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A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers

White Pages

A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers

Andy Greenberg

Mexico City Is the Most Video-Surveilled Metropolis in the Americas

Always Watching

Mexico City Is the Most Video-Surveilled Metropolis in the Americas

Dalila Sarabia

Zohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State

All Eyes on You

Zohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State

Ali Winston

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves

Identity Crisis

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves

Dell Cameron and Caroline Haskins

CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year

Trending Topics

CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year

Matt Burgess and Dell Cameron

Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website

House Oversight

Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web

Security Roundup

Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

This ‘Privacy Browser’ Has Dangerous Hidden Features

Sneak Attack

This ‘Privacy Browser’ Has Dangerous Hidden Features

Matt Burgess

Hackers Dox ICE, DHS, DOJ, and FBI Officials

Security Roundup

Hackers Dox ICE, DHS, DOJ, and FBI Officials

Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

Blind Spots

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

Matt Burgess

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets

Don't Look Up

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets

Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess

Happy Gilmore Producer Buys Spyware Maker NSO Group

Security Roundup

Happy Gilmore Producer Buys Spyware Maker NSO Group

Lily Hay Newman

Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits

Breaking the Bank

Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits

Lily Hay Newman

Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure

Security Roundup

Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure

Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Post Patrol

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Dell Cameron

Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say

Mapping It Out

Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say

Kim Zetter

An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead

Security Roundup

An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead

Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, and Lily Hay Newman

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years

Downward Spiral

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years

Dell Cameron

Worried About Phone Searches? 1Password's Travel Mode Can Clean Up Your Data

Clean Wipe

Worried About Phone Searches? 1Password's Travel Mode Can Clean Up Your Data

Jacob Roach

A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages

Security Roundup

A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages

Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg