How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers
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Wired’s security roundup highlights multiple high-impact threats and policy concerns: a likely government-grade iPhone-hacking toolkit (dubbed “Coruna”) has probably infected tens of thousands of devices; Congress is probing electromagnetic and acoustic side-channel espionage (TEMPEST-style leaks); attacks on GPS/navigation have disrupted ~1,100 ships amid the US–Israel strikes on Iran; and nation-state and conflict-driven cyber activity is producing collateral consumer harm (e.g., a hacked prayer app, mass push notifications). The feed also covers large data-broker breaches fueling billions$0
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