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Researchers find malware operators are now using steganography techniques to hide malicious code in WAV audio files — Steganography malware trend moving from PNG and JPG to WAV files. — Two reports published in the last few months show that malware operators are experimenting with using WAV audio files to hide malicious code.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A behind-the-scenes account of a cyberattack that disrupted the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, which was tied to a specific unit of Russia's GRU — How digital detectives unraveled the mystery of Olympic Destroyer—and why the next big attack will be even harder to crack.
Tweets: @a_greenberg, @securitybeard, @matonis, @a_greenberg, @nxthompson, and @a_greenberg
| Bloomberg: |
Seven US lawmakers, including Wyden, Cruz, Ocasio-Cortez, and Rubio accuse Apple of “censorship of apps” at the “behest of the Chinese government”, in a letter — - Cruz, AOC, others ask Apple to reinstate HK map app it pulled — Apple CEO discussed consumer rights with Chinese regulator
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
MediaLab, a holding company that owns the Whisper app, buys Kik messenger from Kik Interactive, which now focuses on development of Kin cryptocurrency — The Kik messaging platform has been bought by MediaLab, a holding company which operates Whisper and a number of other apps, the company announced Friday.
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| Melanie Ehrenkranz / OneZero: |
A look inside a community of hackers who tinker with Kindle e-readers to disable Amazon's tracking, circumvent file format restrictions, install games, and more — And installing ‘Zork’ while they're at it — t's easy to make the case for a Kindle. It's portable, you can read it in the dark …
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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
How TikTok is making inroads into US schools, as students create TikTok clubs to riff on the latest memes, and shoot videos on Newton's Laws for extra credits — Teens love the app, and now it's getting the stamp of approval with teacher-approved clubs. Did school just get ... fun?
Tweets: @caseynewton, @moonalice, @nytstyles, @hwise29, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
| MIT Technology Review: |
A game made with a real world dataset of defendants shows the shortcomings of COMPAS, an AI-powered risk assessment tool used in the US criminal legal system — The US criminal legal system uses predictive algorithms to try to make the judicial process less biased. But there's a deeper problem.
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| New York Times: |
Zuckerberg gives a full-throated defense of Facebook as a champion of free expression and defends Facebook policy to opt out of fact-checking political ads — In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Mark Hurd, co-CEO of Oracle and former CEO of HP, dies at 62; Hurd took a health-related leave of absence from Oracle in September — Mark Hurd, CEO of Oracle, in an interview on January 20, 2016. — Co-CEO of Oracle Mark Hurd died on Friday, CNBC confirmed.
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| ProPublica: |
Inside Intuit's 20-year fight to make it harder to file taxes for free, including a pact with the IRS that kept a US-run service from competing with TurboTax — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories …
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| Wing Blog: |
Wing starts first commercial drone delivery service in the US, delivering orders from FedEx Express, Walgreens, and Sugar Magnolia in Christiansburg, Virginia — This afternoon, in a first for drone delivery in the U.S., Wing is delivering packages, over-the-counter medication …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung says fingerprint bug on Galaxy devices is due to the sensor reading 3D patterns in screen protectors as fingerprints, will patch it as soon as next week — And advises removing silicone screen protecting cases for now — Samsung says that it plans to release a patch for its phones …
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