How a Tesla employee saved the company from a ransomware attack
A Russian hacker has been indicted in a case alleging that he attempted to bribe the employee, who instead assisted in an FBI sting operation.
A researcher hacked satellite internet connections with $300 equipment
A British Ph.D. student has demonstrated how easy it is to read communications transmitted by satellites across the globe.
Notorious eavesdropper NSA issues guide to hiding your location data
We're not making this up. The NSA has just issued a set of directives on how to stay safe and anonymous online.
The social contract of the internet is under threat. That’s a...
Our relationship with the internet is on the precipice of being altered forever. Let’s not take that lightly.
The history of the internet, when it was invented, and how...
How the internet developed out of a Cold War technology to the ubiquitous phenomenon it is today.
Interview: Encryption expert Riana Pfefferkorn on the erosion of online free...
The effect of the EARN IT Act, the problem with the U.S. concept of privacy, the emergence of regional internets, and more.
Interested in cybersecurity jobs? You’ll need these skills
Cybersecurity is a lucrative field and professionals are in high demand.
Face masks do help evade facial recognition tech—for now
A study by the U.S. government found that even some highly accurate algorithms failed to match photos of masked individuals to their pictures up to 50% of the time.
The CIA was secretly granted much more freedom to carry out...
Since 2018, the agency has been permitted to approve its own operations, no longer needing White House approval.
Big changes to data protection laws in the EU and Brazil
A key ruling in the EU and Brazil's version of the GDPR means privacy safeguards just got strengthened for hundreds of millions of people.
