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Are You Being Tracked by an AirTag? Here’s How to Check 18.02.2022 8:05

Useful advice for anyone worried that one of Apple’s trackers is following them without consent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft's Small Step to Disable Macros Is a Huge Win for Security 17.02.2022 8:44

Word and Excel files you download from the internet just got a whole lot safer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Playing With Crypto? You’ll Need a Wallet (or Several) 16.02.2022 12:03

Buying and selling NFTs or transferring digital currency is going to require a little leap of faith. Here’s how to get started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The DOJ's $3.6B Bitcoin Seizure Shows How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto 15.02.2022 11:46

A couple allegedly used a “laundry list” of technical measures to cover their tracks. It didn't matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cryptocurrency Is Funding Ukraine's Defense—and Its Hacktivists 14.02.2022 9:05

As Russia continues to amass troops at the border, resistance groups have seen a surge in crypto donations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Alt-Right on Facebook Are Hijacking Canada’s Trucker Blockade 11.02.2022 10:06

In Ottawa, a protest against vaccine mandates has become an international sensation. American far-right personalities are behind its online rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Insidious Mac Malware Is Growing More Sophisticated 10.02.2022 6:25

When UpdateAgent emerged in late 2020, it utilized basic infiltration techniques. Its developers have since expanded it in dangerous ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Health Sites Let Ads Track Visitors Without Telling Them 09.02.2022 12:20

Privacy policies didn't tell the whole story about third-party tools gathering personal information from the sites of medical and genetic-testing companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Out-of-Control Cybercrime Will Cause More Real-World Harm 08.02.2022 6:02

Ransomware and online attacks can lead to deadly real-world consequences. Governments need to raise their game in response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet 07.02.2022 14:09

Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Gang 04.02.2022 14:52

Internal messages WIRED has viewed shed new light on the operators of one of the world's biggest botnets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Burner Phone Olympics 03.02.2022 10:45

China’s Winter Games are overshadowed by human rights problems and overreaching state surveillance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google Has a New Plan to Kill Cookies. People Are Still Mad 02.02.2022 10:03

Google has scrapped FLoC, its controversial cookie replacement. Now it’s back with Topics—but rivals and privacy experts are still nervous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Safari Flaws Exposed Webcams, Online Accounts, and More 31.01.2022 7:13

Apple awarded a $100,500 bug bounty to the researcher who discovered the latest major vulnerability in its browser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why the Belarus Railways Hack Marks a First for Ransomware 28.01.2022 10:04

The politicallyÂ motivated attack represents a new frontier for hacktivists—and won’t be the last of its kind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now Is a Good Time to Update Your Recovery Email Addresses 27.01.2022 9:24

You know those “emergency” email addresses you can use to get into your email and other accounts in case you're locked out? Make sure they're up-to-date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Europe’s Move Against Google Analytics Is Just the Beginning 26.01.2022 14:53

Austria’s data regulator has found that the use of Google Analytics is a breach of GDPR. In the absence of a new EU-US data deal, other countries may follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Bug in iOS 15 Is Leaking User Browsing Activity in Real Time 25.01.2022 7:23

Apple has known about the vulnerability, which also affects iPadOS 15 and Safari 15, since late November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Destructive Hacks Against Ukraine Echo Its Last Cyberwar 24.01.2022 9:35

A data wiper posing as ransomware bears a discomfiting resemblance to the earlier wave of Russian cyberattacks that ended with NotPetya. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

'Zero-Click’ Zoom Vulnerabilities Could Have Exposed Calls 21.01.2022 7:06

The flaws are now fixed, but speak to the growing concerns around interactionless attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russia Takes Down REvil Hackers—as Ukraine Tensions Mount 20.01.2022 9:07

Over a dozen alleged members of the notorious ransomware group have been arrested, but the Kremlin's critics are wary of the underlying motivation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Apple's iCloud Private Relay Can Keep You Safe 19.01.2022 7:51

The newest security measure is still in beta. But if you want to make use of it, here's what you need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NSO Group Spyware Targeted Dozens of Reporters in El Salvador 18.01.2022 9:26

The newly disclosed campaign shows how little the company has done to curb abuses of its powerful surveillance tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Korean Hackers Stole Nearly $400 Million in Crypto Last Year 17.01.2022 10:11

The regime had a “banner year,” thanks to skyrocketing cryptocurrency values and a new generation of vulnerable startups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple’s Private Relay Roils Telecoms Around the World 14.01.2022 9:08

Security experts say there's little reason for the criticism from Europe’s mobile operators and US limitations over the VPN-like iCloud tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices