthinkable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google wants to make your digital life—in its ecosystem, anyway—passwordless and more secure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Custodians of the crowdsourced encyclopedia are charged with protecting it from state-sponsored manipulators. A new study reveals how. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The company says it hardened the security of its new flagship phones—and plans to release a built-in Android VPN. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The company plans to alert 1 million Facebook users that their account credentials may have been compromised by malicious software. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A new executive order tries to reassure Europeans that their data is safe on US soil, despite government surveillance. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan’s conviction is a rare criminal consequence for an executive’s handling of a hack. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Constantly posting content on social media can erode your privacy—and sense of self. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People around the world are rallying to subvert Iran's internet shutdown, but actually pulling it off is proving difficult and risky. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The internet infrastructure company has an alternative tool to check whether you’re human—and it doesn’t force you to pick out buses in tiny boxes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
For decades, security researchers warned about techniques for hijacking virtualization software. Now one group has put them into practice. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Damage to the pipeline that runs between Russia and Germany is being treated as deliberate. Finding out what happened may not be straightforward. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Want to speak up against Big Tech, unjust data collection, and surveillance? Here's how to be an activist in your community and beyond. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
