A Simple Way to Make It Harder for Mobile Ads to Track You
Beating back the scourge of online ad tracking entirely is almost impossible. But you can futz with your smartphone’s “ad ID” to slow
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AuthorLily Hay Newman
On Roku and Amazon Fire TV, Channels Are Watching You
New research shows that over 2,000 streaming apps track information about your devices—even when you tell them not to.
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Clever New DDoS Attack Gets a Lot of Bang for a Hacker's Buck
By exploiting the WS-Discovery protocol, a new breed of DDoS attack can get a huge rate of return.
Source: Wired – Clever
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What Are Zero-Knowledge Proofs?
How do you make blockchain and other transactions truly private? With mathematical models known as zero-knowledge proofs.
Source: Wired – What Are
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It's Time for IoT Security's Next Big Step
Connected devices are more secure than ever. That’s still not nearly enough.
Source: Wired – It’s Time for IoT Security’s Next Big
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281 Alleged Email Scammers Arrested in Massive Global Sweep
The most sweeping takedown yet of so-called BEC scammers involved arrests in nearly a dozen countries.
Source: Wired – 281 Alleged Email
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Don't Get Screwed Out of Your Equifax Settlement Money
If you signed up for $125 payout in the Equifax settlement, you just hit another hurdle. But this isn’t over.
Source: Wired
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Apple Finally Breaks Its Silence on iOS Hacking Campaign
In its first public statement since Google revealed a sophisticated attack against iOS devices, Apple defended its security measures.
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Google Wants to Help Tech Companies Know Less About You
By releasing its homegrown differential privacy tool, Google will make it easier for any company to boost its privacy bona fides.
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Supermicro Bug Could Let "Virtual USBs" Take Over Corporate Servers
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Supermicro hardware brings the threat of malicious USBs to corporate servers.
Source: Wired – Supermicro Bug Could
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