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Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks

Unwelcome Guest

Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks

Matt Burgess

Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout

Signing On

Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

Moving Targets

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

Daniel Boguslaw

The AI Era Is Creating a Bug-Hunting Arms Race

Quick Work

The AI Era Is Creating a Bug-Hunting Arms Race

Lily Hay Newman

The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers

Security Roundup

The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers

Matt Burgess, Dell Cameron, and Andrew Couts

‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says

Say What?

‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says

Maddy Varner

A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

Rampage

A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

Parting Ways

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

Matt Burgess and Vittoria Elliott

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

Oh Flock

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

Dell Cameron

A New York Cop Got Injured at a Boxing Match. Now Madison Square Garden Is Banning His Lawyer

No Game

A New York Cop Got Injured at a Boxing Match. Now Madison Square Garden Is Banning His Lawyer

Noah Shachtman

Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds

Dark Patterns

Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds

Dell Cameron

You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law

Explicit Demands

You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law

Maddy Varner

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

Trigger Warning

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

Ali Winston

Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording

Security Roundup

Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording

Andy Greenberg, Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron, and Andrew Couts

Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

Find My

Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

Matt Burgess

DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border

Border Line

DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border

Dell Cameron and Maddy Varner

WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private

Private Prompt

WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private

Lily Hay Newman

Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever

Inevitabilities

Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever

Lily Hay Newman

Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz

Swarm Tactics

Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz

Vincenzo Leone

Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare

Security Roundup

Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare

Maddy Varner, Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts