Cryptocurrency Scams Like Prodeum Are Just Straight-Up Trolling at This Point

US regulators and Facebook are finally coming for bogus ICOs.

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https://www.wired.com/story/cryptocurrency-scams-ico-trolling

Look Out: Chrome Extension Malware Has Evolved

While helpful and creative, Chrome extensions have also become a new playground for hackers intent on stealing your data.

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https://www.wired.com/story/chrome-extension-malware

Strava Data Heat Maps Expose Military Base Locations Around the World

The US military is reexamining security policies after fitness tracker data shared on social media revealed bases and patrol routes

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https://www.wired.com/story/strava-heat-map-military-bases-fitness-trackers-privacy

Dutch Spies Snooped on Russia's Elite Hackers, and More Security News This Week

The Doomsday Clock, #ReleaseTheMemo, and more of the week's top security news.

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https://www.wired.com/story/security-roundup-dutch-spies-snooped-on-russias-elite-hackers

Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation Includes at Least One Facebook Employee Interview

As special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation grows, at least one Facebook employee who worked alongside the 2016 Trump campaign has been pulled into the probe.

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https://www.wired.com/story/robert-mueller-russia-investigation-facebook

Your Sloppy Bitcoin Drug Deals Will Haunt You For Years

Scouring the blockchain, researchers found years-old evidence tying Silk Road transaction to users' public accounts.

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https://www.wired.com/story/bitcoin-drug-deals-silk-road-blockchain

Bob Lord Is the DNC's New Chief Security Officer

At Yahoo, Bob Lord led the response to two massive cyberattacks. Now he's bringing that know-how to the Democratic National Committee.

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https://www.wired.com/story/bob-lord-dnc-chief-security-officer

The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight Over Nuclear War Fears

As the so-called Doomsday Clock ticks even closer to midnight, a reminder of just how easy it is to slip into nuclear war.

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https://www.wired.com/story/doomsday-clock-nuclear-war

How #ReleaseTheMemo Relies on Basic Misunderstandings of FISA Law

Congressman Devin Nunes has fired up his fellow Republicans over a mysterious memo, taking advantage of a secretive legal process to sow confusion.

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https://www.wired.com/story/release-the-memo-nunes-fisa-702

Meltdown and Spectre Patches From Intel and Others Have a Rough Start

In the haste to address the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that shook the computer industry, several clumsy patch attempts have had to be pulled.

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https://www.wired.com/story/meltdown-spectre-patching-total-train-wreck

Tinder's Lack of Encryption Lets Strangers Spy on Your Swipes

Thanks to Tinder's patchwork use of HTTPS, researchers found they could reconstruct someone's entire experience in the app.

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https://www.wired.com/story/tinder-lack-of-encryption-lets-strangers-spy-on-swipes

Pixek App Encrypts Your Photos From Camera to Cloud

Pixek, an end-to-end encrypted photo app, could point to the future of searchable cloud data storage.

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https://www.wired.com/story/pixek-app-encrypts-photos-from-camera-to-cloud

Want to Avoid Malware on Your Android Phone? Ditch Google’s App Store

Opinion: Researchers from Yale Privacy Lab argue that the scourge of trackers in Android apps means users should stop using the Google Play store.

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https://www.wired.com/story/android-users-to-avoid-malware-ditch-googles-app-store

Android Malware, Free Speech, and More Security News This Week

False alarms, free speech, and more of the week's top security news.

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https://www.wired.com/story/hacking-groups-mobile-malware-spies-on-thousands-worldwide

Triton Malware Details Show the Dangers of Industrial System Sabotage

New details about Triton malware should put industrial systems and critical infrastructure on notice.

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https://www.wired.com/story/triton-malware-dangers-industrial-system-sabotage

A New Way to Track Down Bugs Could Help Save IoT

New research advances techniques for finding and exploiting known vulnerabilities in IoT devices automatically.

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https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-way-to-track-down-bugs-could-help-save-iot

A Popular Crime-Predicting Algorithms Performed Worse Than Mechanical Turks in One Study

When researchers put a popular criminal justice algorithm up against a bunch of Mechanical Turks, they came out about even.

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https://www.wired.com/story/crime-predicting-algorithms-may-not-outperform-untrained-humans

The Astrophysicist Who Wants to Help Solve Baltimore's Urban Blight

Vacant buildings are more than just an economic threat. They're also a public safety concern. And it turns out they have their own sort of gravitational pull.

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https://www.wired.com/story/baltimore-vacant-houses-astrophysicist-algorithm

Meet Antifa's Secret Weapon Against Far-Right Extremists

Megan Squire doesn’t consider herself to be antifa and pushes digital activism instead, passing along information to those who might put it to real-world use—who might weaponize it.

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https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-issue-antifa-data-mining

The 'Doublespeak' of Responsible Encryption

It's a new name for an old argument: that public agencies fighting crime and terrorism must have access to our private communications—for our own good.

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https://www.wired.com/story/responsible-encryption-double-speak

How the False Hawaii Missile Warning Could Have Happened

And where was the federal government?

