‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ Players Hit With Worm Malware
According to TechCrunch it is unclear why the malware is spreading or what exactly the impact is on gamers. Valve, the owner of Steam, did…
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The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’
The US Supreme Court has previously ordered the government to obtain search warrants before seeking information that may “chronicle a person’s past movements through the…
Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down
Embarrassed, angry, victimized. That’s just a few of the words my friend uses to describe his recent run-in with a cybercriminal that used a hacked…
ChatGPT Plugins Pose Security Risks
Over the past eight months, ChatGPT has impressed millions of people with its ability to generate realistic-looking text, writing everything from stories to code. But…
TETRA Radio Code Encryption Has a Flaw: A Backdoor
In a brief email, NCSC spokesperson Miral Scheffer called TETRA “a crucial foundation for mission-critical communication in the Netherlands and around the world” and emphasized…
China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems
Microsoft wrote last week that its “investigations have not detected any other use of this pattern by other actors and Microsoft has taken steps to…
NYPD Body Cam Data Shows the Scale of Violence Against Protesters
Beaten, blinded by pepper spray, corralled like animals, and indiscriminately arrested for marching against police violence and racial injustice. Such was the fate hundreds of…
Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws
Hundreds of miles above Earth, thousands of satellites are orbiting the planet to keep the world running smoothly. Timing systems, GPS, and communications technologies are…
Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act Goes Back to Congress
Other lawmakers are alarmed by the FBI’s disclosure of having purchased location information derived from people’s cell phones. During a hearing in March, the FBI…
Nude Videos of Kids From Hacked Baby Monitors Were Sold on Telegram
IPVM disputes this allegation and says it promptly contacted the FBI upon discovering the crimes. A murdered Russian submarine captain may have been tracked by…
FBI Surveillance Fears Are Uniting a Badly Broken Congress
The FBI has collected sensitive data on millions of Americans without warrants, drawing intense scrutiny from Congress and turning the agency into a punching bag…
How a Cloud Flaw Gave Chinese Spies a Key to Microsoft’s Kingdom
But exactly how such a sensitive key, allowing such broad access, could be stolen in the first place remains unknown. WIRED contacted Microsoft, but the…