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Every ISP in the US Must Block These 3 Pirate Streaming Services
The 96 internet service providers were told to enforce the orders “by any technological means available.”...
India’s New Super App Has a Privacy Problem
Tata Neu is the country’s latest do-everything app. When users signed up, their personal information was already there...
Is Leaking a SCOTUS Opinion a Crime? The Law Is Far From Clear
The leak of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade quickly sparked a court investigation. Which laws may have been violated, if any, remains uncertain...
How to Use Windows Security to Keep Your PC Protected
Your Microsoft computer comes with built-in safety software that shields you from the worst threats. Here's how to navigate your toolkit...
FBI Conducted 3.4 Million Warrantless Searches of Americans' Data
Plus: Trump backers breach election systems, Microsoft tracks Russia's war prep, a new Facebook leak reveals a mess, and Bored Ape Yacht Club gets hacked...
One of the Most Powerful DDoS Attacks Ever Hits a Crypto Platform
The onslaught was delivered through HTTPS, which puts more strain on a target, and it suggests that attackers are getting more powerful...
You Need to Update iOS, Android, and Chrome Right Now
Plus: Microsoft patched some 100 flaws, while Oracle issued more than 500 security fixes...
Ukraine’s Digital Battle With Russia Isn’t Going as Expected
Even the head of the country's online offensive is surprised by the successes—although they’re not without controversy...
Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly
Beyond accusations of rampant user copyright infringement, film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of more serious illegal activity...
North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones to Access Forbidden Media
A new report suggests that a small but vibrant group of smartphones hackers may be challenging the world's most digitally restrictive regime...
Russia Is Being Hacked at an Unprecedented Scale
From “IT Army” DDoS attacks to custom malware, the country has become a target like never before...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Buy Exposes a Privacy Minefield
The social network’s user data and more will soon be at the whims of the world’s richest man. Who’s worried?...
The US Saw a Spike in Child Sexual Abuse URLs in 2021
CSAM hosting in the United States rose 64 percent last year, putting the country second in the world, a new report found...
A $3 Billion Silk Road Seizure Will Erase Ross Ulbricht's Debt
In a twist, a massive trove of stolen bitcoins will repay the dark web market creator's $183 million restitution...
Hackers Are Getting Caught Exploiting New Bugs More Than Ever
A pair of reports from Mandiant and Google found a spike in zero-day vulnerabilities in 2021. The question is, why?...
Netflix Can Cut Off Moochers Without a Password-Sharing Crackdown
There's a simple way to limit Netflix freeloaders—give users the ability to easily boot unknown devices linked to their accounts...
It Was a Good Month for Fighting Cybercrime—Don’t Get Comfortable
Even as police and tech companies get better at shutting down illicit operations, cybercrime is worse than ever...
The Fake Federal Agents Case Baffling US Intelligence Experts
Guns. Luxury apartments. Duped Secret Service personnel. Did the FBI uncover a foreign plot, or something more ridiculous?...
How to Limit Who Can Contact You on Instagram
It’s your account—you decide who’s allowed to see your vacation photos or slide into your DMs...
North Korea's Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft
Plus: Spyware maker NSO Group deemed “valueless,” T-Mobile fails to buy its stolen data, and malware spreads on Telegram...
Elon Musk Is Right About Twitter
It really is the closest thing we have to an online public square—and that's terrible for democracy. Let his takeover bid be a wakeup call...
WhatsApp Doubles Down With End-to-End Encrypted ‘Communities’
More than just group DMs, WhatsApp's new feature is a major expansion of its comprehensive encrypted messaging...
Feds Uncover a ‘Swiss Army Knife’ for Hacking Industrial Systems
The malware toolkit, known as Pipedream, is perhaps the most versatile tool ever made to target critical infrastructure like power grids and oil refineries...
Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve
Ukraine claims to have doxed Russian troops and spies, while hacktivists are regularly leaking private information from Russian organizations...
Russia's Sandworm Hackers Attempted a Third Blackout in Ukraine
The attack was the first in five years to use Sandworm's Industroyer malware, which is designed to automatically trigger power disruptions...
DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop
DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave...
The Tricky Aftermath of Source Code Leaks
Lapsus$ hackers leaked Microsoft’s Bing and Cortana source code. How bad is that, really?...
TSA’s Terrorist Watch List Comes for Amtrak Passengers
Plus: Microsoft seizes Russian GRU domains, Cash App’s data breach, and Obama’s disinfo admission...
How Russia's Invasion Triggered a US Crackdown on Its Hackers
The Biden White House is using “all of the levers of national power” to counter—or preempt—cyberattacks by Russia’s most dangerous hacker groups...
WatchGuard Didn't Explicitly Disclose a Flaw Exploited by Hackers
The security vendor kept a critical vulnerability in its firewall appliances quiet even as it was under attack from a Russian hacking group...
The Senate Bill That Has Big Tech Scared
The proposal would stop the biggest platforms from giving themselves an advantage over the little guys. Who's afraid of a little competition?...
The Bitcoin Bust That Took Down the Web’s Biggest Child Abuse Site
They thought their payments were untraceable. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The untold story of the case that shredded the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity...
Meta Tries to Break the End-to-End Encryption Deadlock
A new report commissioned by Meta aims to redefine comprehensive encryption as essential to protecting human rights...
Europe Is Building a Huge International Facial Recognition System
Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people’s faces...
Shutdown of Russia's Hydra Market Disrupts a Crypto-Crime ATM
More than just a market for illegal drugs, the dark-web site allowed criminals to launder or cash out hundreds of millions in stolen cryptocurrencies...
NFTs Are a Privacy and Security Nightmare
The blockchain isn’t as “anonymous” as you might think...
How Explosions Actually Kill
Wars often spark misinformation about the nature of blast trauma. Russia's unprovoked bombardment of Ukraine is no different...
Blockchains Have a ‘Bridge’ Problem, and Hackers Know It
Blockchain bridges are a crucial piece of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, which makes them prime targets for attacks...
Fake Cops Scammed Apple and Meta to Get User Data
Plus: Lapsus$ teens hit with charges, Wyze's security screwup, and Russia's cyber rampage...
Russia Inches Toward Its Splinternet Dream
For years, the country has been trying to create its own sovereign internet—a goal given new impetus by the backlash to its invasion of Ukraine...
The Last Cell Tower in Mariupol
For weeks, a lone mobile base station allowed thousands in the besieged Ukrainian city to stay connected—until Russian troops arrived...
A Sinister Way to Beat Multifactor Authentication Is on the Rise
Lapsus$ and the group behind the SolarWinds hack have utilized prompt bombing to defeat weaker MFA protections in recent months...
Researchers Used a Decommissioned Satellite to Broadcast Hacker TV
What happens when an old satellite is no longer in use but can still broadcast? Hacker shenanigans, that's what...
Forcing WhatsApp and iMessage to Work Together Is Doomed to Fail
Europe’s Digital Markets Act requires interoperability between popular messaging apps. But experts warn encryption could be compromised...
Stop Tracking Your Loved Ones
Tracking apps hijack your psyche. Here's how to regain control...
New Lapsus$ Hack Documents Make Okta’s Response Look More Bizarre
Documents shed some light on how Okta and its subprocessor Sitel reacted to a breach, but they don’t explain the apparent lack of urgency...
The Future of Digital Cash Is Not on the Blockchain
If you want the privacy of paper money, you need something that leaves no paper trail...
Hunt for Lapsus$ Hackers Leads to a British Teen
Plus: New details emerge about Russian hacks and hackers as the US warns of potential new attacks...
The Fragile Open Source Ecosystem Isn't Ready for 'Protestware'
A recent uptick in disruptions to open source software, including incidents aimed at objecting to Russia's war in Ukraine, have left the community on edge...
Feds Allege Destructive Russian Hackers Targeted US Refineries
The Justice Department unsealed indictments against four alleged Russian hackers said to have targeted US energy infrastructure for nearly a decade...