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

This Gaming Site Is the New Front of Revenge Porn
DISTURBINGOn 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.

Top U.S. Government Computers Linked to Revenge-Porn Site
CAUGHT IN THE ACTUsers connecting from Senate, Navy, and Executive Branch computers bragged about ‘wins,’ or nonconsensual nude photos, posted on Anon-IB, a revenge-porn epicenter.

Twitter Promoted a Tweet That Steals Your Credit-Card Info
INSIDE THE HOUSEOne ever-so-helpful site promised to help users get Twitter verification—as soon as they phished out customers’ payment information.

Android Malware Tries to Steal Your Uber Login Details
DANGER AHEADHackers hunting out Uber accounts are moving beyond just trying a victim’s password, to stealing it directly.

Where Did WikiLeaks’ $25 Million Bitcoin Fortune Go?
KA-CHINGJulian Assange was an early adopter of cryptocurrency donations. So where is the ‘transparency organization’ spending the fortune that the public blockchain indicates it has?

British Spies Were Spooked by Trump’s Torture Talk
NOT THAT AGAINA 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

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.

Feds Bust Designers of the Botnet That Crippled the Internet
BOT GOTSeveral 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.

Crooks Are Hacking iTunes to Launder Their Bitcoins
REDEMPTION SONGScammers 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.
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