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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Dan Goodin is IT Security Editor at Ars Technica.

Noted

Notepad++ Users, You May Have Been Hacked by China

Feb 4, 2026 2:52 PM

At Long Last

Microsoft Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows Hacks

Dec 17, 2025 5:30 AM

BIG-IP

Why the F5 Hack Created an ‘Imminent Threat’ for Thousands of Networks

Oct 16, 2025 4:42 PM

Infections

A New Attack Lets Hackers Steal 2-Factor Authentication Codes From Android Phones

Oct 14, 2025 5:40 PM

Broken Record

Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records

Jul 17, 2025 7:30 AM

Bad Inventions

AI Code Hallucinations Increase the Risk of ‘Package Confusion’ Attacks

Apr 30, 2025 3:08 PM

total recall

Microsoft’s Recall AI Tool Is Making an Unwelcome Return

Apr 14, 2025 4:35 PM

Vanishing Act

Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids His Homes

Mar 31, 2025 3:42 PM

Eleven11bot

A Brand-New Botnet Is Delivering Record-Size DDoS Attacks

Mar 7, 2025 8:30 AM

Mind the Gap

A Mysterious Hacking Group Has 2 New Tools to Steal Data From Air-Gapped Machines

Oct 12, 2024 5:30 AM

perfctl

Stealthy Malware Has Infected Thousands of Linux Systems for Years

Oct 5, 2024 9:30 AM

achievement unlocked

YubiKeys Are a Security Gold Standard—but They Can Be Cloned

Sep 5, 2024 5:01 PM

traffic signs

‘TunnelVision’ Attack Leaves Nearly All VPNs Vulnerable to Spying

May 10, 2024 12:56 PM

open sesame

The XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know

Apr 2, 2024 4:00 AM

Spoofed

A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws

Sep 29, 2022 12:00 PM

Challenges

TikTok Users Were Vulnerable to a Single-Click Attack

Sep 2, 2022 9:00 AM

SIKE Out

A New Attack Easily Knocked Out a Potential Encryption Algorithm

Aug 3, 2022 9:00 AM

Vulnerabilities

New ‘Retbleed’ Attack Can Swipe Key Data From Intel and AMD CPUs

Jul 13, 2022 12:00 PM

ZuoRAT

A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers

Jun 30, 2022 9:00 AM

Gone in 130 Seconds

Hackers Can Steal Your Tesla by Creating Their Own Personal Keys

Jun 9, 2022 4:20 PM