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Call of Duty Players Hit With Self-Spreading Malware

Security Roundup

Call of Duty Players Hit With Self-Spreading Malware

Matt Burgess and Andrew Couts

US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'

Close the Loop

US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'

Dell Cameron

Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down

Nowhere to Hide

Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down

Selena Larson

ChatGPT Has a Plug-In Problem

Trust Issues

ChatGPT Has a Plug-In Problem

Matt Burgess

Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor

Listening In

Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor

Kim Zetter

China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems

Security Roundup

China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

New Police Body Cam Data Exposes the True Scale of NYPD Violence Against Protesters

Busted

New Police Body Cam Data Exposes the True Scale of NYPD Violence Against Protesters

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts

Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

Heads Up

Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

Matt Burgess

Rival US Lawmakers Mobilize to Stop Police From Buying Phone Data

Closing the Loop

Rival US Lawmakers Mobilize to Stop Police From Buying Phone Data

Dell Cameron

Nude Videos of Kids From Hacked Baby Monitors Were Sold on Telegram

Security Roundup

Nude Videos of Kids From Hacked Baby Monitors Were Sold on Telegram

Dhruv Mehrotra

FBI Surveillance Fears Are Uniting a Badly Broken Congress

Eye Spy

FBI Surveillance Fears Are Uniting a Badly Broken Congress

Dell Cameron

How a Cloud Flaw Gave Chinese Spies a Key to Microsoft’s Kingdom

You’ve Got Mail

How a Cloud Flaw Gave Chinese Spies a Key to Microsoft’s Kingdom

Andy Greenberg

Ransomware Attacks Are on the Rise, Again

Feeding Frenzy

Ransomware Attacks Are on the Rise, Again

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Silk Road’s Second-in-Command Gets 20 Years in Prison

Drug Bust

Silk Road’s Second-in-Command Gets 20 Years in Prison

Andy Greenberg

How to Use Discord’s Family Center With Your Teens

Keep Tabs

How to Use Discord’s Family Center With Your Teens

Reece Rogers

The Quiet Rise of Real-Time Crime Centers

Watchful Eye

The Quiet Rise of Real-Time Crime Centers

Zac Larkham

Russia’s Notorious Troll Farm Disbands

Security Roundup

Russia’s Notorious Troll Farm Disbands

Andy Greenberg and Andrew Couts

How Threads’ Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter’s (and Its Rivals’)

Social Security

How Threads’ Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter’s (and Its Rivals’)

Reece Rogers

Don't Join Threads—Make Threads Join You

Wait for It

Don't Join Threads—Make Threads Join You

Lily Hay Newman

US Spies Can Buy Americans’ Private Data. Congress Has a Chance to Stop It

Selling Out

US Spies Can Buy Americans’ Private Data. Congress Has a Chance to Stop It

Dell Cameron