Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Joseph Menn| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Today’s cybersecurity superstars share a common thread—one that leads back to early hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 18:26:20 +0000

Third-party developers don’t always build extensions with security best practices in mind. Now Google is taking steps to better protect user data.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 11:00:00 +0000

One way to tell if an image has been faked? Bake the tamper-proofing into the camera itself.

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Baltimore ransomware, a Trump golf hack, and more of the week’s top security news.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 21:14:31 +0000

On the heels of embarrassing disclosures from Facebook and Twitter, Google reveals its own password bugs—one of which lasted 14 years.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Adobe fixes, an executive order, and more of the week’s top security news.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 15:58:33 +0000

Charges against 10 men across Eastern Europe associated with the Goznym malware crew reveal global law enforcement’s reach—and its limits.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 22:07:24 +0000

FCC chairman Ajit Pai has proposed a set of rules to combat robocalls. Don’t get your hopes up quite yet.