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Apple's M1 Chip Has a Fascinating Flaw 10.06.2021 8:47

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

The Bizarro Streaming Site That Hackers Built From Scratch 09.06.2021 8:26

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

Blurry Satellite Images of Palestine and Israel Make Rebuilding Harder 08.06.2021 10:50

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

Goodbye Internet Explorer—and Good Riddance 07.06.2021 7:15

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

How to Avoid Those Infuriating Cookie Pop-Ups 04.06.2021 9:16

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

How to Avoid App Store Scams 03.06.2021 11:10

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

Ransomware's Dangerous New Trick Is Double-Encrypting Your Data 02.06.2021 6:21

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

The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware 01.06.2021 9:00

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

DarkSide Ransomware Hit Colonial Pipeline—and Created an Unholy Mess 31.05.2021 10:34

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

How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme 28.05.2021 9:55

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

WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Just Kicked In. Here’s What You Need to Know 27.05.2021 8:50

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

What's Google FLoC? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy? 26.05.2021 8:55

There's a battle raging over how advertisers can target us on the web—or whether they should be able to target us at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I’m Not a Robot! So Why Won’t Captchas Believe Me? 25.05.2021 14:11

If clicking crosswalks makes your blood boil, you’re not alone. Fortunately, there are some tips that make solving those challenges way less frustrating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable 24.05.2021 7:50

Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google's Grand Plan to Eradicate Cookies Is Crumbling 20.05.2021 11:35

Regulators in the EU and competitors have raised concerns about the company's proposals to rewrite the rules of online advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds 19.05.2021 8:22

A task force counting Amazon, Cisco, and the FBI among its members has proposed a framework to solve one of cybersecurity's biggest problems. Good luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin 18.05.2021 8:48

The alleged administrator of Bitcoin Fog kept the dark web service running for 10 years before the IRS caught up with him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New iOS Update Lets You Stop Ads From Tracking You—So Do It 17.05.2021 8:39

Facebook and other advertisers fought the move, but App Tracking Transparency is finally here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AirDrop Is Leaking Email Addresses and Phone Numbers 14.05.2021 9:14

Apple has known about the flaw since 2019 but has yet to acknowledge or fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hackers Used ‘Mind-Blowing’ Bug to Sneak Past macOS Safeguards 13.05.2021 7:53

The vulnerability was patched Monday, but hackers had already used it to spread malware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

VPN Hacks Are a Slow-Motion Disaster 12.05.2021 9:00

Recent spying attacks against Pulse Secure VPN are just the latest example of a long-simmering cybersecurity meltdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple’s Ransomware Mess Is the Future of Online Extortion 11.05.2021 9:06

This week, hackers stole confidential schematics from a third-party supplier and demanded $50 million not to release them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Clubhouse Bug Let People Lurk in Rooms Invisibly 10.05.2021 7:48

Â The vulnerabilities opened the door to “ghosts” hiding in and disrupting rooms, where moderators would be unable to mute them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Palestinian Hackers Tricked Victims Into Installing iOS Spyware 07.05.2021 7:43

The groups used social engineering techniques on Facebook to direct targets to a wide range of malware, including custom tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A New Facebook Bug Exposes Millions of Email Addresses 06.05.2021 8:37

A recently discovered vulnerability discloses user email addresses even when they’re set to private. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices