Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000

A company you’ve never heard of is spending millions of dollars to let you know it can make your online life easier.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:01:05 +0000

A Silk Road guilty plea, a UN hack, and more of the week’s top security news.

Credit to Author: Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 01:00:00 +0000

The defendants have allegedly connected hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls to US residents.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Facial recognition, iCloud encryption, and the rest of this week’s top security news.

Credit to Author: Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0000

Since the advent of the clock—even during the peak years of the Cold War—the minute hand has never advanced past the 11:58 mark.

Credit to Author: Cecilia D’Anastasio| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:18:04 +0000

Two years ago, Patreon promised to crack down on piracy site Yiff.Party. Now it says its hands are tied.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:36:15 +0000

Brazil has accused journalist Glenn Greenwald of aiding a hacking ring, with seemingly scant evidence.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000

IoT is a security hellscape. One cryptography company has a plan to make it a little bit less so.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Turkey gets Wikipedia back, Mayor Pete loses his cyberguy, and more of the week’s top security news.

Credit to Author: Cecilia D’Anastasio| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:07:18 +0000

As the platform gains more mainstream popularity, illicit livestreams of soccer, boxing, and MMA matches have become trivial to find.