Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000

SIKE was a contender for post-quantum-computing encryption. It took researchers an hour and a single PC to break it.

The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: The FCC cracks down on car warranty robocalls, Thai activists get targeted by NSO’s Pegasus, and the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar continues.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 14:52:03 +0000

While cybersecurity and foreign meddling remain priorities, domestic threats against election workers have risen to the top of the list.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:40:13 +0000

Despite alerting Meta months ago, feminist groups say tens of thousands of fake accounts continue to bombard them on the platform.

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week’s top security news.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Researchers have found a way to use the web’s basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The exploit can leak password information and other sensitive material, but the chipmakers are rolling out mitigations.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone’s new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week’s top security news.