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A Right-to-Repair Car Law Makes a Surprising U-Turn in Massachusetts
Who owns the data created by cars: their owners, or the companies that built them? In 2020, Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly…
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Security News This Week: US Energy Firm Targeted With Malicious QR Codes in Mass Phishing Attack
At the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas last weekend, thousands of hackers competed in a red-team challenge to find…
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GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
You’ve heard the advice for years: Turn on two-factor authentication everywhere it’s offered. It’s long been clear that using only…
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‘Bulletproof’ Lolekhosted ransomware hacker indicted
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation” and…
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Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time Nobody Got Sued
In early August of 2008, almost exactly 15 years ago, the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas was hit with…
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Panasonic Warns That IoT Malware Attack Cycles Are Accelerating
Internet-of-things devices have been plagued by security issues and unfixed vulnerabilities for more than a decade, fueling botnets, facilitating government…
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New ‘Downfall’ Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips
Intel is releasing fixes for a processor vulnerability that affects many models of its chips going back to 2015, including…
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The Mystery of Chernobyl’s Post-Invasion Radiation Spikes
When Russian troops seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last year, following the invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr…
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‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ Players Hit With Worm Malware
According to TechCrunch it is unclear why the malware is spreading or what exactly the impact is on gamers. Valve,…
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McAfee Nears Deal to Sell Itself to Advent for Over $10 Billion: Report
Cybersecurity agency McAfee is nearing a deal to promote itself to US personal fairness agency Introduction Worldwide for greater than…
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