Online Sleuths Untangle the Mystery of the Nord Stream Sabotage
Alexander and others have been examining the claims made so far. The New York Times and Die Zeit both published stories on...
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I Got Investigated by the Secret Service. Here’s How to Not Be Me
Unfortunately, my thought process wasn’t that complex when I suddenly had to talk to a federal agent on my phone...
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Security News This Week: Ring Is in a Standoff With Hackers
What’s more controversial than a popular surveillance camera maker that has an uncomfortably cozy relationship with American police? When ransomware hackers claim to...
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Senator Warner on the Restrict Act and a US TikTok Ban
In the future, it might be a new mobile game or an algorithm helping students study at home. It could...
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This Is the New Leader of Russia’s Infamous Sandworm Hacking Unit
For years, the hacking unit within Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency known as Sandworm has carried out some of the...
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A Spy Wants to Connect With You on LinkedIn
There is nothing immediately suspicious about Camille Lons’ LinkedIn page. The politics and security researcher’s profile photo is of her...
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The World’s Real ‘Cybercrime’ Problem
From US state laws to the international stage, definitions of “cybercrime” remain vague, broad, and increasingly entrenched in our legal...
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AI-Generated Voice Deep Fakes Aren’t Scary Good—Yet
Amid the generative-artificial-intelligence frenzy of the last few months, security researchers have been revisiting the concern that AI-generated voices, or...
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Ransomware Attacks Have Entered a ‘Heinous’ New Phase
In February, attackers from the Russia-based BlackCat ransomware group hit a physician practice in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, that’s part of...
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How a Catholic Group Doxed Gay Priests
In a statement released a day before the investigation’s release, Jayd Henricks, the group’s president, said, “It isn’t about straight...
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‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Are Now a $3 Billion Threat
For seven years, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has tallied the reports the US law enforcement agency receives...
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Congressman Darin LaHood Says FBI Targeted Him With Unlawful ‘Backdoor’ Searches
Jeramie Scott, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center and director of the nonprofit’s surveillance oversight project, says LaHood’s...
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