Author: Andy Greenberg

A middleman for hacking techniques has announced a taker for its million-dollar iOS hacking bounty.

The Intercept’s focus on adverasial journalism and anonymous whistleblower security is paying off.

A clever attack by French researchers turns your headphone cable into an antenna to send surreptitious voice commands.

The White House has denied the FBI’s pleas for an encryption backdoor. But don’t forget that feds can still sneak in through the window.

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The anti-surveillance group Intelexit has graduated from passing out pamphlets to dropping them from the sky.

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A new hacking device finds vulnerabilities in auto diagnostic tools that could be used to spread malware to thousands of vehicles.

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The new activist project Intelexit appeals to spy agencies’ staff to consider the morality of their surveillance work and offers a way out.

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A spinoff of the French firm Vupen is offering an unprecedented reward for an iOS zero-day exploit.

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A just-patched wireless attack represents a rare risk to Apple’s carefully restricted mobile operating system.

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A new lock screen bypass technique requires little more than typing a long string of characters and repeatedly pressing the camera shutter button.

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