Putin and Biden Must Choose: How Does Russia Want to Lose?

As Russia's failures mount in its war against Ukraine, can Biden prevent an isolated Putin from doing the unthinkable?...

A Mysterious Satellite Hack Has Victims Far Beyond Ukraine

The biggest hack since Russia’s war began knocked thousands of people offline. The spillover extends deep into Europe...

The Third-Party Okta Hack Leaves Customers Scrambling

Authentication firm Okta's statements on the Lapsus$ breach fails to answer key questions...

'This Is Really, Really Bad': Lapsus$ Gang Claims Okta Hack

Lapsus$ leaking Microsoft source code would be bad enough. Breaching Okta could be much, much worse...

The Enduring Danger of Russia’s Cluster Bombs in Ukraine

A brief history and the ramifications of cluster bombs, history’s most indiscriminate weapon...

How to Limit Who Can Contact You on Twitter

Lock down your account to tweet in peace or take the guardrails off to court controversy...

TSA’s First Crack at Guarding Pipelines From Hackers Falls Short

Plus: Anonymous dedicates a hack to Hillary Clinton, Google researchers expose Exotic Lily, and more...

A Developer Altered Open Source Software to Wipe Files in Russia

The author of a popular application pushed out an update containing malicious code in an effort to sabotage computers in the country...

Conti Leaks Reveal the Ransomware Group’s Links to Russia

Members of the Conti ransomware group may act in Russia’s interest, but their links to the FSB and Cozy Bear hackers appear ad hoc...

Death of the Password? FIDO Alliance Reveals Its New Plan

After a decade of work, the FIDO Alliance says it’s found the missing piece in the bridge to a password-free future...

Conti Leak: A Ransomware Gang's Chats Expose Its Crypto Plans

Leaked files from cybercrime group Conti show it started building a crypto payment platform, a social network—and even had plans for a casino...

The Workaday Life of the World’s Most Dangerous Ransomware Gang

A Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,000 messages from inside the Conti ransomware group. This is what they reveal...

The Lapsus$ Hacking Group Is Off to a Chaotic Start

Telegram polls. Unusual demands. The latest extortion gang is on an unorthodox rampage...

Russia Wants to Label Meta an ‘Extremist Organization’

Plus: A satellite hack, ransomware extradition, and more of the week’s top security news...

NFTs Don’t Work the Way You Might Think They Do

We bust the biggest misconceptions about what "minting" actually means...

Beware the Never-Ending Disinformation Emergency

YouTube still draws a hard line on Trump’s rigged election claims. Two years later, it doesn't hold up...

Chinese Spies Hacked a Livestock App to Breach US State Networks

Vulnerabilities in animal tracking software USAHERDS and Log4j gave the notorious APT41 group a foothold in multiple government systems...

War Is Calling Crypto’s ‘Neutrality’ Into Question

War in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia have made cryptocurrency a hot potato for international politics...

Critical Bugs Expose Hundreds of Thousands of Medical Devices

The so-called Access:7 vulnerabilities are the latest high-profile IoT security fumble...

How Police Abuse Phone Data to Persecute LGBTQ People

In many parts of the world, law enforcement uses WhatsApp chats, text messages, and photos from confiscated phones as "evidence" against persecuted groups...

A Major Internet Backbone Company Cuts Off Russia

Plus: A ransomware gang leak, an Nvidia hack, and more of the week's top security news...

Hacktivists Stoke Pandemonium Amid Russia’s War in Ukraine

A wave of cyberattacks meant to make a statement and particularly buoy Ukraine could have unintended consequences...

Hackers Find a New Way to Deliver Devastating DDoS Attacks

Cybercriminals are exploiting a fleet of more than 100,000 misconfigured servers to knock websites offline...

When War Struck, Ukraine Turned to Telegram

As Russian troops surround Kyiv, millions of Ukrainians have relied on the messaging platform for government information...

Ice Cream Machine Hackers Sue McDonald's for $900 Million

Kytch alleges that the Golden Arches crushed its business—and left soft serve customers out in the cold...

How Ukraine's Internet Can Fend Off Russian Attacks

The besieged country's complex internet infrastructure has evolved to promote resiliency...

An ‘Unhinged’ Putin Threatens Dangerous Escalation in Ukraine

With no off-ramp in sight, Russia’s leader has put the country’s nuclear forces on alert...

An Internet Troll Gives Nonalcoholic Spirits Startups the Spins

From false press releases to misleading domain names, one man has allegedly gone to great lengths to sabotage his competitors...

Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territory

The country has enlisted thousands of cybersecurity professionals in the war effort against Russia...

DDoS Attempts Hit Russia as Ukraine Conflict Intensifies

Plus: Hacker recruits, NFT thefts, and more of the week’s top security news...

The Quiet Way Advertisers Are Tracking Your Browsing

Cookies are on the way out—but not enough is being done about browser fingerprinting. So what is it?...

Ukraine’s Defense—and Hacktivists—Have Raised Over $4M in Crypto

Russia’s invasion into the country sparked a surge of crypto donations to resistance groups...

Putin’s Nuclear Threat Sets the West on Edge

By promising a response “never seen” in history if other countries interfere in Ukraine, the Russian leader upended decades of relative stability...

Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Built a Botnet of Firewalls

Western intelligence services are raising alarms about Cyclops Blink, the latest tool at the notorious group’s disposal...

Inside the Lab Where Intel Tries to Hack Its Own Chips

Researchers at iSTARE have to think like the bad guys, finding critical flaws before processors go to production...

An Optical Spy Trick Can Turn Any Shiny Object Into a Bug

Anything from a metallic Rubik’s cube to an aluminum trash can inside a room could give away your private conversations...

How to Use Google Chrome's Enhanced Safety Mode

You get a safer, more secure browser experience, but Google gets a lot more data about you...

Millions of WordPress Sites Got a Forced Update for a Serious Bug

The mandatory patch addressed a critical vulnerability in a widely used plugin that allowed untrusted visitors to download a website's backups...

Russia Was Behind DDoS Attacks Against Ukraine, US Officials Say

Plus: A crypto crime crackdown, Roblox ripoffs, and more of the week’s top security news...

US Agencies Say Russian Hackers Compromised Defense Contractors

Kremlin-backed cyber actors lurked in the networks for months, obtaining sensitive documents related to weapons and infrastructure development...

If Russia Invades Ukraine, TikTok Will See It Up Close

As troops amass on Ukraine’s border, civilians capture it all on camera. Online sleuths are now unpacking the details...

Is Firefox OK?

Mozilla’s privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web...

The US Watches Warily for Russia-Ukraine Tensions to Spill Over

Conversations with more than a dozen senior cybersecurity leaders in both the public and private sector outline the major areas of risk...

Twitter Has Started Blocking Porn in Germany

Dozens of accounts have been vanished as Twitter bows to pressure to make it harder for children to find adult content online...

How to Set Up Lock Screens on All Your Devices

Your lock screen stands between your private data and unwelcome visitors—make sure you set it up correctly...

The CIA Has Secretly Run a ‘Bulk Collection’ Program

Plus: Vulnerability fixes, the return of EARN IT, and more of the week’s top security news...

Hackers Rigged Hundreds of Ecommerce Sites to Steal Payment Info

The attackers exploited a known vulnerability and installed credit card skimmers on more than 500 websites...

Microsoft Disabling Macros Is a Huge Win for Security

Word and Excel files you download from the internet just got a whole lot safer...

Playing With Crypto? You’ll Need a Wallet (or Several)

Buying and selling NFTs or transferring digital currency is going to require a little leap of faith. Here’s how to get started...

The DOJ’s $3.6B Seizure Shows How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto

A couple allegedly used a “laundry list” of technical measures to cover their tracks. They didn’t work...