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FBI Conducted 3.4 Million Warrantless Searches of Americans' Data

Security Roundup

FBI Conducted 3.4 Million Warrantless Searches of Americans' Data

Lily Hay Newman

One of the Most Powerful DDoS Attacks Ever Hits a Crypto Platform

Botnets

One of the Most Powerful DDoS Attacks Ever Hits a Crypto Platform

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

You Need to Update iOS, Android, and Chrome Right Now

Critical Update

You Need to Update iOS, Android, and Chrome Right Now

Kate O'Flaherty

Ukraine’s Digital Battle With Russia Isn’t Going as Expected

CTRL ALT ATTACK

Ukraine’s Digital Battle With Russia Isn’t Going as Expected

Justin Ling

Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly

Fighting Dirty

Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly

Ax Sharma

North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones to Access Forbidden Media

Achievement Unlocked

North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones to Access Forbidden Media

Andy Greenberg

Russia Is Being Hacked at an Unprecedented Scale

Cloud of War

Russia Is Being Hacked at an Unprecedented Scale

Matt Burgess

Elon Musk’s Twitter Buy Exposes a Privacy Minefield

Ch-ch-changes

Elon Musk’s Twitter Buy Exposes a Privacy Minefield

Lily Hay Newman

The US Saw a Spike in Child Sexual Abuse URLs in 2021

Crime

The US Saw a Spike in Child Sexual Abuse URLs in 2021

Matt Burgess

A $3 Billion Silk Road Seizure Will Erase Ross Ulbricht's Debt

Windfalls

A $3 Billion Silk Road Seizure Will Erase Ross Ulbricht's Debt

Andy Greenberg

Hackers Are Getting Caught Exploiting New Bugs More Than Ever

Zero-Days

Hackers Are Getting Caught Exploiting New Bugs More Than Ever

Lily Hay Newman

Netflix Can Cut Off Moochers Without a Password-Sharing Crackdown

P@SSW0RD123

Netflix Can Cut Off Moochers Without a Password-Sharing Crackdown

Lily Hay Newman

It Was a Good Month for Fighting Cybercrime—Don’t Get Comfortable

Whack-a-Mole

It Was a Good Month for Fighting Cybercrime—Don’t Get Comfortable

Lily Hay Newman

The Fake Federal Agents Case Baffling US Intelligence Experts

Plot or Not

The Fake Federal Agents Case Baffling US Intelligence Experts

Garrett M. Graff

How to Limit Who Can Contact You on Instagram

Double Tap

How to Limit Who Can Contact You on Instagram

David Nield

North Korea's Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft

Security Roundup

North Korea's Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft

Lily Hay Newman

Elon Musk Is Right About Twitter

Megaphones

Elon Musk Is Right About Twitter

Gilad Edelman

WhatsApp Doubles Down With End-to-End Encrypted ‘Communities’

Lock It Down

WhatsApp Doubles Down With End-to-End Encrypted ‘Communities’

Lily Hay Newman

Feds Uncover a ‘Swiss Army Knife’ for Hacking Industrial Systems

Red Alert

Feds Uncover a ‘Swiss Army Knife’ for Hacking Industrial Systems

Andy Greenberg

Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve

Drip Drip

Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve

Matt Burgess