Security

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 13:50:02 +0000

The Swedish decision only brings into focus Assange’s core conflict with the US government.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 16:30:46 +0000

Hacking big companies and small tends to work—until the hack goes public.

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 01:23:01 +0000

The special counsel role has a whole lot of room to work, which will hopefully clear up all the innuendo.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 11:30:54 +0000

The harder part will be determining when certain vulnerabilities, like WannaCry, are too big to keep secret.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 02:29:13 +0000

Reports that President Trump shared highly classified intelligence with Russian officials could make US spy agencies’ jobs that much harder.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 18:43:26 +0000

Researchers say the worst ransomware epidemic ever is also poorly run, shoddily coded, and barely profitable.

Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 17:00:15 +0000

Ransomware is malware that locks your keyboard or computer to prevent you from accessing your data until you pay a ransom.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 15:16:31 +0000

The spread of the WannaCry ransomware was aided in part by the millions of people stuck on Windows XP.