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WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps

Mixed Messages

WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps

Matt Burgess

2054, Part II: Next Big Thing

Book Excerpt

2054, Part II: Next Big Thing

Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis

2054, Part I: Death of a President

Book Excerpt

2054, Part I: Death of a President

Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis

China’s Hackers Keep Targeting US Water and Electricity Supplies

security roundup

China’s Hackers Keep Targeting US Water and Electricity Supplies

Matt Burgess and Dhruv Mehrotra

The Mystery of the $400 Million FTX Heist May Have Been Solved

Whodunit

The Mystery of the $400 Million FTX Heist May Have Been Solved

Andy Greenberg

A Startup Allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then Came the Censorship—and Now the Backlash

Streisand Effect

A Startup Allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then Came the Censorship—and Now the Backlash

Andy Greenberg

YouTube, Discord, and Lord of the Rings Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree

Bread Crumbs

YouTube, Discord, and Lord of the Rings Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts

Apple and Google Just Patched Their First Zero-Day Flaws of the Year

Critical Update

Apple and Google Just Patched Their First Zero-Day Flaws of the Year

Kate O'Flaherty

Robots Are Fighting Robots in Russia's War in Ukraine

Battle Bots

Robots Are Fighting Robots in Russia's War in Ukraine

Matt Burgess

US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools

Fortune Telling

US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools

Dell Cameron

23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months

Security Roundup

23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months

Lily Hay Newman

Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks

Higher Calling

Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks

Dhruv Mehrotra

The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant

Big Reveal

The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant

Dell Cameron

Big-Name Targets Push Midnight Blizzard Hacking Spree Back Into the Limelight

Bad Memory

Big-Name Targets Push Midnight Blizzard Hacking Spree Back Into the Limelight

Lily Hay Newman

How a Group of Israel-Linked Hackers Has Pushed the Limits of Cyberwar

Cyberwar

How a Group of Israel-Linked Hackers Has Pushed the Limits of Cyberwar

Andy Greenberg

Ring Will Stop Giving Cops a Free Pass on Warrantless Video Requests

Middlemen

Ring Will Stop Giving Cops a Free Pass on Warrantless Video Requests

Andrew Couts

Notorious Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Quietly Plotting a Comeback

Makeover

Notorious Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Quietly Plotting a Comeback

Vas Panagiotopoulos

HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers

spool me twice

HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers

Scharon Harding, Ars Technica

You Need to Turn on Apple’s New Stolen iPhone Tool

Access Denied

You Need to Turn on Apple’s New Stolen iPhone Tool

Matt Burgess

Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It

Model Behavior

Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It

Dhruv Mehrotra