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USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation

Return to Sender

USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation

Matt Burgess

Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes

Bad Vibrations

Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes

Andy Greenberg

Inside the Dark World of Doxing for Profit

Overexposed

Inside the Dark World of Doxing for Profit

Matt Burgess

A Flaw in Windows Update Opens the Door to Zombie Exploits

Sub-version

A Flaw in Windows Update Opens the Door to Zombie Exploits

Lily Hay Newman

A New Plan to Break the Cycle of Destructive Critical Infrastructure Hacks

Leveling Up

A New Plan to Break the Cycle of Destructive Critical Infrastructure Hacks

Lily Hay Newman

How Project 2025 Would Put US Elections at Risk

Hamstrung

How Project 2025 Would Put US Elections at Risk

Eric Geller

US Hands Over Russian Cybercriminals in WSJ Reporter Prisoner Swap

Security Roundup

US Hands Over Russian Cybercriminals in WSJ Reporter Prisoner Swap

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts

Sensitive Illinois Voter Data Exposed by Contractor’s Unsecured Databases

Trust Issues

Sensitive Illinois Voter Data Exposed by Contractor’s Unsecured Databases

Lily Hay Newman

He Was an FBI Informant—and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists

Dirty Jobs

He Was an FBI Informant—and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists

Ali Winston and Jake Hanrahan

A $500 Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers

Zapped

A $500 Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers

Andy Greenberg

Can GPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?

harm reduction

Can GPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?

Kate O'Flaherty

A Senate Bill Would Radically Improve Voting Machine Security

election 2024

A Senate Bill Would Radically Improve Voting Machine Security

Eric Geller

Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics

Cable Cutter

Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics

Matt Burgess

How Infostealers Pillaged the World’s Passwords

Grab and Run

How Infostealers Pillaged the World’s Passwords

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Stop X’s Grok AI From Training on Your Tweets

security roundup

Stop X’s Grok AI From Training on Your Tweets

Dell Cameron and Lily Hay Newman

A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them

oops

A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

Europe Is Pumping Billions Into New Military Tech

Future Investment

Europe Is Pumping Billions Into New Military Tech

Luca Zorloni

At the Olympics, AI Is Watching You

Olympics 2024

At the Olympics, AI Is Watching You

Morgan Meaker

A Hacker ‘Ghost’ Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub

Lurkers

A Hacker ‘Ghost’ Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub

Matt Burgess

This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations

Cookie Monster

This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations

Brian Merchant