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Marriott Got Hacked. Yes, Again
The hotel chain has suffered its second major breach in 16 months. Here's how to find out if you're affected...
Online Credit Card Skimmers Are Thriving During the Pandemic
As brick and mortars close due to the novel coronavirus, thieves have increasingly targeted digital checkout...
Chinese Hacking Surges Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Plus: A Windows zero day, an iOS watering hole, and more of the week's top security news...
Google Bans Infowars Android App Over Coronavirus Claims
Apple kicked Alex Jones out of the App Store in 2018. The Google Play Store has finally followed suit...
A Twitch Streamer Is Exposing Coronavirus Scams Live
Kitboga has built a following by trolling telemarketers. Covid-19 opportunists have given him a whole new crop of targets...
An Elite Spy Group Used 5 Zero-Days to Hack North Koreans
South Korea is a prime suspect for exploiting the secret software vulnerabilities in a sophisticated espionage campaign...
The Top Reason Not to Ditch an iPhone for Android? WhatsApp
It should be simple to transfer your chat history from iOS to Android, but it's really not...
The Postal Service's Surprising Role in Surviving Doomsday
The little-known Postal Plan, which dates back to the Clinton era, charges mail carriers with delivering critical supplies—like vaccines—as a last resort...
The Army Corps of Engineers Deploys Against Coronavirus
The US is desperate for hospital beds. The US Army Corps of Engineers can build thousands of them in a matter of days...
Google Removes Adware-Laced Kids' Apps From Play Store
After over a million downloads, the Tekya-infected Android offerings are finally on ice...
How to Avoid the Worst Online Scams
Phishing, malware, and more only escalate in times of uncertainty. Here's how to protect yourself...
Ransomware Groups Promise Not to Hit Hospitals Amid Pandemic
Plus: iPhone cracking, credit card skimming, and more of the week's top security news...
How Surveillance Could Save Lives Amid a Public Health Crisis
Smartphones could be a powerful weapon against the novel coronavirus. But tracking people's movements would offend many Americans' sense of privacy...
WhatsApp Is at the Center of Coronavirus Response
The World Health Organization is partnering with the messaging app to help ensure trustworthy information gets out...
Coronavirus Sets the Stage for Hacking Mayhem
As more people work from home and anxiety mounts, expect cyberattacks of all sorts to take advantage...
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 Value and Ethics of Using Phone Data to Monitor Covid-19
Google and Facebook are discussing plans with the White House to share collective data on people's movements during the coronavirus pandemic...
How Microsoft Dismantled the Infamous Necurs Botnet
A years-long investigation and global cooperation disrupted one of the biggest botnets ever...
'Kill Chain': HBO's Election Security Doc Stresses Urgency
A new documentary makes crystal clear how little time remains to protect the 2020 election...
A Critical Internet Safeguard Is Running Out of Time
Shadowserver has helped keep the internet safe for 15 years. Unless it can raise funds fast, it's going to disappear...
Elite Hackers Are Using Coronavirus Emails to Set Traps
Plus: A Comcast blunder, a Clearview AI lawsuit, and more of the week's top security news...
High-Stakes Security Setups Are Making Remote Work Impossible
Staffers at power grids, intelligence agencies, and more often don’t have the option to work from home, even in light of Covid-19...
Windows Has a New, Wormable Vulnerability
The flaw has the potential to unleash the kind of attacks that allowed WannaCry and NotPetya to cripple business networks around the world...
No, a Border Wall Won't Stop Coronavirus
Donald Trump's latest pitch for the wall ignores basic science—and might only make things worse...
Despite Coronavirus, Washington Isn't Worried About Its Primary
The state conducts its elections almost entirely by mail. The rest of the country should pay attention...
Most Medical Imaging Devices Run Outdated Operating Systems
The end of Windows 7 support has hit health care extra hard, leaving several machines vulnerable...
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...
An Unfixable Flaw Threatens 5 Years of Intel Chips
Plus: A J. Crew breach, CIA hacking, and more of the week's top security news...
How an Elaborate North Korean Crypto Heist Fell Apart
Two Chinese citizens have been accused of running an intricate money-laundering scheme—involving more than $100 million in cryptocurrency...
The EARN IT Act Is a Sneak Attack on Encryption
The crypto wars are back in full swing...
Russia Is Learning How to Bypass Facebook's Disinfo Defenses
Social media platforms have stepped up the fight against Russia's Internet Research Agency—but the IRA is evolving too...
Hackers Can Clone Millions of Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia Keys
Encryption flaws in a common anti-theft feature expose vehicles from major manufacturers...
WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN
The virtual private network software from security researcher Jason Donenfeld wins fans with its simplicity and ease of auditing...
Clearview AI's Massive Client List Got Hacked
Clever malware, student surveillance, and more of the week's top security news...
The Long Path out of the Vulnerability Disclosure Dark Ages
Letting a company know about flaws in their products has gotten easier since 2003—but not by much...
Dangerzone Lets You Open Email Attachments Safely
Dangerzone takes potentially malicious files and safely sanitizes them for you...
A Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Chips Let Attackers Decrypt Data
Affected devices include iPhones, iPads, Macs, Amazon Echos and Kindles, Android devices, and various Wi-Fi routers...
How a Hacker's Mom Broke Into a Prison—and the Warden's Computer
Security analyst John Strand had a contract to test a correctional facility’s defenses. He sent the best person for the job: his mother...
Gmail Is Catching More Malicious Attachments With Deep Learning
Users of Gmail get 300 billion attachments each week. To separate legitimate documents from harmful ones, Google turned to AI—and it’s working...
Nintendo Cracks Down After High-Profile Leaks
With the highly anticipated Animal Crossing: New Horizons and E3 on the horizon, Nintendo has become “increasingly aggressive” combating leaks over the last couple of months...
North Korea Is Recycling Mac Malware. That's Not the Worst Part
Lazarus Group hackers have long plagued the internet—using at least one tool they picked up just by looking around online...
How to Share Your Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Spotify Accounts the Safe Way
Be generous, but also be careful...
A Tiny Piece of Tape Tricked Teslas Into Speeding Up 50 MPH
An MGM Resorts breach, natural gas ransomware, and more of the week's top security news...
Russia Doesn't Want Bernie Sanders. It Wants Chaos
The point of Kremlin interference has always been to find democracy’s loose seams, and pull...
How Trump Hollowed Out US National Security
Acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell is just the latest in a cascade of temporary or vacant personnel in critical government positions...
The US Blames Russia's GRU for Sweeping Cyberattacks in Georgia
By calling out Russia for digital assaults on its neighboring country, the US hopes to head off similar efforts at home...
Bluetooth-Related Flaws Threaten Dozens of Medical Devices
Hundreds of smart devices—including pacemakers—are exposed thanks to a series of vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol...
YouTube Gaming's Most-Watched Videos Are Dominated by Scams and Cheats
YouTube is littered with bot-driven videos promising big in-game riches—that also try to steal your personal information...
Hundreds of Millions of PC Components Still Have Hackable Firmware
The lax security of supply chain firmware has been a known concern for years—with precious little progress being made...
Hundreds of Chrome Extensions Secretly Uploaded Private Data
A researcher discovered that hundreds of extensions in the Web Store were part of a long-running malvertising and ad-fraud scheme...