VPN Hacks Are a Slow-Motion Disaster

Recent spying attacks against Pulse Secure VPN are just the latest example of a long-simmering cybersecurity meltdown...

Cops Take Down the ‘World’s Biggest' Video Game Cheat Ring

Plus: North Korean hackers, a rogue tweet, and more of the week's top security news...

The NSA and FBI Expose Fancy Bear's Sneaky Hacking Tool

Plus: TikTok tracking, Russian SIMs, and more of this week's top security news...

How to Control the Privacy of Your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat Posts

Whether it's Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Snapchat, lock down who can see what you're up to...

Trump’s Ukraine Mess Feels a Little Too Familiar

The unfolding drama ties two key threads of the Trump era: foreign interference in US elections and the president's distrust of his own intel agencies...

A Critical Device Hack, China's Social Credit, and More News

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Microsoft’s First Windows XP Patch in Years Is a Very Bad Sign

A very bad vulnerability in Windows XP could have serious ramifications, even with a patch...

What Happens If Russia Cuts Itself Off From the Internet

State media has reported that Russia will attempt to disconnect from the global internet this spring. That's going to be tricky...

How China’s Elite APT10 Hackers Stole the World’s Secrets

A new DOJ indictment outlines how Chinese hackers allegedly compromised data from companies in a dozen countries in a single intrusion...

Hacking Diplomatic Cables Is Expected. Exposing Them Is Not

Spies try to access government communications all the time. But an incident this week tested the limits of what happens when those compromises get discovered...

Machine Learning Can Create Fake ‘Master Key’ Fingerprints

Researchers have refined a technique to create so-called DeepMasterPrints: fake fingerprints designed to get past security...

Oh Look, LinkedIn Also Had 500M Users' Data Scraped

Plus: A bad Zoom bug, a billion-dollar cocaine bust, and more of the week's top security news...

Hackers Accessed Security Cameras Inside Tesla and Beyond

Plus: A Molson-Coors hack, Github controversy, and more of the week's top security news...

FBI Takes Down Site With 12 Billion Stolen Records

Turkey gets Wikipedia back, Mayor Pete loses his cyberguy, and more of the week's top security news...

A Boeing Code Leak Exposes Security Flaws Deep in a 787's Guts

One researcher's discovery suggests troubling oversights in Boeing's cybersecurity...

The Wrong Way to Talk About the El Paso Shooter's Manifesto

The more oxygen these manifestos get, the wider their messages spread. And no one understands that better than the people posting them...

Guardian Firewall iOS App Automatically Blocks the Trackers on Your Phone

The Guardian Firewall app gives iOS users a reprieve from the scourge of online trackers...

Radiohead Gets ‘Hacked,’ a T-Mobile/Sprint Hiccup, and More News

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Hacker Eva Galperin Has a Plan to Eradicate Stalkerware

Galperin has already convinced Kaspersky to flag domestic abuse spyware as malware. She expects more to follow...

The NSA Makes Ghidra, a Powerful Cybersecurity Tool, Open Source

No one's better at hacking than the NSA. And now one if its powerful tools is available to everyone for free...

AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars

Millions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites. New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies...

This Algorithm Could Ruin Your Life

A system used by the Dutch city of Rotterdam ranked people based on their risk of fraud. The results were troubling...

All the New Privacy Features Coming to iOS and macOS

Improvements designed to keep your email private, crack down on data stealing apps, and help you find lost devices are on their way...

How to Clean Up Your Digital History

There are plenty of reasons to declutter your online traces. Here’s how to tidy up...

A Hacker Found a Way to Take Over Any Apple Webcam

The Safari vulnerabilities have been patched, but they would have given an alarming amount of access...

Facebook Says Encrypting Messenger by Default Will Take Years

Mark Zuckerberg promised default end-to-end encryption throughout Facebook's platforms. Nearly a year later, Messenger's not even close...

WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why Privacy Matters

The cofounder of the messaging service and the current chair of the Signal Foundation talks about the proliferation of end-to-end encryption in personal communications...

Inside Olympic Destroyer, the Most Deceptive Hack in History

The untold story of how digital detectives unraveled the mystery of Olympic Destroyer—and why the next big cyberattack will be even harder to crack...

OpenAI Said Its Code Was Risky. Two Grads Re-Created It Anyway

The artificial intelligence lab cofounded by Elon Musk said its software could too easily be adapted to crank out fake news...

How a 10-Year-Old Desk Phone Bug Came Back From the Dead

Avaya patched a problem hackers could exploit in phones. But the bad code never went away...

Trump Can’t Make a North Korea Deal on His Own

The Hanoi debacle shows that if you want to make progress with North Korea, you have to put in the work...

The Collateral Damage of Trump's Extreme Declassifications

Trump has the legal right to make public whatever documents he chooses. But he's going to cause untold damage in the process...

The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

The world's most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown...

Microsoft Keeps Failing to Patch a Critical Windows Bug

For the second time in a month, the company issued an update that doesn't fully address a severe security vulnerability in Windows...

McAfee Is Indicted for Altcoin Pump-and-Dumps and ICO Schemes

The 75-year-old antivirus entrepreneur faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted...

ATM Hackers Have Picked Up Some Clever New Tricks

So-called jackpotting attacks have gotten increasingly sophisticated—while cash machines have stayed pretty much the same...

A Tiny Piece of Tape Tricked Teslas Into Speeding Up 50 MPH

An MGM Resorts breach, natural gas ransomware, and more of the week's top security news...

The Doomsday Clock Moves Closer Than Ever to Midnight

Since the advent of the clock—even during the peak years of the Cold War—the minute hand has never advanced past the 11:58 mark...

This Government-Subsidized Phone Comes With Malware

The Android devices are a part of the FCC's Lifeline Assistance Program, which makes free or subsidized phones available to millions of low-income users...

Shh! No Hacking the Census in the Library

Opinion: Millions of folks filling out the 2020 Census on public library computers also are putting themselves at risk...

A Huge Ransomware Attack Messes With Texas

A coordinated strike against 23 local governments is called the largest such hack from a single source...

Watch a Drone Take Over a Nearby Smart TV

Smart TVs continue to look dumber by the day...

Hackers Stole $40 Million From Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange

One of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges got hit, as thieves nabbed $40 million of bitcoin—along with two-factor user codes and API tokens...

Trump’s Homeland Security Purge Worries Cybersecurity Experts

A leadership void at DHS means the White House is calling the shots where it wants to, cybersecurity experts warn, and other agencies can muscle in where it won’t...

Michael Cohen's House Testimony: 5 Key Takeaways from the Prepared Statement

Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight committee tells a new story about Trump and Russia...

US Hackers' Strike on Russian Trolls Sends a Message—but What Kind?

US Cyber Command's takedown of the Internet Research Agency's network may be more about signaling than immediate effects...

Paul Manafort Is Bad at Basic Tech, From Passwords to PDFs

The former Trump campaign chair keeps getting in trouble thanks at least in part to subpar digital security...

The Worst Hacks of 2018: Marriott, Atlanta, Quora, and More

From the Marriott and Facebook meltdowns to state-sponsored assaults, 2018 was an eventful year for cybercrime...

Using Airport and Hotel Wi-Fi Is Much Safer Than It Used to Be

You were right not to trust hotel and airport Wi-Fi a few years ago. But these days, it's probably fine...

DIY Gun Activist Cody Wilson Accused of Child Sexual Assault

A Texas court issued a warrant for the Defense Distributed founder's arrest on Wednesday...