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US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks

DDoS RIP

US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks

Andy Greenberg

Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI

Protective Layer

Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

Update Now

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

Andy Greenberg

Livestream Replay: The War Machine

Livestream AMA

Livestream Replay: The War Machine

Tim Marchman, Paresh Dave, and Carla Sertin

Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web

Sears Has Everything

Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

‘100 Video Calls Per Day’: Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams

The Ol' Switcharoo

‘100 Video Calls Per Day’: Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams

Matt Burgess

A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files

Security Roundup

A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files

Andy Greenberg, Maddy Varner, and Andrew Couts

US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access

Limitations

US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access

Dell Cameron

How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks

Chaos Agent

How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks

Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, and Lily Hay Newman

Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming

Housekeeping

Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming

Lily Hay Newman

DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders

Full Disclosure

DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders

Dell Cameron

GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

Losing Track

GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

Carla Sertin

CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations

Security Roundup

CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations

Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Dell Cameron

Defense

How Each Gulf Country Is Intercepting Iranian Missiles and Drones

Dana Alomar

The Future of Iran’s Internet Is More Uncertain Than Ever

Blackout

The Future of Iran’s Internet Is More Uncertain Than Ever

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’

Spy Cams

From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’

Andy Greenberg

Here’s Every Country Directly Impacted by the War on Iran

Maps

Here’s Every Country Directly Impacted by the War on Iran

Maddy Varner

The Controversies Finally Caught Up to Kristi Noem

You're Fired

The Controversies Finally Caught Up to Kristi Noem

Molly Taft and Dell Cameron

How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time

Keeping Tabs

How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time

Lilian Wagdy

How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers

Side-Channeling

How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers

Andy Greenberg