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Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet

Sneak Attack

Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet

Andy Greenberg

The Weird, Twisting Tale of How China Spied on Alysa Liu and Her Dad

Strike Gold

The Weird, Twisting Tale of How China Spied on Alysa Liu and Her Dad

Timothy McLaughlin

It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App

Security Roundup

It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App

Dell Cameron, Maddy Varner, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts

Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance

Blockades

Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance

Dell Cameron

Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI

Security Roundup

Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI

Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, Lily Hay Newman, and Dell Cameron

Anthropic’s Mythos Will Force a Cybersecurity Reckoning—Just Not the One You Think

Doom and Gloom

Anthropic’s Mythos Will Force a Cybersecurity Reckoning—Just Not the One You Think

Lily Hay Newman

Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure

Tit-for-Tat

Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure

Andy Greenberg

Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With Charlotte’s Web Characters in Riot Gear

Coin Toss

Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With Charlotte’s Web Characters in Riot Gear

Maddy Varner

The Hack That Exposed Syria’s Sweeping Security Failures

Facades

The Hack That Exposed Syria’s Sweeping Security Failures

Danny Makki

Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware

Security Roundup

Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware

Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Maddy Varner, and Andrew Couts

CBP Facility Codes Sure Seem to Have Leaked Via Online Flashcards

Open Sesame

CBP Facility Codes Sure Seem to Have Leaked Via Online Flashcards

Sammy Sussman

What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?

Fallout

What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?

Jethu Abraham

Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown

Use of Force

Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown

Ali Winston and Maddy Varner

Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s

Security Roundup

Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s

Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Lily Hay Newman, and Andrew Couts

How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran's Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work

Piece of Yellowcake

How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran's Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work

Caroline Haskins

Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying

Private Eyes

Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying

Dell Cameron

Anduril Wants to Own the Future of War Tech. Mishaps, Delays, and Challenges Abound

Game of Drones

Anduril Wants to Own the Future of War Tech. Mishaps, Delays, and Challenges Abound

Paresh Dave

When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon

Nixed Signals

When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon

Gia Chaudry

Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map

DIY

Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

ICE Is Paying Salaries and More for This Town’s Entire Police Force

Cover Me

ICE Is Paying Salaries and More for This Town’s Entire Police Force

Sammy Sussman