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https://www.wired.com/story/hawaii-nuclear-missile-alert-false-explanation

Meltdown, Spectre, Malicious Apps, and More of This Week's Security News

Meltdown, Spectre, malicious Android apps, and more of the week's top security news.

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https://www.wired.com/story/google-pulls-60-malicious-apps-from-play-store

Meltdown and Spectre Patches Have Caused Serious Performance Issues

Two of the worst vulnerabilities in years are slowly being fixed—but at a cost to consumers and companies alike.

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https://www.wired.com/story/meltdown-and-spectre-patches-take-toll

Tech Companies Are Complicit in Censoring Iran Protests

Opinion: Google, Twitter, and Signal should take steps to ensure their tools aren’t restricting Iranian’s free speech.

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https://www.wired.com/story/tech-companies-are-complicit-in-censoring-iran-protests

A Clever Radio Trick Can Tell If a Drone Is Watching You

A quirk of video compression lets spy targets see what the drone watching them sees.

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https://www.wired.com/story/a-clever-radio-trick-can-tell-if-a-drone-is-watching-you

Skype Introduces End-to-End Encrypted Texts and Voice

After years of lingering questions about Skype's commitment to protecting user data, it will soon offer end-to-end encryption to its 300 million monthly users.

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https://www.wired.com/story/skype-end-to-end-encryption-voice-text

Congress Renews FISA Warrantless Surveillance Bill For Six More Years

The House of Representatives Thursday strengthened spying powers authorized under Section 702 of the 2008 FISA Amendments Act.

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https://www.wired.com/story/fisa-section-702-renewal-congress

Russian 'Fancy Bears' Hackers Target International Olympic Committee in Latest Email Dump

A state-linked hacking group is once again trying to discredit antidoping investigators.

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https://www.wired.com/story/russian-fancy-bears-hackers-release-apparent-ioc-emails

WhatsApp Encryption Security Flaws Could Allow Snoops to Slide Into Group Chats

German researchers say that a flaw in the app's group-chat feature undermines its end-to-end encryption promises.

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https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-security-flaws-encryption-group-chats

How the Government Hides Secret Surveillance Programs

A new report from Human Rights Watch sheds light on a troubling law enforcement practice called “parallel construction.”

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https://www.wired.com/story/stingray-secret-surveillance-programs

Pop-Up Mobile Ads Surge as Sites Scramble to Stop Them

Until ad networks vet what comes through more closely, those redirect ads aren't going anywhere.

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https://www.wired.com/story/pop-up-mobile-ads-surge-as-sites-scramble-to-stop-them

How Meltdown and Spectre Were Independently Discovered By Four Research Teams At Once

The uncanny coincidences among the Meltdown and Spectre discoveries raise questions about "bug collisions"—and the safety of the NSA's hidden vulnerability collection.

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https://www.wired.com/story/meltdown-spectre-bug-collision-intel-chip-flaw-discovery

Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerability Fixes Have Started, But Don't Solve Everything

Meltdown and Spectre Fixes Arrive—But Don't Solve Everything

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https://www.wired.com/story/meltdown-and-spectre-vulnerability-fix

White House Staffers Can't Use Personal Smartphones Anymore, and More Security News This Week

Meltdown and Spectre, dossier drama, and more of the week's top security news.

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https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-staffers-cant-use-personal-smartphones-anymore

Pro-Russia Twitter Trolls Take Aim at Special Counsel Robert Mueller

As special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation heats up, a network of pro-Russia trolls have rushed to discredit him.

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https://www.wired.com/story/pro-russia-twitter-trolls-target-robert-mueller

Even Realistic Videogames like Call of Duty Won’t Help Us Win Wars

Opinion: Research shows that millennial cadets' digital skills don't help them on the virtual battlefield.

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https://www.wired.com/story/even-realistic-videogames-like-call-of-duty-wont-help-us-win-wars

What Happens If Russia Attacks Undersea Internet Cables

The world’s internet infrastructure is vulnerable, but snipping a couple of lines is the least of your concerns.

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https://www.wired.com/story/russia-undersea-internet-cables

Voter ID Laws Really Do Discriminate, a New Study Shows

Critics of voter ID laws have had a difficult time proving their menace in court. A new algorithm could change that.

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https://www.wired.com/story/voter-id-law-algorithm

Get a Password Manager. Here's Where to Start

How important are password managers? Even their flaws double as reminders why you need one.

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https://www.wired.com/story/password-manager-autofill-ad-tech-privacy

A Critical Intel Flaw Breaks Basic Security for Most Computers

Still-unidentified researchers have found a critical chip flaw that developers are scrambling to patch in millions of computers.

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https://www.wired.com/story/critical-intel-flaw-breaks-basic-security-for-most-computers

The Logan Paul "Suicide Forest" Video Should Be a Reckoning For YouTube

Logan Paul's video of Japan's "suicide forest" was a nadir for the YouTube star—and the platform that enables him.

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https://www.wired.com/story/logan-paul-video-youtube-reckoning

Hacker Lexicon: What Is Sinkholing?

What's one good way to bring down a botnet? Send that traffic to a sinkhole.

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https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-sinkholing