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Pig Butchering Scams Are Going High Tech

Trick of the Eye

Pig Butchering Scams Are Going High Tech

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

A Mysterious Hacking Group Has 2 New Tools to Steal Data From Air-Gapped Machines

Mind the Gap

A Mysterious Hacking Group Has 2 New Tools to Steal Data From Air-Gapped Machines

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Internet Archive Breach Exposes 31 Million Users

Down and Out

Internet Archive Breach Exposes 31 Million Users

Lily Hay Newman and Kate Knibbs

69,000 Bitcoins Are Headed for the US Treasury

Twists and Turns

69,000 Bitcoins Are Headed for the US Treasury

Andy Greenberg

What Google’s U-Turn on Third-Party Cookies Means for Chrome Privacy

Keeping Track

What Google’s U-Turn on Third-Party Cookies Means for Chrome Privacy

Kate O'Flaherty

Stealthy Malware Has Infected Thousands of Linux Systems for Years

perfctl

Stealthy Malware Has Infected Thousands of Linux Systems for Years

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

The FBI Still Hasn’t Cracked NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Phone

Security Roundup

The FBI Still Hasn’t Cracked NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Phone

Andy Greenberg

This Video Game Controller Has Become the US Military’s Weapon of Choice

Up Up, Down Down

This Video Game Controller Has Become the US Military’s Weapon of Choice

Jared Keller

License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars

AI Spy

License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars

Matt Burgess and Dhruv Mehrotra

ICE Signs $2 Million Contract With Spyware Maker Paragon Solutions

Business Matters

ICE Signs $2 Million Contract With Spyware Maker Paragon Solutions

Vas Panagiotopoulos

Notorious Evil Corp Hackers Targeted NATO Allies for Russian Intelligence

Helping Hand

Notorious Evil Corp Hackers Targeted NATO Allies for Russian Intelligence

Lily Hay Newman

The Pig Butchering Invasion Has Begun

Crime Pays

The Pig Butchering Invasion Has Begun

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

The US Could Finally Ban Inane Forced Password Changes

Security Roundup

The US Could Finally Ban Inane Forced Password Changes

Lily Hay Newman

Tesla’s Cybertruck Goes, Inevitably, to War

Get Technical

Tesla’s Cybertruck Goes, Inevitably, to War

Jared Keller

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy

Pick Up The Phone

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy

Morgan Meaker

Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug

Red Line

Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug

Andy Greenberg

Russia-Backed Media Outlets Are Under Fire in the US—but Still Trusted Worldwide

I Spy

Russia-Backed Media Outlets Are Under Fire in the US—but Still Trusted Worldwide

Vittoria Elliott

Iranian Hackers Tried to Give Hacked Trump Campaign Emails to Dems

Security Roundup

Iranian Hackers Tried to Give Hacked Trump Campaign Emails to Dems

Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Dhruv Mehrotra

First Israel’s Exploding Pagers Maimed and Killed. Now Comes the Paranoia

Knock-On Effects

First Israel’s Exploding Pagers Maimed and Killed. Now Comes the Paranoia

Andy Greenberg

Your Phone Won’t Be the Next Exploding Pager

Loaded Devices

Your Phone Won’t Be the Next Exploding Pager

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess