Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:26:29 +0000
The total number of US Customs and Border Protection device searches jumped by 17 percent over the 2024 fiscal year, but more invasive forensic searches remain relatively rare.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000
A database containing information on people who applied for jobs with Democrats in the US House of Representatives was left accessible on the open web.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0000
The Universe Browser is believed to have been downloaded millions of times. But researchers say it behaves like malware and has links to Asia’s booming cybercrime and illegal gambling networks.
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Credit to Author: Jacob Roach| Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000
Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A secret FBI anti-ransomware task force gets exposed, the mystery of the CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is finally solved, North Koreans busted hiding malware in the Ethereum blockchain, and more.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0000
An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services.
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Credit to Author: Jacob Roach| Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:30:00 +0000
There are dozens of iPhone VPNs at your disposal, but these are the services that will actually keep your browsing safe.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 01:00:00 +0000
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: US government cybersecurity staffers get reassigned to do immigration work, a hack exposes sensitive age-verification data of Discord users, and more.
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