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NSO Group CEO Claims BDS Is Probably Behind Damning Investigation
"I don't want to sound cynical now, but there are those who don't want [Israel] to import ice cream or export technologies."
Unmasking a Notorious Nazi Shitposter
Glowing red eyes, death metal poster style images, and skull masks all come from the same artist. VICE tracked him down to his suburban home in Canada.
Grindr Has Been Warned for Years About Its Privacy Issues
For years, security and privacy researchers found serious vulnerabilities in Grindr, allowing them do deanonymize and geolocate users.
The Inevitable Weaponization of App Data Is Here
A Substack publication used location data from Grindr to out a priest without their consent.
NSO Says ‘Enough Is Enough,’ Will No Longer Talk to the Press About Damning Reports
The Israeli surveillance technology maker denied that the list, which underpins a series of bombshell stories in several media outlets, has anything to do with the company.
Amazon Shuts Down NSO Group Infrastructure
The move comes as activist and media organizations publish new findings on the Israeli surveillance vendor.
It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity That's Killing Us
Scientists are studying the temperature at which humans spontaneously die, and their findings are a warning about our future.
U.S. Government Offers $10 Million for Info on Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure
But the reward may not apply to lots of ransomware gangs.
Mysterious Israeli Spyware Vendor’s Windows Zero-Days Caught in the Wild
Microsoft and Citizen Lab found a new kind of spyware made by the mysterious Israeli vendor Candiru, and targeting someone in Europe based on their political beliefs.
Health Department Had Opioid-Tracking AI Forced On Them By Utah Lawmakers, Emails Show
Newly released emails show that the Utah Department of Health thought Banjo AI was full of hot air.
Annoying LinkedIn Networkers Actually Russian Hackers Spreading Zero-Days, Google Says
A new report by Google researchers details a hacking campaign by “likely Russian government-backed” hackers targeting European government officials.
Inside the Industry That Unmasks People at Scale
Unique IDs linked to phones are supposed to be anonymous. But there’s an entire industry that links them to real people and their address.