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This year's Intelligence Authorization Act would mandate penetration testing for federally certified voting machines and allow independent researchers to work on exposing vulnerabilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Infostealer malware is swiping millions of passwords, cookies, and search histories. It's a gold mine for hackers—and a disaster for anyone who becomes a target. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Garden State has enacted a hefty new tax credit specifically for AI businesses. But tax incentives—particularly around data centers—haven't always created large numbers of jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a 3,000-account network on GitHub that is manipulating the platform and spreading ransomware and info stealers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Swindlers are spinning up bogus websites in an attempt to dupe people with “CrowdStrike support” scams following the security firm's catastrophic software update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The code, the first of its kind, was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year—what appears to be yet another innovation in Russia's torment of Ukrainian civilians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy's nuclear strikes—serves no end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this common email scam, a criminal pretending to be your boss or coworker emails you asking for a favor involving money. Here's what do to when a bad actor lands in your inbox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US prosecutors have charged Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Commander Butcher,” with a litany of crimes, including alleged attempts to poison Jewish children in NYC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the Supreme Court limited the power of federal agencies to craft regulations, it's likely up to Congress to keep US cybersecurity policy intact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A hacker group called “NullBulge” says it stole more than a terabyte of Disney's internal Slack messages and files from nearly 10,000 channels in an apparent protest over AI-generated art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Telecom giant AT&T says a major data breach has exposed the call and text records of “nearly all” of its customers, epitomizing the dire state of data security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The cybercrime boss, who helped lead the prolific Zeus malware gang and was on the FBI's “most wanted” list for years, has been sentenced to 18 years and ordered to pay more than $73 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is bringing the password-killing “passkey” tech to its Advanced Protection Program users more than a year after rolling them out broadly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The most notorious deepfake sexual abuse website is hosting altered videos originally published as part of the GirlsDoPorn operation. Experts say this new low is only the beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Generative AI is seeping into the core of your phone, but what does that mean for privacy? Here's how Apple's unique AI architecture compares to the “hybrid” approach adopted by Samsung and Google. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Proton is adding an end-to-end encrypted documents editor to its privacy tools, boosting its competition with Google's suite of productivity apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The carmaker says that China tariffs will impact its core product, the Polestar 2, amid growing financial pressure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While Kaspersky and TikTok make very different kinds of software, the US has targeted both over national security concerns. But the looming bans have larger implications for internet freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites of major outlets, prompting an inquiry into potential rules violations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gutted of civil rights protections by Democrats to woo pro-business Republicans, the American Privacy Rights Act was pulled from a key congressional hearing—and appears unlikely to receive a full vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A custom platform created by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court to prosecute a war crimes case for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How accurate are gunshot detection systems, really? For years, it's been a secret, but new reports from San Jose and NYC show these systems have operated well below their advertised accuracy rates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With cyberattacks increasingly targeting health care providers, an arduous bureaucratic process meant to address legal risk is keeping hospitals offline longer, potentially risking lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Using a Trump-era authority, the US Commerce Department has banned the sale of Kaspersky's antivirus tools to new customers in the US, citing alleged threats to national security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this common email scam, a criminal pretending to be your boss or coworker emails you asking for a favor involving money. Here's what do to when a bad actor lands in your inbox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A ShinyHunters hacker tells WIRED that they gained access to Ticketmaster's Snowflake cloud account—and others—by first breaching a third-party contractor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two organizations that supported unconditional cash grants told WIRED that they will no longer disclose their financial statements and internal policies. Their stance follows a similar denial by OpenAI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The messaging standard promises better security and cooler features than plain old SMS. Android has had it for years, but now iPhones are getting it too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per square meter of land per day. It's another ominous sign of how plasticized the environment has become. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Long-running nonprofit Common Crawl has been a boon to researchers for years. But now its role in AI training data has triggered backlash from publishers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future counted 44 health-care-related incidents in the month after Change Healthcare's payment came to light—the most it's ever seen in a single month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The OSIRIS-REx capsule containing a “treasure trove” of space rocks has now arrived at Johnson Space Center, where scientists will gingerly unpack it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has joined US intelligence officials in ignoring repeated inquiries about Israel's “malign” efforts to covertly influence US voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the fight against ransomware slogs on, security experts warn of a potential escalation to “real-world violence.” But recent police crackdowns are successfully disrupting the cybercriminal ecosystem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new discovery that the AI-enabled feature's historical data can be accessed even by hackers without administrator privileges only contributes to the growing sense that the feature is a “dumpster fire.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2021, scientists experimenting with fiber optics picked up a strange signal: the cacophony of cicadas. It could lead to a new way of monitoring insects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clouds way up in the stratosphere act like a blanket, trapping heat in the Arctic and Antarctica. That could help explain why models keep underestimating how fast they're warming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices