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China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle

Wired Security - 1 hour 21 min ago
Chinese black market operators are openly recruiting government agency insiders, paying them for access to surveillance data and then reselling it online—no questions asked.
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Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry

Wired Security - Wed, 11/20/2024 - 6:00am
AI-generated influencers based on stolen images of real-life adult content creators are flooding social media.
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Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany

Wired Security - Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:00pm
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.
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ICE Can Already Sidestep Sanctuary City Laws Through Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

Wired Security - Tue, 11/19/2024 - 5:00am
Built to combat terrorism, fusion centers give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation with ICE.
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Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist

Wired Security - Sat, 11/16/2024 - 6:30am
Plus: An “AI granny” is wasting scammers’ time, a lawsuit goes after spyware-maker NSO Group’s executives, and North Korea–linked hackers take a crack at macOS malware.
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More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity

Wired Security - Thu, 11/14/2024 - 5:30am
Experts expect Donald Trump’s next administration to relax cybersecurity rules on businesses, abandon concerns around human rights, and take an aggressive stance against the cyber armies of US adversaries.
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Teen Behind Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

Wired Security - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 8:37pm
Alan Filion, believed to have operated under the handle “Torswats,” admitted to making more than 375 fake threats against schools, places of worship, and government buildings around the United States.
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These Guys Hacked AirPods to Give Their Grandmas Hearing Aids

Wired Security - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 2:07pm
Three technologists in India used a homemade Faraday cage and a microwave oven to get around Apple’s location blocks.
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ICE Started Ramping Up Its Surveillance Arsenal Immediately After Donald Trump Won

Wired Security - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 7:00am
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement put out a fresh call for contracts for surveillance technologies before an anticipated surge in the number of people it monitors ahead of deportation hearings.
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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Wired Security - Tue, 11/12/2024 - 6:30am
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
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The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests

Wired Security - Tue, 11/12/2024 - 6:00am
Privacy advocates worry banning masks at protests will encourage harassment, while cops' high-tech tools render the rules unnecessary.
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The AI Machine Gun of the Future Is Already Here

Wired Security - Mon, 11/11/2024 - 5:30am
The Pentagon is pursuing every available option to keep US troops safe from the rising tide of adversary drones, including a robotic twist on its standard-issue small arms.
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Auto-Rebooting iPhones Are Causing Chaos for Cops

Wired Security - Sat, 11/09/2024 - 6:30am
Plus: Hot Topic confirms a customer data breach, Germany arrests a US citizen for allegedly passing military secrets to Chinese intelligence, and more.
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764 Terror Network Member Richard Densmore Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

Wired Security - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 3:46pm
The 47-year-old Michigan man, who pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a child, was highly active in the online criminal network called 764, which the FBI now considers a “tier one” terrorism threat.
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Russia Is Going All Out on Election Day Interference

Wired Security - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 4:04pm
Along with other foreign influence operations—including from Iran—Kremlin-backed campaigns to stoke division and fear have gone into overdrive.
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Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition

Wired Security - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 1:36pm
Alexander “Connor” Moucka was arrested this week by Canadian authorities for allegedly carrying out a series of hacks that targeted Snowflake’s cloud customers. His next stop may be a US jail.
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Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data

Wired Security - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 11:56am
A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.
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Inside the Massive Crime Industry That’s Hacking Billion-Dollar Companies

Wired Security - Mon, 11/04/2024 - 6:00am
When you download a piece of pirated software, you might also be getting a piece of infostealer malware, and entering a highly complex hacking ecosystem that’s fueling some of the biggest breaches on the planet.
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Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings

Wired Security - Sat, 11/02/2024 - 6:30am
Plus: Cops take down a notorious infostealer, Strava leaks world leaders’ locations, and a hacking scandal is causing chaos in Italy.
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Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack

Wired Security - Fri, 11/01/2024 - 6:00am
A vulnerability categorized as “critical” in a photo app installed by default on Synology network-attached storage devices could give attackers the ability to steal data and worse.
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