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The Low Threshold for Face Recognition in New Delhi

Clearing the Bar

The Low Threshold for Face Recognition in New Delhi

Varsha Bansal

Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ Can Crash Old Hard Drives

Security Roundup

Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ Can Crash Old Hard Drives

Lily Hay Newman

iOS Can Stop VPNs From Working as Expected—and Expose Your Data

Leaky Pipes

iOS Can Stop VPNs From Working as Expected—and Expose Your Data

Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica

Spyware Hunters Are Expanding Their Tool Set

Memory Forensics

Spyware Hunters Are Expanding Their Tool Set

Lily Hay Newman

The Family That Mined the Pentagon's Data for Profit

Patriot Games

The Family That Mined the Pentagon's Data for Profit

Mark Harris

The Android 13 Privacy Settings You Should Update Now

Lockdown

The Android 13 Privacy Settings You Should Update Now

Matt Burgess

How to Create a Secure Folder on Your Phone

No Peeking

How to Create a Secure Folder on Your Phone

David Nield

A New Tractor Jailbreak Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave

Oh Deere

A New Tractor Jailbreak Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave

Lily Hay Newman

Flaw in the VA Medical Records Platform May Put Patients at Risk

Side Effects

Flaw in the VA Medical Records Platform May Put Patients at Risk

Lily Hay Newman

The Feds Gear Up for a Privacy Crackdown

Security Roundup

The Feds Gear Up for a Privacy Crackdown

Matt Burgess and Andrew Couts

A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS

All Access

A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS

Matt Burgess

Zoom’s Auto-Update Feature Came With Hidden Risks on Mac

Vulnerabilities

Zoom’s Auto-Update Feature Came With Hidden Risks on Mac

Lily Hay Newman

Here’s What Trump’s ‘Nuclear Documents’ Could Be

It's Classified

Here’s What Trump’s ‘Nuclear Documents’ Could Be

Garrett M. Graff

The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang

Cybercrime

The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang

Matt Burgess

Sloppy Software Patches Are a ‘Disturbing Trend’

Quality Control

Sloppy Software Patches Are a ‘Disturbing Trend’

Lily Hay Newman

This Anti-Tracking Tool Checks If You’re Being Followed

Unfollow

This Anti-Tracking Tool Checks If You’re Being Followed

Matt Burgess

Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption

Pure Coincidence

Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption

Lily Hay Newman

Google's Android Red Team Had a Full Pixel 6 Pwn Before Launch

White Hats

Google's Android Red Team Had a Full Pixel 6 Pwn Before Launch

Lily Hay Newman

A Long-Awaited IoT Reverse Engineering Tool Is Finally Here

DefCon

A Long-Awaited IoT Reverse Engineering Tool Is Finally Here

Lily Hay Newman

The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun

Glitchy McFlatface

The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun

Matt Burgess