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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Before a crackdown by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee grew into one of the internet’s biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers and money laundering. And all registered to a US address.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A DOGE operative’s laptop reportedly gets infected with malware, Grok AI is used to “undress” women on X, a school software company’s ransomware nightmare returns, and more.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 21:03:10 +0000
CBP says it has “disabled” its use of TeleMessage following reports that the app, which has not cleared the US government’s risk assessment program, was hacked.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 20:24:44 +0000
A new analysis of TM Signal’s source code appears to show that the app sends users’ message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.
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Credit to Author: Tim Marchman| Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 19:27:19 +0000
Now the US director of national intelligence, Gabbard failed to follow basic cybersecurity practices on several of her personal accounts, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 21:24:04 +0000
The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz’s phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at least one breach.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia’s VK, whose CEO has been sanctioned, have researchers sounding the alarm.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: France blames Russia for a series of cyberattacks, the US is taking steps to crack down on a gray market allegedly used by scammers, and Microsoft pushes the password one step closer to death.
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