3506 matches found
Satellite Images Show the Devastating Cost of Sudan’s Aerial War
As civil conflict continues in and above the streets of Khartoum, satellite images from the Conflict Observatory at Yale University have captured the catastrophic damage...
A Tricky New Way to Sneak Past Repressive Internet Censorship
With the number of internet blackouts on the rise, cybersecurity firm eQualitie figured out how to hide censored online news in satellite TV signals...
Google Fixes Serious Security Flaws in Chrome and Android
Plus: Mozilla patches more than a dozen vulnerabilities in Firefox, and enterprise companies Ivanti, Cisco, and SAP roll out a slew of updates to get rid of some high-severity bugs...
New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China
The hackers, who mostly targeted victims in Hong Kong, also hijacked Microsoft’s trust model to make their malware harder to detect...
A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite 'Offers' Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight
The wide-ranging scams, often disguised as game promotions, can all be linked back to one network...
China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems
Plus: Microsoft expands access to premium security features, AI child sexual abuse material is on the rise, and Netflix’s password crackdown has its intended effect...
Silk Road’s Second-in-Command, Variety Jones, Gets 20 Years in Prison
Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, will spend much of the rest of his life in prison for his key role in building the world’s first dark-web drug market...
How to Use Discord’s Family Center With Your Teens
The popular communication platform launched a new child safety tool for parents. Here’s what the feature does and doesn’t include...
Russia’s Notorious Troll Farm Disbands
Plus: A French bill would allow spying via phone cameras, ATM skimmers target welfare families, and Japan’s largest cargo port gets hit with ransomware...
How Threads' Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter's (and Its Rivals')
Want to try out Meta’s new social media app? Here’s more context on what personal data is collected by Threads and similar social media apps...
Apple, Google, and MOVEit Just Patched Serious Security Flaws
Plus: Microsoft fixes 78 vulnerabilities, VMWare plugs a flaw already used in attacks, and more critical updates from June...
Inside the Dangerous Underground Abortion Pill Market Growing on Telegram
As states further limit access to abortion care in the US, a gray market for medication is filling the void. Buyers beware...
Chinese Labs Are Selling Fentanyl Ingredients for Millions in Crypto
And it's happening in plain sight...
The UK’s Secretive Web Surveillance Program Is Ramping Up
A government effort to collect people’s internet records is moving beyond its test phase, but many details remain hidden from public view...
Russian ‘Ghost Ships’ Identified Near the Nord Stream Blasts
Plus: Apple and Google plan to stop AirTag stalking, Meta violated the FTC’s privacy order, and how to tell if your car is tracking you...
Apple, Google, and Microsoft Just Fixed Zero-Day Security Flaws
Firefox gets a needed tune-up, SolarWinds squashes two high-severity bugs, Oracle patches 433 vulnerabilities, and more updates you should make now...
Security Roundup: Leak of Top-Secret US Intel Risks a New Wave of Mass Surveillance
Plus: Hackers claim to have stolen 10 TB from Western Digital, a new spyware has emerged, and WhatsApp gets a fresh security feature...
India Shut Down Mobile Internet in Punjab Amid Manhunt for Amritpal Singh
Plus: The “Clop” gang's ransomware spree, the DC Health Link breach comes into focus, and more...
How You Can Tell the AI Images of Trump’s Arrest Are Deepfakes
Doctored images of the former US president went viral on Twitter. These are the telltale signs that they aren’t what they seem...
How a Catholic Group Doxed Gay Priests
Plus: A data breach exposes Washington, Ring camera footage has a new problem, and the George Santos scandal slips into the world of cybercrime...
What to Look for When Buying a Security Camera (2023): Tips and Risks
Eufy's recent scandal shows it's not so much about the data breach but about how a company responds. Here are a few ways to shop smart...
Twitter Data Leak: What the Exposure of 200 Million User Emails Means for You
The exposure of hundreds of millions of email addresses puts pseudonymous users of the social network at risk...
Turla, a Russian Espionage Group, Piggybacked on Other Hackers' USB Infections
The infamous, FSB-connected Turla group took over other hackers' servers, exploiting their USB drive malware for targeted espionage...
