‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say
The phenomenon of SIM farms, even at the scale found in this instance around New York, is far from new. Cybercriminals have long used the…
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‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say
The phenomenon of SIM farms, even at the scale found in this instance around New York, is far from new. Cybercriminals have long used the…
DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years
The expansion has been driven by specific legal and bureaucratic levers. Foremost was an April 2020 Justice Department rule that revoked a long-standing waiver allowing…
How to Use 1Password’s Travel Mode at the Border (2025)
Enter VeraCrypt. It’s a free, open source encryption app that can encrypt full drives, as well as operating system partitions, similar to BitLocker or FileVault.…
A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain Disaster
Almost immediately after the cyberattack, a group on Telegram called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, claimed responsibility for the hack. The group name implies a potential collaboration…
Security News This Week: A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages
New findings this week showed that a misconfigured platform used by the Department of Homeland Security left sensitive national security information—including data related to the…
These Are the 15 New York Officials ICE and NYPD Arrested in Manhattan
The problems echo a broader pattern across the country, where watchdogs and courts have flagged overcrowding, poor sanitation, and blocked access to counsel in ICE…
This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic
As businesses around the world have shifted their digital infrastructure over the last decade from self-hosted servers to the cloud, they’ve benefitted from the standardized,…
Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts
Because blasters operate outside of traditional mobile networks, the messages they send are not subject to the security measures that have been put in place…
A DHS Data Hub Exposed Sensitive Intel to Thousands of Unauthorized Users
The Department of Homeland Security’s mandate to carry out domestic surveillance has been a concern for privacy advocates since the organization was first created in…
How to Set Up and Use a Burner Phone
When you are done with the burner phone, make sure that you get rid of it in a thoughtful way as well. “At the end…
5 Best VPN Services (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Other VPNs We’ve Tested Private Internet Access (PIA) has a long history in the VPN space, and it’s maintained a track record of defending user…