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The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Safety Squeeze

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Will Knight, Paresh Dave, and Leah Feiger

Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases

Surveillance Economy

Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down

Takedown Trials

Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down

Paresh Dave and Matt Burgess

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency

Takeover

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency

Kim Zetter

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

Not Now, Putin

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

Andy Greenberg

The 50-Year-Old Law That Could Stop DOGE in Its Tracks—Maybe

New DOGE, Old Tricks

The 50-Year-Old Law That Could Stop DOGE in Its Tracks—Maybe

Eric Geller

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

Security Roundup

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

Matt Burgess and Andrew Couts

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Down Ballot

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Eric Geller

The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis

Love Bytes

The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

Undeterred

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

Andy Greenberg

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks

Going Global

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks

Andy Greenberg

The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel

Worldwide Web

The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel

Joseph Cox and Dhruv Mehrotra

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Horror Stories

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Matt Burgess

The Rise of the Drone Boats

Future Wars

The Rise of the Drone Boats

Jared Keller

UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data

Security Roundup

UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data

Lily Hay Newman

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law

Takeover

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law

Dell Cameron

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Work History

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Andy Greenberg, David Gilbert, and Lily Hay Newman

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

Rug Pull

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year

Downward Spiral

Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden

Lockers

Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden

Mark Keierleber