Economy

December 1, 2021
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Thousands of AT&T customers in the US infected by new data-stealing malware

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Thousands of networking devices belonging to AT&T Internet subscribers in the US have been infected with…
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November 30, 2021
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Users revolt as Microsoft bolts a short-term financing app onto Edge

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft is taking a lot of flak for planning to integrate a short-term financing app into…
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November 29, 2021
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Google Play apps downloaded 300,000 times stole bank credentials

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers said they’ve discovered a batch of apps downloaded from Google Play more than 300,000 times…
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November 23, 2021
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Lord of the Rings-themed cryptocurrency gets thrown into Mount Doom

Enlarge / A screenshot from jrrtoken.com. All similarities to LOTR were purely coincidental, apparently. The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien, the…
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November 20, 2021
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A grim milestone: I maxed out the number of spammy addresses Gmail can block

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A few months ago, my G Suite-enabled Gmail account reached a grim milestone: with no warning,…
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November 20, 2021
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Locked out of “God mode,” runners are hacking their treadmills

Enlarge / NordicTrack owners aren’t giving up the fight just yet. (credit: Sam Whitney | Getty Images) JD Howard just…
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November 20, 2021
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DuckDuckGo wants to stop apps tracking you on Android

Enlarge / Gabriel Weinberg, creator of DuckDuckGo. (credit: Washington Post | Getty Images) At the end of April, Apple’s introduction…
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November 19, 2021
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Malware downloaded from PyPI 41,000 times was surprisingly stealthy

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) PyPI—the open source repository that both large and small organizations use to download code libraries—was hosting…
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November 18, 2021
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Ford and chipmaker announce noncommittal “partnership” to alleviate shortages

Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) In an effort to combat the ongoing global chip shortage, chipmaker GlobalFoundries and the…
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November 17, 2021
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Securing your digital life, the finale: Debunking worthless “security” practices

Enlarge / Take one daily to keep Evil Hackerman away! (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Information security and privacy…
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