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When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

Blind Spots

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

Matt Burgess

A New Attack Lets Hackers Steal 2-Factor Authentication Codes From Android Phones

Infections

A New Attack Lets Hackers Steal 2-Factor Authentication Codes From Android Phones

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire

Scam Busters

Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire

Matt Burgess and Andy Greenberg

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets

Don't Look Up

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets

Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess

Happy Gilmore Producer Buys Spyware Maker NSO Group

Security Roundup

Happy Gilmore Producer Buys Spyware Maker NSO Group

Lily Hay Newman

Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits

Breaking the Bank

Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits

Lily Hay Newman

North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now

Poor Planning

North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now

Matt Burgess

Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren't Giving Up

Frozen Out

Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren't Giving Up

Reece Rogers and Lily Hay Newman

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible

Bad Vibes

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible

Lily Hay Newman

Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure

Security Roundup

Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure

Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Post Patrol

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Dell Cameron

Google’s Latest AI Ransomware Defense Only Goes So Far

Chipping Away

Google’s Latest AI Ransomware Defense Only Goes So Far

Lily Hay Newman

How to Use Passkeys With Google Password Manager

Brave New World

How to Use Passkeys With Google Password Manager

Jacob Roach

How to Use a Password Manager to Share Your Logins After You Die

Eternal Rest

How to Use a Password Manager to Share Your Logins After You Die

Jacob Roach

Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say

Mapping It Out

Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say

Kim Zetter

How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World

Revolution, Televised

How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World

Nicholas Slayton

An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead

Security Roundup

An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead

Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, and Lily Hay Newman

Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers

Data Mine

Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers

A.R.E. Taylor

Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification

Bad Math

Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification

Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts

‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say

Bad Connection

‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say

Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Matt Burgess