Security, Spoken

Your iPhone now gives you lots of transparency into what your downloads are up to. Here's what to look out for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The critical vulnerability is buried among endless open source code, and many cyber experts are stumped. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A beta “payments” feature now lets some users of the popular encrypted messaging app send MobileCoin around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Unless you go out of your way to install the patch, your system could be exposed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So far, Log4Shell has resulted mostly in cryptomining and a little espionage. The really bad stuff is just around the corner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You’ll never be able to get a clean slate—but you can significantly downsize your digital footprint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was a year of ransomware, surveillance, data breaches, and yes, more ransomware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While NSO Group gets most of the attention, the takedowns underscore how insidious the industry has become. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Smishing" is an attempt to collect logins or other sensitive information with a malicious text message—and it's on the rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ForcedEntry is “one of the most technically sophisticated exploits” Project Zero security researchers have ever seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of millions of devices are likely affected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A referral program and partner sites have spurred the spread of invasive, AI-generated “nude” images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A vulnerability in the Log4j logging framework has security teams scrambling to put in a fix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The move delivers a blow to the hackers behind sophisticated attacks on government agencies, think tanks, and other organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Russia-led campaign was a wake-up call to the industry, but there's no one solution to the threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The attempt to block the site, which helps users mask their online activity, is the latest step in the country's efforts to control the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Academics claim they can sniff out the telltale signs of troll-like behavior. But is it really as simple as monitoring cute animal postings? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The incident lays bare how hollow the surveillance company’s reassurances about the limits of its hacking tools have always been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The platform joins Google and others in requiring stronger protections for its most vulnerable users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Using tricks to sidestep the app store’s restrictions, malware operators pillaged passwords, keystrokes, and other data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An attacker exploited a vulnerability in MonoX Finance's smart contract to inflate the price of its digital token and then cash out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The cold war between a startup and a soft-serve machine manufacturer is heating up, thanks to a newly released trove of internal emails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a technique that can hit thousands of victims—through no fault of their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hackers have targeted the country's trains, gas stations, and airline infrastructure, as cyber conflict with Israel continues to escalate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A hacking group is targeting a broad range of organizations, taking advantage of vulnerabilities that have been patched but not yet updated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices