Wired Security Spoken Edition

Plus: WhatsApp updates, a ransomware scheme, and more of the week's top security news. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Despite Donald Trump's invective, the spread of Covid-19 has made the expansion of absentee voting expansion critical. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Researchers are racing to achieve the benefits of location-tracking without the surveillance. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

More than 4,000 Google Play apps let developers and advertisers collect a list of the user's other installed apps, no permission needed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

They've been patched, but the Safari vulnerabilities would have given an alarming amount of access. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Trolls. Prying bosses. Zoom's a great video chat platform, but a few simple steps also make it a safe one. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As brick and mortars close due to the novel coronavirus, thieves have increasingly targeted digital check-out. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The hotel chain has suffered its second major breach in 16 months. Here's how to find out if you're affected. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

South Korea is a prime suspect for exploiting the secret software vulnerabilities in an extremely sophisticated attack. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The little-known Postal Plan, which dates back to the Clinton era, charges mail carriers with delivering critical supplies—like vaccines—as a last resort. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Plus: A Windows zero day, an iOS watering hole, and more of the week's top security news. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Apple kicked Alex Jones out of the App Store in 2018. The Google Play Store has finally followed suit. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The US is desperate for hospital beds. The USACE can build thousands of them in a matter of days. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After over a million downloads, the Tekya-infected Android offerings are finally on ice. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A years-long investigation and global cooperation disrupted one of the biggest botnets ever. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The World Health Organization is partnering with the messaging app to help disseminate trustworthy information. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As more people work from home and anxiety mounts, expect cyberattacks of all sorts to take advantage. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Shadowserver has helped keep the internet safe for 15 years. Unless it can raise funds fast, it's going to disappear. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new documentary makes crystal clear how little time remains to protect the 2020 election. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It's a rule of thumb in cybersecurity that the more sensitive your system, the less you want it to touch the internet. But as the US hunkers down to limit the spread of Covid-19, cybersecurity measures presents a difficult technical challenge to working remotely for employees at critical infrastructure, intelligence agencies, and anywhere else with high-security networks. In some cases, working from home isn't an option at all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices