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Joseph Cox is a journalist formerly covering cybersecurity, the digital underground, and the surveillance industry for The Daily Beast.

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Hackers Are Using ‘Fire & Fury’ to Install Malware

READ BETWEEN THE LINES

Don’t open unsolicited PDF copies of Michael Wolff’s Trump book—researchers uncovered one bundled with malware.

Joseph Cox | Published Jan 22, 2018

This Gaming Site Is the New Front of Revenge Porn

DISTURBING

On the Discord messaging platform, users are openly trading their swiped images of women, and one activist says entire chat rooms are dedicated to videos of rapes.

Joseph Cox | Published Jan 17, 2018
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Top U.S. Government Computers Linked to Revenge-Porn Site

CAUGHT IN THE ACT

Users connecting from Senate, Navy, and Executive Branch computers bragged about ‘wins,’ or nonconsensual nude photos, posted on Anon-IB, a revenge-porn epicenter.

Joseph Cox | Published Jan 11, 2018

Twitter Promoted a Tweet That Steals Your Credit-Card Info

INSIDE THE HOUSE

One ever-so-helpful site promised to help users get Twitter verification—as soon as they phished out customers’ payment information.

Joseph Cox | Published Jan 08, 2018

Android Malware Tries to Steal Your Uber Login Details

DANGER AHEAD

Hackers hunting out Uber accounts are moving beyond just trying a victim’s password, to stealing it directly.

Joseph Cox | Published Jan 03, 2018

Where Did WikiLeaks’ $25 Million Bitcoin Fortune Go?

KA-CHING

Julian Assange was an early adopter of cryptocurrency donations. So where is the ‘transparency organization’ spending the fortune that the public blockchain indicates it has?

Joseph Cox | Published Dec 28, 2017

British Spies Were Spooked by Trump’s Torture Talk

NOT THAT AGAIN

A newly published U.K. intel oversight report shows MI5 and MI6 officials openly worrying about a return to U.S. agencies’ bad old days in late 2016

Joseph Cox | Published Dec 20, 2017

Trump Team Calls Out N. Korea Hackers, Stays Mum on Russia’s

FORGETTING ANYBODY?

The White House pulled out the stops to illustrate Kim Jong Un’s alleged role in WannaCry. It only underscored the administration’s deafening silence about Russia’s bigger attack.

Joseph Cox | Published Dec 19, 2017

Feds Bust Designers of the Botnet That Crippled the Internet

BOT GOT

Several men have admitted to U.S. prosecutors that they hijacked an army of home devices capable of taking down big parts of the internet in 2016—and all because of a grudge.

Joseph Cox | Published Dec 13, 2017

Crooks Are Hacking iTunes to Launder Their Bitcoins

REDEMPTION SONG

Scammers are exploiting iTunes by uploading their own DIY music, buying it up with some gift-card trickery—and then getting fiat currency from those dubious sales.

Joseph Cox | Published Dec 12, 2017

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