Meta tries to break the dead end of end-to-end encryption
After years of tech companies and police tussling and clashing over end-to-end encryption, Meta this week brandished a new tool…
Category: Security
Europe is building a massive international facial recognition system
However, Prüm II allows the use of retrospective facial recognition. This means police forces can compare still images from CCTV…
Inside the Bitcoin bust that took down the biggest child abuse site on the web
Content Warning: The the story told here includes references to suicide and child abuse, although the abuse is not described…
The American Innovation and Online Choice Act is scaring big tech
If you want to tell how worried an industry is about a piece of pending legislation, a decent indicator is…
How Russia’s invasion prompted a US crackdown on its hackers
Since Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February, a wave of predictable cyberattacks has accompanied this offensive,…
TSA’s terrorist watch list is coming for Amtrak passengers
Like Russia’s war continues in Ukraine, the Biden White House is scrambling to use every tool at its disposal to…
What can hackers do with stolen source code?
The Digital Lapsus$ The extortion group is the latest to stage a high-profile data theft attack against major tech companies.…
DuckDuckGo is releasing a privacy browser for Mac desktops in beta
For now, the browser’s distribution is limited. DuckDuckGo’s Mac app is being released as a beta version that people can…
Russian Sandworm hackers tried to shut off electricity for the third time in Ukraine
More than half It’s been a decade since notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted a power station north of…
Ukraine claims it is doxing Russian troops and spies
Names, birthdays, passport numbers, job titles – the personal information goes on for pages and looks like any typical data…