A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up
Over the past decade, encrypted communication has become the norm for billions of people. Every day, Signal, iMessage, and WhatsApp...
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‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge
The departures have strained a workforce that was already stretched thin. “We were running into [a] critical skills shortage previously,”...
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The Violent Rise of ‘No Lives Matter’
Molas, of RAND Europe, says Martin’s alleged path from extortion to soliciting a homicide traces a familiar path of transgressive...
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How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging
(Note: Android users can access Signal’s Settings menu either by tapping their profile icon or selecting the menu under the...
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What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X
The social network X suffered intermittent outages on Monday, a situation owner Elon Musk attributed to a “massive cyberattack.” Musk...
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Cybercriminals Allegedly Used a StubHub Backdoor to Steal Taylor Swift Tickets
As Donald Trump’s administration continues its relentless reorganization of the United States federal government, documents obtained by WIRED showed this...
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A Brand New Botnet Is Delivering Record-Size DDoS Attacks
A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering...
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Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a renowned privacy hawk who has served on the Senate intelligence committee since just after...
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Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Partnering with local health authorities not only helps prevent the next epidemic, but it also makes sure that these virological...
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The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials
The United States Army is employing a prototype generative artificial intelligence tool to identify references to diversity, equity, inclusion, and...
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US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem
Only rarely does the West get a glimpse inside the vast hacker-for-hire contractor ecosystem that enables China’s digital intrusion campaigns...
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1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers
Researchers from multiple firms say that the campaign seems to come from a loosely connected ecosystem of fraud groups rather...
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