Economy

July 8, 2022
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Microsoft makes major course reversal, allows Office to run untrusted macros

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft has stunned core parts of the security community with a decision to quietly reverse course…
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July 8, 2022
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New Starlink Maritime brings Internet to your yacht for $5,000 a month

Enlarge / Starlink Maritime puts dual terminals on large boats. (credit: Starlink) SpaceX yesterday announced a Starlink Maritime service that…
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July 7, 2022
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I sent my yoga studio a web form, and all I got was this lousy malware attack

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On the last day of May, one of my inboxes began receiving emails, purportedly from one…
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July 7, 2022
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End-to-end encryption’s central role in modern self-defense

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A number of course-altering US Supreme Court decisions last month—including the reversal of a constitutional right…
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July 7, 2022
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Why Lockdown mode from Apple is one of the coolest security ideas ever

Enlarge (credit: Apple) Mercenary spyware is one of the hardest threats to combat. It targets an infinitesimally small percentage of…
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July 6, 2022
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The cryptopocalypse is nigh! NIST rolls out new encryption standards to prepare

Enlarge / Conceptual computer artwork of electronic circuitry with blue and red light passing through it, representing how data may…
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July 5, 2022
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Google allowed sanctioned Russian ad company to harvest user data for months

Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images) ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter…
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July 4, 2022
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Google closes data loophole amid privacy fears over abortion ruling

Enlarge (credit: Lari Bat | Getty Images) Google is closing a loophole that has allowed thousands of companies to monitor…
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July 1, 2022
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Billing fraud apps can disable Android Wi-Fi and intercept text messages

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Android malware developers are stepping up their billing fraud game with apps that disable Wi-Fi connections,…
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June 30, 2022
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Microsoft Exchange servers worldwide hit by stealthy new backdoor

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have identified stealthy new malware that threat actors have been using for the past 15…
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