Iran’s Protests Reveal What’s Lost If Twitter Crumbles
As authorities hit citizens with more violence, the social network is proving key to documenting abuses. If it breaks, a human rights lifeline may disappear...
The Hunt for the Kingpin Behind AlphaBay, Part 6: Endgame
With AlphaBay shuttered, Operation Bayonet enters its final phase: driving the site’s refugees into a giant trap. But one refugee hatched his own plan...
‘Dark Ships’ Emerge From the Shadows of the Nord Stream Mystery
Satellite monitors discovered two vessels with their trackers turned off in the area of the pipeline prior to the suspected sabotage in September...
Inside the ‘Election Integrity App’ Built to Purge US Voter Rolls
True the Vote’s IV3 app is meant to catch election cheaters. But it has a fundamental flaw...
The Secret Ballot Is US Democracy’s Last Line of Defense
Voter intimidation has cropped up in places across the nation, but the voting booth remains the one place where nobody can get to you...
You Need to Update Google Chrome, Windows, and Zoom Right Now
Plus: Important patches from Apple, VMWare, Cisco, Zimbra, SAP, and Oracle...
The Election That Saved the Internet From Russia and China
Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership...
Hot on the Trail of a Mass-School-Shooting Hoaxer
For months, an anonymous caller has terrorized communities around the US by reporting false shooting threats. We know how they did it. The question is, why?...
How Vice Society Got Away With a Global Ransomware Spree
Vice Society has a superpower that’s allowed it to quietly carry out attacks on schools and hospitals around the world: mediocrity...
The Hunt for Wikipedia's Disinformation Moles
Custodians of the crowdsourced encyclopedia are charged with protecting it from state-sponsored manipulators. A new study reveals how...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Bails on Starlink Funding for Ukraine
Plus: Hackers hit the Mormon Church, Signal plans to ditch SMS for Android, and a Fat Bear election erupts in scandal...
VPN Providers Flee India as a New Data Law Takes Hold
Many companies have pulled physical servers from the country as a mandate to collect customer data goes into effect...
Slack’s and Teams’ Lax App Security Raises Alarms
New research shows how third-party apps could be exploited to infiltrate these sensitive workplace tools...
A New Linux Tool Aims to Guard Against Supply Chain Attacks
Security firm Chainguard has created a simple, open source way for organizations to defend the cloud against some of the most insidious attacks...
The Deep Roots of Nigeria’s Cybersecurity Problem
Despite having one of the strongest data-protection policies in Africa, the country’s enforcement and disclosure practices remain dangerously broken...
Hackers Target Los Angeles School District With Ransomware
Plus: Albania cuts ties with Iran, claims of a TikTok data breach that didn’t happen, and much more...
The US May Soon Learn What a ‘Kid-Friendly’ Internet Looks Like
The California Age-Appropriate Design Code would launch a huge online privacy experiment. And it won’t just affect children...
Careless Errors in Hundreds of Apps Could Expose Troves of Data
Researchers found that mobile applications contain keys that could provide access to both user information and private files from unconnected apps...
The Telegram-Powered News Outlet Waging Guerrilla War on Russia
Anti-Putin media network February Morning has become a central player in the underground fight against the Kremlin...
The Privacy Flaw Threatening US Democracy
Without robust federal protections, the country's widespread mass surveillance systems could be used against citizens like never before...
How to Create a Secure Folder on Your Phone
Keep private photos, videos, and documents away from prying eyes...
Flaw in the VA Medical Records Platform May Put Patients at Risk
The Veterans Affairs’ VistA software has a vulnerability that could let an attacker “masquerade as a doctor,” a security researcher warns...
Here’s What Trump’s ‘Nuclear Documents’ Could Be
FBI agents reportedly searched Mar-a-Lago for “nuclear documents.” That can fall into one of these four categories...
Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption
The company says an expansion of privacy features in Messenger is unrelated to a high-profile Nebraska abortion case...
How Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian Censorship
Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results...