Apple Just Killed the Password—for Real This Time
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:10:14 +0000
Apple’s iOS 16 and macOS Ventura will introduce passwordless login for apps and websites. It’s only the beginning.
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A Long-Awaited Defense Against Data Leaks May Have Just Arrived
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000
MongoDB claims its new “Queryable Encryption” lets users search their databases while sensitive data stays encrypted. Oh, and its cryptography is open source.
Read MoreAlphaBay Is Taking Over the Dark Web—Again
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:46:02 +0000
Five years after it was torn offline, the resurrected dark web marketplace is clawing its way back to the top of the online underworld.
Read MoreThe Hacker Gold Rush That’s Poised to Eclipse Ransomware
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000
As governments crack down on ransomware, cybercriminals may soon shift to business email compromise—already the world’s most profitable type of scam.
Read MoreGoogle May Owe You a Chunk of $100 Million
Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: The US admits to cyber operations supporting Ukraine, SCOTUS investigates its own, and a Michael Flynn surveillance mystery is solved.
Read MoreDuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Think
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A $150 million Twitter fine, a massive leak from a Chinese prison in Xinjiang, and an ISIS plot to assassinate George W. Bush.
Read MoreProton Is Trying to Become Google—Without Your Data
Credit to Author: Gilad Edelman| Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000
The encrypted-email company, popular with security-conscious users, has a plan to go mainstream.
Read MoreThe NSA Swears It Has ‘No Backdoors’ in Next-Gen Encryption
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: New details of ICE’s dragnet surveillance in the US, Clearview AI agrees to limit sales of its faceprint database, and more.
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