Netflix’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Has Hit the US
TikTok user data is exposed to Chinese ByteDance employees, a screen recording app goes rogue in Google Play, and privacy groups want Slack to expand…
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Bcrypt, a Popular Password Hashing Algorithm, Starts Its Long Goodbye
When data breaches went from being an occasional threat to a persistent fact of life during the early 2010s, one question would come up again…
The Security Hole at the Heart of ChatGPT and Bing
Microsoft director of communications Caitlin Roulston says the company is blocking suspicious websites and improving its systems to filter prompts before they get into its…
China Hacks US Critical Networks in Guam, Raising Cyberwar Fears
As state-sponsored hackers working on behalf of Russia, Iran, and North Korea have for years wreaked havoc with disruptive cyberattacks across the globe, China’s military…
Chinese Labs Are Selling Fentanyl Ingredients for Millions in Crypto
Despite that trend away from dark-web fentanyl sales, four members of the US Congress this week reintroduced a bill called the Dark Web Interdiction Act…
There’s Finally a Way to Improve Cloud Container Registry Security
As software supply chain attacks have emerged as an everyday threat, where bad actors poison a step in the development or distribution process, the tech…
Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption
Jakubowska, who reviewed the document, says that several countries appear to say they would give police access to people’s encrypted messages and communications. Comments from…
Meta’s $1.3 Billion Fine Is a Strike Against Surveillance Capitalism
Europe’s GDPR has just dealt its biggest hammer blow yet. Almost exactly five years since the continent’s strict data rules came into force, Meta has…
The Real Risks in Google’s New .Zip and .Mov Domains
At the beginning of May, Google released eight new top-level domains (TLDs)—the suffixes at the end of URLs, like “.com” or “.uk.” These little addendums…
A TikTok ‘Car Theft’ Challenge Is Costing Hyundai $200 Million
But wait, there’s more. Each week we round up the security stories we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. Click on the headlines to read the…
The Underground History of Turla, Russia’s Most Ingenious Hacker Group
Ask Western cybersecurity intelligence analysts who their “favorite” group of foreign state-sponsored hackers is—the adversary they can’t help but grudgingly admire and obsessively study—and most…
How You, or Anyone, Can Dodge Montana’s TikTok Ban
Montana’s TikTok ban is a technological nightmare. Experts warn it will be incredibly difficult for officials to enforce and incredibly easy for almost anyone to…