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Blurred Satellite Images Make Rebuilding Palestine Harder

Conflict Resolution

Blurred Satellite Images Make Rebuilding Palestine Harder

By Luiz Romero

Apple Exec Calls Mac Malware Levels Unacceptable Under Oath

Security Roundup

Apple Exec Calls Mac Malware Levels Unacceptable Under Oath

By Brian Barrett

Goodbye Internet Explorer—and Good Riddance

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Goodbye Internet Explorer—and Good Riddance

By Lily Hay Newman

Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick: Double-Encrypting Your Data

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Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick: Double-Encrypting Your Data

By Lily Hay Newman

Decades-Old Flaws Affect Almost Every Wi-Fi Device

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Decades-Old Flaws Affect Almost Every Wi-Fi Device

By Lily Hay Newman

GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps

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GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps

By Cecilia D'Anastasio

Police caught one of the web’s most dangerous paedophiles. Then everything went dark

Police caught one of the web’s most dangerous paedophiles. Then everything went dark

By Matt Burgess

Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good!

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Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good!

By Lily Hay Newman

Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good

Security Roundup

Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good

By Brian Barrett

Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable

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Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable

By Brian Barrett

A Ransomware Group Hit DC Police—Then Pivoted to Extortion

Security Roundup

A Ransomware Group Hit DC Police—Then Pivoted to Extortion

By Brian Barrett

China is scrambling for global semiconductor supremacy

China is scrambling for global semiconductor supremacy

By Lavender Au

Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin

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Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin

By Andy Greenberg

Signal's Founder Hacked a Notorious Phone-Cracking Device

Security Roundup

Signal's Founder Hacked a Notorious Phone-Cracking Device

By Brian Barrett

A New Facebook Bug Exposes Millions of Email Addresses

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A New Facebook Bug Exposes Millions of Email Addresses

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

A Clubhouse Bug Let People Lurk in Rooms Invisibly

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A Clubhouse Bug Let People Lurk in Rooms Invisibly

By Lily Hay Newman

How the FBI Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

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How the FBI Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

By Lily Hay Newman

They went out to protest. Then the police attacked them on Facebook

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They went out to protest. Then the police attacked them on Facebook

By Layli Foroudi

100M More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last

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100M More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last

By Lily Hay Newman

Oh Look, LinkedIn Also Had 500M Users' Data Scraped

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Oh Look, LinkedIn Also Had 500M Users' Data Scraped

By Brian Barrett