Security, Spoken

The retail empire is obsessed with your data. But is the convenience worth your personal information? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sigstore will make code signing free and easy for software developers, providing an important first line of defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While major carriers like AXA have backed away from covering ransoms, don't expect the industry at large to break the vicious cycle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The agency spent years running a secure phone network for criminals. So much for “going dark.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Digital driver’s licenses have had a slow start in the US so far, but iOS 15 Wallet will give the nascent technology a serious push. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before you use it to cartoonify your face, consider the risks to your data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen, if you’re going to take them, follow these precautions so they don’t go anywhere you don’t intend them to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LineStar Integrity Services was hacked around the same time as Colonial Pipeline, but radical transparency activists have brought the attack to light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may not have heard of Fastly, but you felt its impact when sites went offline around the world Tuesday morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a growing threat for individual users and businesses alike—but there are ways to protect yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hart InterCivic will be the first private vendor to partner with the company on using its open-source ElectionGuard system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hackers targeting JBS USA have disrupted meat processing facilities around the world, just one month after the Colonial Pipeline attack caused fuel distribution havoc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new phishing campaign from Russian spies targeted USAID among others. But it's less an escalation than a regression to the mean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From NotPetya to SolarWinds, it’s a problem that’s not going away any time soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The covert channel bug demonstrates a fundamental fact of CPUs: even new ones have vulnerabilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BravoMovies isn't real. But it puts in a remarkable amount of effort trying to trick you into believing that it is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft will finally put the venerated, vulnerability-ridden browser out to pasture, but it's still got a year to cause some trouble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cookie consent notices are everywhere, and opting out of tracking is a pain. It doesn’t have to be this way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple’s and Google’s approval guidelines are notoriously lax—and they won’t keep out apps that are after your money and data. Here’s how to sniff them out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even when you pay to get a decryption key, you may find your files are still locked up by another strain of malware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An attack has crippled the company's operations—and cut off a large portion of the East Coast's fuel supply—in an ominous development for critical infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the White House gets involved in the response, the group behind the malware is scrambling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company’s ex-vice president of IT faces 20 years in prison for creating a pay-to-play environment with technology vendors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instead of a hard cutoff, the messaging app will gradually degrade and eventually cease to function if you don’t accept the changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices