Month: December 2017
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2017’s biggest cybersecurity facepalms
Originally published in Engadget. This is fine dot jpg. 1 / 12 Illustration by D. Thomas Magee 2017 was a year like no other for cybersecurity. It was the year we found out the horrid truths at Uber and Equifax, and border security took our passwords. A year of WannaCry and Kaspersky, VPNs and blockchains… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Snowden’s app for spying, American journalists targeted by Russian state hackers for Trump, pentester creep goes to jail, digital spying’s big year for business, cryptocurrency mining malware on repeat, and much more… Haven can wait Before the weekend, Freedom of the Press Foundation and its president Edward Snowden launched a free,… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Mozilla’s misguided Mr. Robot malware mess, Trump loves Russia but not Kaspersky, an alarming Border Gateway Protocol attack that more people should care about, WannaCry is back as a tool for Trump to attack North Korea, Netflix gets into security, BrickerBot author retires, and much more… Fprivacy So. Let’s say you’re… Read more…
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As online ads fail, sites mine cryptocurrency
Originally published in Engadget. Bubble? What bubble? 1 / 2 Illustration by D. Thomas Magee Between the incessant headlines and chatter on social media, it feels like everywhere we go some libertarian evangelist appears asking us if we have a second to talk about the blockchain — like a religious wingnut lurking outside the grocery… Read more…
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Cybersecurity news
Originally published on Patreon. Cryptocurrency mining hell is upon us, Slashdot raises the alarm on a conspiracy against men in tech, an examination of Amazon’s cheap espionage implants, a DNC hacker-for-Russia allegedly confessed, Russian bots campaign for Moore, Ajit Pai embraces his puppethood, and much more… I think I have Bitcoin lung Back in September… Read more…
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All the cool gifts are made for spying on you
Originally published in Engadget. Stop surveilling yourself. 1 / 2 Illustration by D. Thomas Magee It's the gift-giving season, and high-tech gadgets are more exciting than ever. Alexa, Siri, Cortana and even "Okay Google" are ready to come over for holiday ham, ready to help you turn on a light or play you some Spotify.… Read more…
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Cybersecurity news
Originally published on Patreon. Uber’s insecurity continues, Apple’s really bad no-good root issues, that guy running Kaspersky AV who snatched the TAO tools worked for the NSA, UK Conservative politicians are proud of their abysmal security practices, domestic government hackers fear tit-for-tat with charges and extradition, and much more will make you weep openly in… Read more…
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Uber, but for toxic techbro culture
Originally published in Engadget. It’s been a long, bad trip. 1 / 5 Illustration by D. Thomas Magee Some companies are just born with an infinite number of chances to keep doing everything wrong and yet somehow seem immune to the consequences. Uber is one of those companies. Uber's latest scandal — a fat hack… Read more…