Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say
Tile trackers, used to locate everything from lost keys to stolen pets, are used by more than 88 million people worldwide, according to Tile’s parent…
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How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World
When Harry Jackson pulled his small motorcycle into Kathmandu on September 8, he had no idea the city was exploding in protests. He didn’t even…
An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead
New research released this week shows that over the past few years the US Department of Homeland Security has collected DNA data of nearly 2,000…
Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers
Data centers are responsible for running many of the services that underpin the systems we interact with every day. Transportation, logistics, energy, finance, national security, health systems,…
Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, the Republican policy apparatus went immediately to work. The Heritage Foundation, which published Project 2025, and its spinoff,…
‘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…
‘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…