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How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google by Using Its ‘Results About You’ Tool
You can now set up alerts for whenever your home address, phone number, and email address appears in Search...
The Underground History of Turla, Russia's Most Ingenious Hacker Group
From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia’s FSB hackers, known as Turla, have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary number one.”...
Apple’s Photo-Scanning Plan Sparks Outcry From Policy Groups
Civil rights activists say creating a system to scan for images of sexual abuse could threaten free speech and actually harm some children...
Hackers Are Exploiting Discord Links to Serve Up Malware
Beware of links from platforms that got big during quarantine...
Microsoft's Dream of Decentralized IDs Enters the Real World
The company will launch a public preview of its identification platform this spring—and has already tested it at the UK's National Health Service...
What Did I Just Read? A Conversation With the Authors of '2034'
Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis discuss their inspirations, personal experiences, and what keeps them up at night...
Feds Indict North Korean Hackers for Years of Heists
The three men are allegedly part of a group that tried to steal $1.3 billion in an extended—and ongoing—cybercrime spree...
The SolarWinds Hackers Shared Tricks With a Russian Spy Group
Security researchers have found links between the attackers and Turla, a sophisticated team suspected of operating out of Moscow’s FSB intelligence agency...
Critical Flaws in Millions of IoT Devices May Never Get Fixed
Amnesia:33 is the latest in a long line of vulnerabilities that affect countless embedded devices...
This Bluetooth Attack Can Steal a Tesla Model X in Minutes
The company is rolling out a patch for the vulnerabilities, which allowed one researcher to break into a car in 90 seconds and drive away...
The Scammer Who Wanted to Save His Country
Last year, a hacker gave Glenn Greenwald a trove of damning messages between Brazil’s leaders. Some suspected the Russians. The truth was far less boring...
A DHS Official Says He Was Punished for Not Pushing Trump's Agenda
Brian Murphy says he was pressured to alter reports on Russia and white supremacy—and that he was fired for refusing to budge...
The Blurred Lines and Closed Loops of Google Search
Seemingly small design tweaks to the search results interface may change how and where people find information online...
9 Apps to Boost Your Phone's Security and Privacy
Android and iOS are getting better about protecting your data and device. But if you're looking for an extra line of defense, these can help...
Russia's GRU Hackers Hit US Government and Energy Targets
A previously unreported Fancy Bear campaign persisted for well over a year—and indicates that the notorious group has broadened its focus...
A Twitter Hacking Spree Hits Elon Musk, Obama, Apple, and More
An unprecedented “security incident” has rocked Twitter—and scammers are making off with huge amounts of bitcoin...
Weed Sales on the Dark Web Surged Early in the Pandemic
Research shows that as Covid-19 lockdowns spread, people turned to internet dealers for their pot fix...
How a Facebook Bug Took Down Spotify, TikTok, and Other Major iOS Apps
Thank a tiny change to a software development kit for widespread crashes Wednesday, including the Spotify and TikTok apps...
The Weird Partisan Math of Vote-by-Mail
Research says that expanding mail-in voting doesn’t help Democrats. So why are Republicans so afraid of it?...
How Spies Snuck Malware Into the Google Play Store—Again and Again
Malicious Android apps from the so-called PhantomLance campaign targeted hundreds of users, and at least two slipped past Google's defenses...
This Map Shows the Global Spread of Zero-Day Hacking Techniques
The collection of countries using those secret hacking techniques has expanded far beyond the usual suspects...
The Best and Worst Browsers for Privacy, Ranked
A new study examines how Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Brave, Edge, and Yandex collect user data...
The Internet Avoided a Minor Disaster Last Week
A tiny backend bug at Let’s Encrypt almost broke millions of websites. A five-day scramble ensured it didn’t...
Dangerzone Lets You Open Email Attachments Safely
Dangerzone takes potentially malicious files and safely sanitizes them for you...
