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How to Get the Most Out of Your Smartphone's Encryption
Both iPhones and Androids are encrypted by default. But there are steps you can take to safeguard your data on backups and messaging apps...
5G Is More Secure Than 4G and 3G—Except When It’s Not
The next-generation wireless networks make it harder to track and spoof users, but security holes remain because devices still connect to older networks...
As 5G Rolls Out, Troubling New Security Flaws Emerge
Researchers have identified 11 new vulnerabilities in 5G—with time running out to fix them...
Planting Tiny Spy Chips in Hardware Can Cost as Little as $200
A new proof-of-concept hardware implant shows how easy it may be to hide malicious chips inside IT equipment...
How to Limit How Long Google Keeps Your Data
Google has a new feature that lets you delete your web and app activity after three months. Here's how to use it...
A Mysterious Hacker Group Is On a Supply Chain Hijacking Spree
A group of likely Chinese hackers has poisoned the software of at least six companies in just the last three years...
It Started as an Online Gaming Prank. Then It Turned Deadly
A $1.50 wager on a "Call of Duty" match led to a fake 911 call reporting a violent hostage situation in Wichita. Here’s how it all went horribly awry...
The Shapeshifting Cam Girl Rewriting the Rules of Porn
Face-morphing adult content creator Coconut Kitty is ushering in the unsettling future of the medium, one where nothing is as it seems...
Europe Makes the Case to Ban Biometric Surveillance
Companies are racing to track everything about you. It could be a convenient way to reduce fraud—or seriously creepy and discriminatory...
Hackers Used ‘Mind-Blowing’ Bug to Dodge macOS Safeguards
The vulnerability was patched Monday, but hackers had already used it to spread malware...
How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone's Encryption
New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools...
How to Keep Your Zoom Chats Private and Secure
Trolls. Prying bosses. Zoom's a great video chat platform, but a few simple steps also make it a safe one...
WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN
The virtual private network software from security researcher Jason Donenfeld wins fans with its simplicity and ease of auditing...
What Happens When You Remove a Police-Installed GPS Tracker
The Supreme Court ruled that cops need a warrant to attach a GPS device to your car. But if you find one, can you remove it?...
DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Encrypt More Sites You Visit
If a site offers HTTPS, DuckDuckGo's Smarter Encryption will take you there...
How to Lock Down Your Health and Fitness Data
Apps like FitBit and Apple Health collect some of the most sensitive data you have. Here's how to control what they can see and what they can do with it...
Can License Plate Readers Really Reduce Crime?
Flock Safety boasts that its cameras caused a dramatic drop in crime in one Georgia county, but experts say it's not so simple...
Hidden Algorithm Flaws Expose Websites to DoS Attacks
Why throw a bunch of junk traffic at a service, when all it takes to stall it out is just a few bytes?...
What Israel's Strike on Hamas Hackers Means For Cyberwar
On Sunday, Israeli forces bombed a building that allegedly housed an active Hamas hacking group—a potential first for cyberwar...
How Android Fought the Chamois Botnet—and Won
The Chamois botnet once infected 20 million Android devices. Here's how Google finally tore it up...
Firefox Send Is an Easy Way to Share Large Files Securely
Mozilla has made public an encrypted file-sharing service with a self-destruct twist...
Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance...
An $8.4 Billion Chinese Hub for Crypto Crime Is Incorporated in Colorado
Before a crackdown by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee grew into one of the internet’s biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers and money laundering. And all registered to a US address...
How to Avoid Black Friday Scams Online
'Tis the season for swindlers and hackers. Use these tips to spot frauds and keep your payment info secure...
The SolarWinds Hackers Used an iOS Flaw to Compromise iPhones
Security researchers say the group exploited a zero-day in Apple’s operating system to target European government officials over LinkedIn...
The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware
An attack has crippled the company’s operations—and cut off a large portion of the East Coast’s fuel supply—in an ominous development for critical infrastructure...
Don’t Buy Into Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Pressure on iOS 14.5
The company tells Apple users that tracking helps keep those platforms “free of charge,” but opting out now doesn't mean paying up later...
A New Facebook Bug Exposes Millions of Email Addresses
A recently discovered vulnerability discloses user email addresses even when they’re set to private...
The FBI Takes a Drastic Step to Fight China’s Hacking Spree
The agency's approach to protecting vulnerable victims of the recent Hafnium attack manages to be at once controversial and refreshingly restrained...
Groups Call for Ethical Guidelines on Location-Tracking Tech
The Locus Charter asks companies to commit to 10 principles, including minimizing data collection and actively seeking consent from users...
2034, Part IV: The Spratly Islands Ambush
“In a thousand years America won’t be remembered as a country, but simply as a fleeting moment.”...
France Ties Russia's Sandworm to a Multiyear Hacking Spree
A French security agency warns that the destructively minded group has exploited an IT monitoring tool from Centreon...
A Windows Defender Flaw Lurked Undetected for 12 Years
Microsoft has finally patched the bug in its antivirus program after researchers spotted it last fall...
A Barcode Scanner App With Millions of Downloads Goes Rogue
After an update in December, the app began infecting Android devices, bombarding users with ads on their default browser...
Post-Riot, the Capitol Hill IT Staff Faces a Security Mess
Wednesday's insurrection could have exposed congressional data and devices in ways that have yet to be appreciated...
Spies Say Covid-19 Isn't Manmade
Plus: A malicious GIF, Android malware, and more of the week's top security news...
The Top Reason Not to Ditch an iPhone for Android? WhatsApp
It should be simple to transfer your chat history from iOS to Android, but it's really not...
How Surveillance Could Save Lives Amid a Public Health Crisis
Smartphones could be a powerful weapon against the novel coronavirus. But tracking people's movements would offend many Americans' sense of privacy...
YouTube Gaming's Most-Watched Videos Are Dominated by Scams and Cheats
YouTube is littered with bot-driven videos promising big in-game riches—that also try to steal your personal information...
Meet Cliff Stoll, the Mad Scientist Who Invented the Art of Hunting Hackers
Thirty years ago, Cliff Stoll published The Cuckoo's Egg, a book about his cat-and-mouse game with a KGB-sponsored hacker. Today, the internet is a far darker place—and Stoll has become a cybersecurity icon...
How Facebook’s Anti-Revenge Porn Tools Failed Katie Hill
Despite automated systems and zero tolerance policies, it's easy to find photos of the former representative weeks after they were published without her consent...
Russia's Disinformation War Is Just Getting Started
The Internet Research Agency specifically targeted African Americans, and has not stopped trying to influence elections, a Senate intelligence report says...
Cold War Analogies are Warping Tech Policy
Opinion: Politicians and pundits' fixation with flawed Cold War metaphors have produced overly combative policies on emerging tech...
Everything We Know About the Capital One Hacking Case So Far
A new indictment against alleged Capital One hacker Paige Thompson includes a few fresh details about the case...
Ransomware Hits Georgia Courts as Municipal Attacks Spread
Almost every month in 2019 so far has seen reports of a local government falling prey to ransomware, but this series of attacks belies an even broader threat...
Intel Flaw Lets Hackers Siphon Secrets from Millions of PCs
Two different groups of researchers found another speculative execution attack that can steal all the data a CPU touches...
Artificial Intelligence May Not 'Hallucinate' After All
What makes an algorithm mistake a helicopter for a gun? Researchers think the answer has to do more with man than machine...
It’s Time to End the NSA’s Metadata Collection Program
Opinion: Congress needs to pull the plug and end the authority for the CDR program...