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More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity
Trump is also unlikely to continue the Biden administration’s campaign to limit the proliferation of commercial spyware technologies,…
Microsoft Warns Foreign Disinformation Is Hitting the US Election From All Directions
As November 5 draws closer, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) warned on Wednesday that malicious foreign influence…
The US Could Finally Ban Inane Forced Password Changes
Researchers found a vulnerability in a Kia web portal that allowed them to track millions of cars, unlock…
Iranian Hackers Tried to Give Hacked Trump Campaign Emails to Dems
The week was dominated by news that thousands of pagers, walkie-talkies and other devices were exploding across Lebanon…
Walkie-Talkies Explode in New Attack on Hezbollah
With Hezbollah and Lebanon still reeling from a coordinated wave of pager explosions on Tuesday that killed at…
The Mystery of Hezbollah’s Deadly Exploding Pagers
This pager runs on two AAA batteries, which, like any battery, could be induced to explode, but likely…
Notorious Iranian Hackers Have Been Targeting the Space Industry With a New Backdoor
The Iranian government-backed hacking group known as APT 33 has been active for more than 10 years, conducting…
This Woman Secretly Tries to Stop War
Gabrielle Rifkind was trained as a group analyst and psychotherapist. Now she sits down with groups like Hamas…
Ukrainian Sailors Are Using Telegram to Avoid Being Tricked Into Smuggling Oil for Russia
This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A new video…
The US Election Threats Are Clear. What to Do About Them Is Anything But
On Wednesday, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee questioned senior national security officials on how they plan to…