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SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever

To the Moon

SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever

By Andy Greenberg

Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public

People You May Know

Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public

By Dhruv Mehrotra and Tim Marchman

SignalGate Isn’t About Signal

Off Target

SignalGate Isn’t About Signal

By Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT

Logging On

Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT

By Lily Hay Newman

Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants

Cut and Run

Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants

By Matt Burgess

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Clean Break

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

By Violet Blue

Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War

(B)add-On

Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War

By Lily Hay Newman

End-to-End Encrypted Texts Between Android and iPhone Are Coming

Security Roundup

End-to-End Encrypted Texts Between Android and iPhone Are Coming

By Andy Greenberg and Dhruv Mehrotra

A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up

Crypto Wars

A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up

By Matt Burgess

‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge

Brute Force

‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge

By Eric Geller

The Violent Rise of ‘No Lives Matter’

Toxic Traits

The Violent Rise of ‘No Lives Matter’

By Ali Winston

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X

Junk Traffic

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X

By Lily Hay Newman

Cybercriminals Allegedly Used a StubHub Backdoor to Steal Taylor Swift Tickets

Security Roundup

Cybercriminals Allegedly Used a StubHub Backdoor to Steal Taylor Swift Tickets

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Fourth Amendment

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

By Dell Cameron

Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Loose Cannons

Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction

By Justin Ling

The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials

Search and Destroy

The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials

By Jared Keller

US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem

Unmasked

US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem

By Andy Greenberg

1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers

Badbox 2.0

1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

The Trump Administration Is Deprioritizing Russia as a Cyber Threat

Security Roundup

The Trump Administration Is Deprioritizing Russia as a Cyber Threat

By Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg

Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online

Bad Connection

Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online

By Matt Burgess