The Iowa Caucus Meltdown, a Coronavirus Mask Shortage, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
Jeff Bezos’ Hacked Phone, Coronavirus Hits the US, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
Windows 10 Has a Security Flaw So Severe the NSA Disclosed It
In a shift toward transparency, the National Security Agency announced a bug that could have left over 900 million PCs vulnerable to attack...
The Mandalorian Is the Only Smart Soldier in the Star Wars Galaxy
It took decades, but the galaxy finally has a tactical and operational genius...
Why Ring Doorbells Perfectly Exemplify the IoT Security Crisis
A new wave of reports about the home surveillance cameras getting hijacked by creeps is painfully familiar...
Toys “R” Us Is Back—Now With More Surveillance\!
Reports about the toy store using cameras to track shoppers caused an uproar, but the companies behind the tech insist their systems are trained to ignore kids...
5 New Nonlethal Weapons the Defense Department Is Developing
The US Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program is testing a new arsenal powered by lasers, plasma, chemical irritants, and more...
DARPA's Hail Mary Plan to Restart a Hacked US Electric Grid
On tiny Plum Island, DARPA stages a real-life blackout to put its grid recovery tools to the test...
Midterms 2018: The Unprecedented Effort to Secure Election Day
Ninety-four district election officers. Thirteen hundred electoral jurisdictions. Multiple law enforcement agencies. The fight to keep the midterms safe has an unimaginable scope...
Israel Says Iran Is Hacking Security Cameras for Spying
Plus: Ukrainian hackers reportedly knock out a key Russian internet provider, China’s Salt Typhoon hackers claim another victim, and the UK hits 23andMe with a hefty fine over its 2023 data breach...
The Mystery of iPhone Crashes That Apple Denies Are Linked to Chinese Hacking
Plus: A 22-year-old former intern gets put in charge of a key anti-terrorism program, threat intelligence firms finally wrangle their confusing names for hacker groups, and more...
ICE’s Deportation Airline Hack Reveals Man ‘Disappeared’ to El Salvador
Plus: A DOGE operative’s laptop reportedly gets infected with malware, Grok AI is used to “undress” women on X, a school software company’s ransomware nightmare returns, and more...
US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
CBP’s acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency’s custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly...
Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack
A vulnerability categorized as “critical” in a photo app installed by default on Synology network-attached storage devices could give attackers the ability to steal data and worse...
The Breach of a Face Recognition Firm Reveals a Hidden Danger of Biometrics
Outabox, an Australian firm that scanned faces for bars and clubs, suffered a breach that shows the problems with giving companies your biometric data...
Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users
Plus: Apple warns iPhone users about spyware attacks, CISA issues an emergency directive about a Microsoft breach, and a ransomware hacker tangles with an unimpressed HR manager named Beth...
The UN Hired an AI Company to Untangle the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
CulturePulse's AI model promises to create a realistic virtual simulation of every Israeli and Palestinian citizen. But don't roll your eyes: It's already been put to the test in other conflict zones...
How Telegram Became a Terrifying Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War
Hamas posted gruesome images and videos that were designed to go viral. Sources argue that Telegram’s lax moderation ensured they were seen around the world...
This Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator's Exact Location
Every DJI quadcopter broadcasts its operator's position via radio—unencrypted. Now, a group of researchers has learned to decode those coordinates...
All the Data Amazon's Ring Cameras Collect About You
The popular security devices are tracking and sharing more than you might think...
Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops
Stockholm’s official app was a disaster. So annoyed parents built their own open source version—ignoring warnings that it might be illegal...
Google's Grand Plan to Eradicate Cookies Is Crumbling
Regulators in the EU and competitors have raised concerns about the company's proposals to rewrite the rules of online advertising...
A Bird-Feed Seller Beat a Chess Master. Then It Got Ugly
Twitch and YouTube chess star Levy Rozman has faced over a week of sustained harassment after calling out an alleged cheater...
Clubhouse's Security and Privacy Lag Behind Its Huge Growth
The platform has promised to do better after a string of incidents. But the hardest part might be managing user expectations...