Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire
“Chen Zhi was directly involved in managing the scam compounds and maintained records associated with each one, including records tracking profits from the scams that…
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3 Best VPN for iPhone (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Other iPhone VPNs We Tested Surfshark: Surfshark was a strong contender for the main list. Even its Starter plan comes with extra features like a…
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
That suggests anyone could set up similar hardware somewhere else in the world and likely obtain their own collection of sensitive information. After all, the…
‘Happy Gilmore’ Producer Buys Spyware Maker NSO Group
Research published this week indicates that North Korean scammers are trying to trick US companies into hiring them for architectural design work, using fake profiles,…
North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now
“The plans are being used and being built,” says Michael “Barni” Barnhart, a leading authority in North Korean hacking and cyber threats, who works for…
Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits
Since launching its bug bounty program nearly a decade ago, Apple has always touted notable maximum payouts—$200,000 in 2016 and $1 million in 2019. Now…
Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren’t Giving Up
Legal experts WIRED spoke with say that the ICE monitoring and documentation apps that Apple has removed from its App Store are clear examples of…
Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible
Just like you probably don’t grow and grind wheat to make flour for your bread, most software developers don’t write every line of code in…
Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure
Plus: China sentences scam bosses to death, Europe is ramping up its plans to build a “drone wall” to protect against Russian airspace violations, and…
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos,…
Google’s Latest AI Ransomware Defense Only Goes So Far
Ransomware attacks have loomed for years as an urgent digital threat with no easy solution—especially as they have evolved to include data grab-and-leak attacks that…
How to Use Passkeys With Google Password Manager (2025)
Google wants you to start using passkeys. Its vision is to “progress toward a passwordless future,” allowing you to store passkeys in the Google Password…