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- Facebook fails to curb coronavirus misinformation
  Seth RosenblattMay 15, 2020
- Secure contact tracing needs more transparent development
  Seth RosenblattMay 14, 2020
- Phishers target oil and gas industry amid Covid-19 downturn
  Seth RosenblattApril 29, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine misinformation makes way for political disinformation

Seth RosenblattApril 17, 2020

Besides putting people’s lives at risk, Trump’s promotion of anti-malarials for Covid-19 patients could pave the way for a coordinated disinformation campaign to take root, experts say.

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Ebola-hacking lessons for coronavirus fighters (Q&A)

Seth RosenblattApril 9, 2020

Hacker Emerson Tan helped stop Ebola’s deadly spread in Sierra Leone. The response to Covid-19 threats have been lackluster, he says, but there’s still time to learn from the past.

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How to make your Zoom meetings more secure

Seth RosenblattApril 3, 2020

Coronavirus has brought on a Zoom boom, making the videoconferencing software a more attractive hacking target. As the company plugs holes, we can adjust our meeting settings.

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CanSecWest, the last tech conference standing in the face of the coronavirus

Seth RosenblattMarch 31, 2020

What if someone threw a hacker conference, and nobody showed up?As I boarded a United flight at SFO on March 17, the first d... Read More...

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To protect a political campaign, re-read the Mueller Report

Seth RosenblattFebruary 28, 2020

Three things campaigns should learn from Mueller investigation, says Chime’s head of application and infrastructure security: Protect accounts with two-factor authentication, use “least privilege,” and beware of Mimikatz.

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Kr00k Wi-Fi flaw exposes a billion devices to hackers

Seth RosenblattFebruary 27, 2020

A newly-revealed vulnerability dubbed Kr00k affects more than one billion devices with Broadcom Wi-Fi chips. It's been patched for some but not all of them, and could let hackers steal Wi-Fi passwords and read your data.

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Facebook fails to curb coronavirus misinformation

Seth RosenblattMay 15, 2020

As Facebook furloughs its human content moderators, coronavirus misinformation surges on the social media platform. Experts say it could be doing more to stop it.

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Secure contact tracing needs more transparent development

Seth RosenblattMay 14, 2020

Experts worry that without proper planning, today's decisions about developing contact tracing apps could have unforeseen consequences in the years to come.

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Phishers target oil and gas industry amid Covid-19 downturn

Seth RosenblattApril 29, 2020

While a massive flood of attacks has yet to hit the oil and gas industry, cybersecurity experts say this could be the calm before the storm.

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Android’s facial-recognition future could rely on skin detection

Seth RosenblattFebruary 20, 2020

Trinamix can tell the difference between a living human, a deceased one, a photograph, and a mask—and it could be coming to your next smartphone.

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Why stopping stalkerware confounds cybersecurity experts

Seth RosenblattFebruary 18, 2020

Stopping stalkerware isn’t easy, say cybersecurity experts, because it challenges legal and social ideas of what malware is.

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How to protect your Ring from hackers (and Amazon partners)

Seth RosenblattFebruary 13, 2020

Amazon’s Ring says its connected-doorbell devices are building “safer neighborhoods.” Follow these steps to better protect the data (and video) they collect from hackers and partners.

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Set your iPhone up as a Google 2FA key in 5 steps

Seth RosenblattFebruary 12, 2020

Google has made it possible to use your iPhone as a two-factor authentication key for account log-ins, just as it did last year for Android phones. Follow these steps to set it up.

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