You may have already heard, but Donald Trump will listen President of the United States againis far right Celebrating by calling for mass executionsis left Responding with election conspiracy theories of their ownThe rioters of January 6 have been convicted rely on forgivenessAnd the women who oppose Trump Frankly, enough is enough,
Ahead of Election Day, WIRED found that an “election integrity” app created by True the Vote, a right-wing group that helped popularize election denialism around the 2020 election, Was leaking emails of its usersIn one example it exposed an election official in California who appeared to have engaged in illegal voter suppression.
Disinformation and other forms of election interference have been a major issue since Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee in the lead up to the 2016 election. But according to US officials, 2024 looks to be the worst year ever Warned that Russia has stepped up its efforts to unprecedented levels,
In non-election news, Canadian authorities arrested Alexander “Connor” Chance,who is accused Hacking several Snowflake cloud storage customers earlier this year. Security experts who have long been tracking the exploits of a hacker nicknamed Waifu – whom officials call Chance – believe he is “one of the most dangerous threat actors of 2024.”
a federal judge in michigan Richard Densmore sentenced to 30 years in prison When he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child. Densmore was very active 764, an online criminal network Which the FBI now considers a “Tier One” terrorism threat.
Finally, the first story was published in partnership with WIRED 404 mediaReporter (and 404 co-owner) Joseph Cox took A deep dive into the world of Infostealer malware-Similar use has been made in all of the Snowflake account breaches Chance is accused of doing.
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Some iPhones that police have in their possession for forensic investigation are suddenly rebooting on their own, making it even more difficult for investigators to access their contents. 404 media reportPolice essentially use tools like Cellebrite to hack phones, but this is usually done when a device is in the so-called After First Unlock (AFU) state. Once they reboot, iPhones are put into Before First Unlock (BFU), making them much harder to access with forensic tools.
According to a document obtained by 404, police believe the sudden reboot stemmed from the fact that the devices run iOS 18, Apple's new mobile operating system. Police suspect that iOS 18 has a secret feature that allows the affected devices, which were all in airplane mode, to communicate with other nearby iPhones, which “reboots after a period of time after device activity.” Sends a signal to devices to enter or exit the network,' the document reads.