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Cyberattacks and Hacks

How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyberspies

State Capacity

How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyberspies

Kim Zetter

Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records

Broken Record

Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree

Security Roundup

4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree

Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Andy Greenberg

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

McWhoops

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

Andy Greenberg

Android May Soon Warn You About Fake Cell Towers

Security Roundup

Android May Soon Warn You About Fake Cell Towers

Matt Burgess

A Group of Young Cybercriminals Poses the ‘Most Imminent Threat’ of Cyberattacks Right Now

Creeping In

A Group of Young Cybercriminals Poses the ‘Most Imminent Threat’ of Cyberattacks Right Now

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Israel Says Iran Is Hacking Security Cameras for Spying

Security Roundup

Israel Says Iran Is Hacking Security Cameras for Spying

Lily Hay Newman

Iran’s Internet Blackout Adds New Dangers for Civilians Amid Israeli Bombings

Cutoffs

Iran’s Internet Blackout Adds New Dangers for Civilians Amid Israeli Bombings

Matt Burgess

Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran’s Financial System

Wipeout

Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran’s Financial System

Andy Greenberg

RFK Jr. Orders HHS to Give Undocumented Migrants’ Medicaid Data to DHS

Security Roundup

RFK Jr. Orders HHS to Give Undocumented Migrants’ Medicaid Data to DHS

Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Lily Hay Newman, and Andrew Couts

A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account

Digitized

A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account

Joseph Cox

The Mystery of iPhone Crashes That Apple Denies Are Linked to Chinese Hacking

Security Roundup

The Mystery of iPhone Crashes That Apple Denies Are Linked to Chinese Hacking

Andy Greenberg, Dhruv Mehrotra, and Andrew Couts

Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight

All Mixed Up

Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight

Lily Hay Newman

What Really Happened in the Aftermath of the Lizard Squad Hacks

Book Excerpt

What Really Happened in the Aftermath of the Lizard Squad Hacks

Joe Tidy

See How Much Faster a Quantum Computer Will Crack Encryption

You're Not Ready

See How Much Faster a Quantum Computer Will Crack Encryption

Brian Barrett

The Texting Network for the End of the World

You're Not Ready

The Texting Network for the End of the World

Andrew Couts and Dhruv Mehrotra

Cops in Germany Claim They’ve ID’d the Mysterious Trickbot Ransomware Kingpin

Red Flagged

Cops in Germany Claim They’ve ID’d the Mysterious Trickbot Ransomware Kingpin

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data

Security Roundup

The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data

Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, and Andrew Couts

Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying

Multitasker

Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying

Andy Greenberg

How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

Intrusions

How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

Micah Lee