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US said to halt offensive cyber operations against RussiaÂ
<p>The reported policy shift comes as the U.S. government signals a change in its threat assessment of Russia</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 32 min read
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As Skype shuts down, its legacy is end-to-end encryption for the masses
<p>iMessage, Signal, and WhatsApp have made E2EE the default for messaging, but Skype paved the way decades ago. </p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 33 min read
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Researchers uncover unknown Android flaws used to hack into a student’s phone
<p>Amnesty International said that Google fixed previously unknown flaws in Android that allowed authorities to unlock phones using forensic tools. On Friday, Amnesty International published a report detailing a chain of three zero-day vulnerabilities developed by phone-unlocking company Cellebrite, which its researchers found after investigating the hack of a student protester’s phone in Serbia. The […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 283 min read
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Spyzie stalkerware is spying on thousands of Android and iPhone users
<p>Another little-known phone monitoring outfit has quietly amassed half a million customers, whose email addresses are now in Have I Been Pwned.</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 274 min read
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Archipelo comes out of stealth with $12M funding to secure human and AI-driven code
<p>When it comes to AI software, you can build something clever, but that’s not always the same as building something that is secure. With so much software now getting written by AI, having a window into its security can be a challenge. That’s the premise of Archipelo, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup that is today […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 272 min read
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These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance
<p>Not every app or service wants to monetize your personal data. Here are some of our favorite alternatives to popular apps.</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 2610 min read
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Hacked crypto exchange Bybit offers $140M bounty to trace stolen funds
<p>Bybit has already paid more than $4 million to bounty hunters who helped trace and freeze some of the stolen funds. </p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 262 min read
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Cellebrite suspends Serbia as customer after claims police used firm’s tech to plant spyware
<p>Security researchers found evidence that Cellebrite was used by Serbian police to hack into the cellphones of a local journalist and an activist.</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 262 min read
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Hackers publish sensitive patient data allegedly stolen from Australian IVF provider Genea
<p>Genea gets a court injunction after ransomware gang Termite claims to have leaked patient information</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 262 min read
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Thousands of exposed GitHub repositories, now private, can still be accessed through Copilot
<p>Data exposed even briefly can live on in generative AI chatbots long after the data is made private.</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 263 min read
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US employee screening giant DISA says hackers accessed data of more than 3M people
<p>The Texas-based company said hackers accessed applicants’ SSNs and financial information</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 252 min read
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DOGE’s HR email is getting the ‘Bee Movie’ spam treatment
<p>Over the weekend, Elon Musk surveyed his followers on X — the platform he spent $44 billion to buy — asking whether federal employees should be required to send his team an email with a list of five things they accomplished this week. With the yes votes totaling over 70%, Musk followed through. Federal employees […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 243 min read
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Three years on, Europe looks to Ukraine for the future of defense tech
<p>Today marks three years since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people have heroically fought the war with grit and determination, but they have also, against the odds, innovated on and off the battlefield. In addition to establishing a defense tech initiative called BRAVE1, the country has also hosted tech conferences like […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 2410 min read
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Australia bans government use of Kaspersky software due to ‘unacceptable security risk’
<p>The Australian government followed the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom in taking action against the Russian cybersecurity giant</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 242 min read
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Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist
<p>North Korea is behind the massive crypto hack, according to several blockchain monitoring firms and a well-known researcher </p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 243 min read
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A single default password exposes access to dozens of apartment buildings
<p>An unchanged credential allows anyone to virtually control door locks and elevators at dozens of apartment buildings across North America, a security researcher found. </p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 243 min read
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Crypto exchange Bybit says it was hacked and lost around $1.4B
<p>Crypto exchange Bitby disclosed a breach that that amounts to a loss of $1.4 billion, the largest crypto theft of all time. </p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 212 min read
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Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature for UK users after government demanded backdoor
<p>In an unprecedented step, Apple caved to a reported U.K. government’s demand to prevent users from using end-to-end encryption in iCloud.</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 213 min read
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A huge trove of leaked Black Basta chat logs expose the ransomware gang’s key members and victims
<p>A leaker allegedly published the leaked internal messages after the group allegedly targeted Russian banks</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 213 min read
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Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people
<p>A bug in the Android and iPhone monitoring operations allows anyone to access private data exfiltrated from a victim’s device.</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 206 min read
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