Security, Spoken

Outabox, an Australian firm that scanned faces for bars and clubs, suffered a breach that shows the problems with giving companies your biometric data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program’s database that investigators have repeatedly misused. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Law enforcement officials from the US, UK, and Australia say they’ve identified and sanctioned the person behind LockBitSupp, the administrator at the heart of LockBit’s $120 million hacking rampage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The iPhone maker has detected spyware attacks against people in more than 150 countries. Knowing if your device is infected can be tricky—but there are a few steps you can take to protect yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM, have released a new AI detection model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it's trained on—that aims to spot the “shape” of Bitcoin money laundering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Indeed and LinkedIn are incorporating more generative AI to improve the recruiting and job-hunting processes. Some recruiters are still unconvinced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world's most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands of exposed files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint at one way the reclusive country may evade international sanctions. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company belatedly conceded both that it had paid the cybercriminals extorting it and that patient data nonetheless ended up on the dark web. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over the weekend, president Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One juror in former US president Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York has been excused over fears she could be identified. It could get even messier. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of Silicon Valley's most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration-backed expansion of a major US surveillance program. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Change Healthcare ransomware hackers already received a $22 million payment. Now a second group is demanding money, and has sent WIRED samples of what they claim is the company's stolen data. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government's behalf, including on fellow Americans. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans' information. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI. Here’s how to take back (at least a little) control from ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and more. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ad trackers are out of control. Use a browser that reins them in. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While some states have made data privacy gains, the US has so far been unable implement protections at a federal level. A new bipartisan proposal called APRA could break the impasse. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AI tools are getting better at cloning people's voices, and scammers are using these new capabilities to commit fraud. Avoid getting swindled by following these expert tips. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millions lost internet service after three cables in the Red Sea were damaged. Houthi rebels deny targeting the cables, but their missile attack on a cargo ship, left adrift for months, is likely to blame. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The thwarted XZ Utils supply chain attack was years in the making. Now, clues suggest nation-state hackers were behind the persona that inserted the malicious code. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices