security roundup

North Korean IT Workers Are Infiltrating Tech Companies

[ad_1] As Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine heads towards its hundredth day, opposition from Ukrainian forces is as strong as…

2 years ago

The NSA Swears It Has ‘No Backdoors’ in Next-Gen Encryption

[ad_1] A group of human rights lawyers and investigators called on the Hague this week to bring what would be…

2 years ago

Data Brokers Track Abortion Clinic Visits for Anyone to Buy

[ad_1] If the war in Ukraine and Russia's still-unfolding atrocities there didn't offer enough fodder for doomscrolling, this week supplied…

2 years ago

FBI Conducted 3.4 Million Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Data

[ad_1] Surprising news abounded this week as Ukrainian officials weigh next steps in their digital campaigns against Russia, given that…

2 years ago

Ronin Hack: North Korea’s Lazarus Behind $540 Million Axe Infinity Breach

[ad_1] Early this week, the Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team and Slovakian cybersecurity firm ESET warned that Russia's notorious GRU…

2 years ago

TSA’s Terrorist Watch List Comes for Amtrak Passengers

[ad_1] As Russia's war continues in Ukraine, the Biden White House has been scrambling to use every tool at its…

2 years ago

Apple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Posing as Police

[ad_1] “Ipsa scientia potestas est,” 16th-century philosopher and statesman Sir Frances Bacon famously wrote in his 1597 work, Meditationes Sacrae.…

2 years ago

Who Is the Hacker Behind the Lapsus$ Extortion Gang?

[ad_1] There are quiet weeks in the security world, and then there are weeks like this one. Monday kicked off with…

2 years ago