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1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers

Badbox 2.0

1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

The Trump Administration Is Deprioritizing Russia as a Cyber Threat

Security Roundup

The Trump Administration Is Deprioritizing Russia as a Cyber Threat

Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg

Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online

Bad Connection

Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online

Matt Burgess

A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection

Balancing Act

A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection

Lily Hay Newman

‘OpenAI’ Job Scam Targeted International Workers Through Telegram

Devil in the Details

‘OpenAI’ Job Scam Targeted International Workers Through Telegram

Reece Rogers

This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called

dirty deals

This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called

Noah Shachtman

Inside the Telegram Groups Doxing Women for Their Facebook Posts

High Exposure

Inside the Telegram Groups Doxing Women for Their Facebook Posts

Anna Wolfe and Sarah Cammarata

TVs at HUD Played an AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet

Oh, No

TVs at HUD Played an AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet

David Gilbert

$1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever

Security Roundup

$1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online

Safety First

DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online

Lily Hay Newman

The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?

Router Roulette

The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?

Simon Hill

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Safety Squeeze

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Will Knight, Paresh Dave, and Leah Feiger

Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases

Surveillance Economy

Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down

Takedown Trials

Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down

Paresh Dave and Matt Burgess

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency

Takeover

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency

Kim Zetter

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

Not Now, Putin

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

Andy Greenberg

The 50-Year-Old Law That Could Stop DOGE in Its Tracks—Maybe

New DOGE, Old Tricks

The 50-Year-Old Law That Could Stop DOGE in Its Tracks—Maybe

Eric Geller

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

Security Roundup

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

Matt Burgess and Andrew Couts

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Down Ballot

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Eric Geller

The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis

Love Bytes

The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess