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How the US Prepares Its Embassies for Potential Attacks
In addition to securing physical structures, the Diplomatic Security Service runs simulations of protests in a model city in Virginia...
Apple Gives Hackers a Special iPhone—And a Bigger Bug Bounty
The company’s sometimes rocky relationship with security researchers just got a whole lot smoother...
How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online Accounts
All those services you signed up for but forgot about? They're a security risk. Here's how to get rid of them...
Jigsaw Bought a Russian Twitter Troll Campaign as an Experiment
In a controversial move, the Alphabet-owned tech firm played both sides of an online argument in Russia with the aim of testing disinformation-for-hire services...
Julian Assange, a Big Yahoo Fine, and More Security News This Week
Plus: Wi-Fi vulnerabilities, Silk Road 2's founder, and more of the week's top security news...
The Russian Sleuth Who Outs Moscow's Elite Hackers and Assassins
Roman Dobrokhotov has been playing a dangerous game for a Russian reporter: identifying agents of the GRU military intelligence agency...
What Is Credential Stuffing?
What happens to all those emails and passwords that get leaked? They're frequently used to try to break into users' other accounts across the internet...
146 New Android Bugs, an Audio Porn Streaming Site, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
A Hack to Steal a Tesla, a Yelp Overhaul, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
US to Russia on Nuke Experiments: Do as We Say, Not as We Do
The US is quietly ramping up its plutonium experiments even as Washington raises concerns about Russian testing...
Google Tracks What You Buy Online With Gmail
Adobe fixes, an executive order, and more of the week's top security news...
The Most-Read Security Stories of 2018
This year saw the most devastating cyberattack in history, a gang of teen hackers, and so much Mueller news...
Nationwide Bomb Threats Look Like New Spin on an Old Bitcoin Scam
Apparent bitcoin scammers caused chaos across the US Thursday, radically escalating longstanding tactics...
A Remote-Start App Exposed Thousands of Cars to Hackers
The bugs could have let an industrious hacker locate cars, unlock them, and start them up from anywhere with an internet connection...
Inside the Hidden World of Elevator Phone Phreaking
Eavesdropping, reprogramming, talking to strangers: Welcome to the harmless and not-so-harmless fun of hacking elevator call boxes...
Facial Recognition Has Already Reached Its Breaking Point
Facial recognition technology has proliferated unchecked in the US so far. Congress finally seems ready to do something about it...
Chinese Surveillance, Facebook Tracking, and More Security News This Week
3-D printed rifles, Iran missile hacking, and more of the week's top security news...
Why Facebook’s Banned ‘Research’ App Was So Invasive
Until Apple revoked its privileges Wednesday, Facebook was paying iOS users $20 a month to download and install the data-sucking application...
How Do We Bring Equality to Data Ownership and Usage?
Computational biologist Laura Boykin says scientists are “asleep at the wheel”; activist Malkia Devich-Cyril says citizens also need to pressure technology companies to change...
Holes in 4G and 5G Networks Could Let Hackers Track Your Location
New research shows how nearby attackers can see where you are, send you spoofed carrier messages, and more...
Google's Making It Easier to Encrypt Even Cheap Android Phones
Adiantum will help millions of low-end Android smartphones receive the same encryption protections as flagships...
The Biggest Cybersecurity Crises of 2019 So Far
Ransomware attacks, supply chain hacks, escalating tensions with Iran—the first six months of 2019 have been anything but boring...
An Astonishing 773 Million Records Exposed in Monster Breach
Collection 1 appears to be the biggest public breach yet, with millions of unique passwords sitting out in the open...
A Growing Frontier for Terrorist Groups: Unsuspecting Chat Apps
Opinion: As Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube crack down on extremist propaganda, ISIS recruiters are exploiting lesser-known messenger apps...
Porn Showed Up on Legit News Sites Thanks to Internet Rot
Plus: China's pipeline probing, a Chromebook debacle, and more of the week's top security news...
The Window to Rein In Facial Recognition Is Closing
As Congress continues to punt on facial recognition, advocacy groups have redoubled their efforts...
Tricky Scam Plants Phishing Links in Your Google Calendar
Scammers are taking advantage of default calendar settings to try to trick users into clicking malicious links...
How to Stop Robocalls—or At Least Slow Them Down
Let's be honest, you can't kill robocalls completely. But you can block more of them than you might think...
Microsoft's BlueKeep Bug Isn't Getting Patched Fast Enough
At this rate, it will take years to fix a critical vulnerability that remains in over 900,000 Windows machines. A worm will arrive much sooner...
Your Facebook Password Isn’t Safe. Neither Is Your Android Phone
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Senators Grill Facebook, Google, and Apple Over Invasive Apps
Lawmakers want more information about Facebook’s Project Atlas program, which collected data from teens and sidestepped device makers’ privacy policies...
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2018: Trump, Zuck and More
From Donald Trump to Russian hackers, these are the most dangerous characters we've been watching online in 2018...
How to Keep Nearby Strangers from Sending You Files
Sharing is caring—except when it's an unwelcome photo from a rando on the subway. Here's how to lock down your phone and computer...
The Army Bans TikTok
A million-dollar email scam, a Chinese hacking campaign, and more of the week's top security news...
The Evidence That Links Russia’s Most Brazen Hacking Efforts
From the 2017 French election to the Olympics to NotPetya, the same group's fingerprints have appeared again and again...
Apple's 'Find My' Feature Uses Some Very Clever Cryptography
Apple says an elaborate rotating key scheme will soon let you track down your stolen laptop, but not let anyone track you. Not even Apple...
Facebook Bug Bounty Program Makes Biggest Reward Payout Yet
Despite Cambridge Analytica and a damaging hack, Facebook's bug bounty program offers a bright spot...
Russia Linked to Triton Industrial Control Malware
Like so many other internet misdeeds, the notorious Triton malware appears to have originated in Moscow...
How to Secure Your Wi-Fi Router and Protect Your Home Network
Router security has improved a bunch in recent years, but there are still steps you can take to lock yours down even better...
How Iran's Hackers Might Strike Back After Soleimani's Assassination
From data-destroying wipers to industrial control system hacking, Iran has a potent arsenal of cyberattacks at its disposal...
A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect
Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn't see anything. But her Fitbit did...
Airport Facial Recognition, How Abusers Exploit Basic Apps, and More News
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A Push to Protect Campaigns from Hackers Hits an FEC Roadblock
The FEC may prevent an anti-phishing firm providing its services to campaigns for free or cheap...
'Sign In With Apple' Protects You in Ways Google and Facebook Don't
Apple's new single-sign-on scheme has benefits that its competitors seem unlikely to match...
Goznym Takedown Shows the Anatomy of a Modern Cybercriminal Supply Chain
Charges against 10 men across Eastern Europe associated with the Goznym malware crew reveal global law enforcement's reach—and its limits...
Much @Stake: The Band of Hackers That Defined an Era
Today's cybersecurity superstars share a common thread—one that leads back to early hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow...
In Project Maven's Wake, the Pentagon Seeks AI Tech Talent
The Defense Department wants to use AI in warfare. In the aftermath of Project Maven, it still needs Big Tech’s help...
DejaBlue: New BlueKeep-Style Bugs Mean You Need to Update Windows Now
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol continue to plague the web...