January 6 Report: 11 Details You May Have Missed
[ad_1] To put a fine point on it: The Secret Service agents surrounding the Vice President believed they were about to be in a fight to the death to protect…
The Worst Hacks of 2022
[ad_1] With the pandemic evolving into an amorphous new phase and political polarization on the rise around the world, 2022 was an uneasy and often perplexing year in digital security.…
Cyber Warfare Is Getting Real
[ad_1] In 2022, an American dressed in his pajamas took down North Korea’s internet from his living room. Fortunately, there was no reprisal against the United States. But Kim Jong Un…
A Peek Inside the FBI’s Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet
[ad_1] For the final step, the government sought subscriber information, including phone numbers, Google accounts, and email addresses, for two groups of users. The first was for devices that appeared…
The US Has a Bomb-Sniffing Dog Shortage
[ad_1] The Covid-19 pandemic played a key role in the global supply chain logjam of the last 18 months that has disrupted commerce and fueled a cost-of-living crisis around the…
The ‘Surveillance Solutionism’ of Putting Cameras in NYC Subways
[ad_1] “You think Big Brother’s watching you on the subways?” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at a news conference at a Queens subway yard on September 20. “You’re absolutely…
The Russian Spy in My Econ Class
[ad_1] Earlier this summer, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) said it had intercepted a Russian military intelligence officer who was posing as Viktor (sometimes Victor) Muller Ferreira,…
The Family That Mined the Pentagon’s Data for Profit
[ad_1] While the two sat for lunch, Botha delivered Posey a shopping list of technical data and manuals for Newport Aeronautical to procure. The South African would ultimately order documents…
Here’s What Trump’s ‘Nuclear Documents’ Could Be
[ad_1] Nuclear science and design files, for instance, are uniquely classified as “Restricted Data.” These files are historically accessed through what’s known as a Q Clearance, a special background check…
The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang
[ad_1] Many members of Conti are believed to be based in Russia or surrounding regions. For years, the Kremlin has largely turned a blind eye to cybercriminals based in the…
How the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Raid Could Expose Trump’s Secrets
[ad_1] The exclamation point is perhaps the most tantalizing part of Donald Trump’s post-raid-on-Mar-a-Lago statement: “They even broke into my safe!” It’s been a bad week for a man who…
Trump FBI Raid: 5 Big Takeaways From the Mar-a-Lago Search
[ad_1] Very few people ever find themselves on the receiving end of an FBI search warrant—even fewer end up escaping criminal charges. The fact that Donald Trump now ranks among…