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Welcome to the Era of Internet Blackouts

Off Switch

Welcome to the Era of Internet Blackouts

Lily Hay Newman

A Sneaky Ad Scam Tore Through 11 Million Phones

Spoofing

A Sneaky Ad Scam Tore Through 11 Million Phones

Matt Burgess

Spy Cams Reveal the Grim Reality of Slaughterhouse Gas Chambers

Dirty Business

Spy Cams Reveal the Grim Reality of Slaughterhouse Gas Chambers

Andy Greenberg

All the Data Apple Collects About You—and How to Limit It

Analytics

All the Data Apple Collects About You—and How to Limit It

Matt Burgess

A Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail

Security Roundup

A Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail

Lily Hay Newman

In the Fight Against Scams, 'Cyber Ambassadors' Enter the Chat

Word of Mouth

In the Fight Against Scams, 'Cyber Ambassadors' Enter the Chat

Varsha Bansal

How Airports Catch Illicit Radioactive Cargo

How Airports Catch Illicit Radioactive Cargo

Chris Baraniuk

A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects

Sources and Methods

A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects

Dhruv Mehrotra

A Widespread Logic Controller Flaw Raises the Specter of Stuxnet

Ticking Time Bomb

A Widespread Logic Controller Flaw Raises the Specter of Stuxnet

Lily Hay Newman

Don’t Panic, but Slack’s GitHub Got Hacked

Security Roundup

Don’t Panic, but Slack’s GitHub Got Hacked

Matt Burgess

What Twitter’s 200 Million-User Email Leak Actually Means

Scraped Up

What Twitter’s 200 Million-User Email Leak Actually Means

Lily Hay Newman

11 Details You May Have Missed in the January 6 Report

Devil in the Details

11 Details You May Have Missed in the January 6 Report

Garrett M. Graff

Russian Spies Piggybacked on Other Hackers' USB Infections

Evil Genius

Russian Spies Piggybacked on Other Hackers' USB Infections

Andy Greenberg

WhatsApp Launches a Tool to Fight Internet Censorship

Fair Evasion

WhatsApp Launches a Tool to Fight Internet Censorship

Matt Burgess

Cops Hacked Thousands of Phones. Was It Legal?

Break In

Cops Hacked Thousands of Phones. Was It Legal?

Matt Burgess

What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?

Whole Hog

What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?

Lily Hay Newman

Critical Update

Update Android Right Now to Fix a Scary Remote-Execution Flaw

Kate O'Flaherty

The Password Isn’t Dead Yet. You Need a Hardware Key

Plugged In

The Password Isn’t Dead Yet. You Need a Hardware Key

Lily Hay Newman

The Worst Hacks of 2022

Bad Times

The Worst Hacks of 2022

Lily Hay Newman

Yes, It’s Time to Ditch LastPass

Zero Trust

Yes, It’s Time to Ditch LastPass

Lily Hay Newman