Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
2026-06-07T20:52:10Z•d7f8561e6615df34482b119edb8b7416fa2d0fa2f6990e756a603f55a09906a0
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What happened
This collection of WIRED security stories highlights multiple high‑impact threats: large-scale software supply‑chain poisoning (TeamPCP) affecting open‑source ecosystems; a newly disclosed browser side‑channel (“FROST”) that can infer SSD activity via JavaScript; and an unreleased face‑recognition/biometric ID component embedded in Meta’s smart‑glasses platform that raises significant privacy and surveillance concerns. The feed also covers persistent location‑data exposures (including US military tracking risks), growing use of stolen hotel reservations for spear‑phishing, evolving ransomware/
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- wired_security
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- 2026-06-07T20:52:10Z
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- Yes
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