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China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

Undeterred

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

Andy Greenberg

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks

Going Global

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks

Andy Greenberg

The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel

Worldwide Web

The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel

Joseph Cox and Dhruv Mehrotra

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Horror Stories

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Matt Burgess

The Rise of the Drone Boats

Future Wars

The Rise of the Drone Boats

Jared Keller

UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data

Security Roundup

UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data

Lily Hay Newman

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law

Takeover

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law

Dell Cameron

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Work History

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Andy Greenberg, David Gilbert, and Lily Hay Newman

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

Rug Pull

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year

Downward Spiral

Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden

Lockers

Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden

Mark Keierleber

Foreign Hackers Are Using Google’s Gemini in Attacks on the US

Security Roundup

Foreign Hackers Are Using Google’s Gemini in Attacks on the US

Dhruv Mehrotra

DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot

Hidden Cracks

DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data

Basic Problems

Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

The Trial at the Tip of the Terrorgram Iceberg

Far-Right Extremism

The Trial at the Tip of the Terrorgram Iceberg

Ali Winston

DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China

Collective Action

DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Scammers Are Creating Fake News Videos to Blackmail Victims

New Lows

Scammers Are Creating Fake News Videos to Blackmail Victims

Matt Burgess

US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches

Security Roundup

US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches

Andrew Couts

Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars

All Wheel Spies

Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars

Andy Greenberg

Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head

empty chairs

Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head

Lily Hay Newman