COVID Anti-Vaxxers Make $$$ from Crowdfunding

People who spread anti-vaccine myths on the internet—why do they do it?
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SHOCKER: Senate Says Security Sucks—Still

A Senate committee graded cybersecurity as poor among eight big agency departments. Not much has changed since the last report.
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Italian Vaccine Sites Shut Down by Ransomware Thugs

Some Italian healthcare websites and their backroom systems have been wiped off the internet by malware.
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Estonian Hacker Steals 300,000 Government ID Photos

Estonia’s electronic ID system was hacked last week. Again. A suspect is in custody.
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Anti-Vax Lies Spread on YouTube—Paid for ‘by Russian PR Company’

Disinformation is rife on social media. The latest scandal is a Russian PR firm paying YouTubers to flog lies about vaccines killing people.
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Apple’s Insecure iPhone Lets NSO Hack Journalists (Again)

Yet another zero-day bug in iOS has allowed notorious spyware vendor NSO Group to break into the iPhones of journalists and activists.
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Stalkers: ‘Ugly Truth’ of Facebook Staff Abusing Private Data

A new book exposes yet another Facebook failure for the social media firm to say sorry about. But nothing’s going to change.
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Apple Safari Leaks Cookies, so ‘Russia-Backed’ Hackers Attack Targets

Apple’s under fire yet again for iOS security bugs in WebKit—the code behind the Safari browser.
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Finally! Ring Doorbells get End-to-End Encryption, but There’s a Big Catch

Amazon’s Ring unit is moving ahead with plans to allow end-to-end encryption (E2EE).
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China ‘Eugenics’ Claim as BGI Hoards Prenatal Test DNA Data

Chinese genetics company BGI accused of misusing DNA harvested from prenatal testing.
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