Security

The notorious Russian-speaking cybercriminals grew successful by keeping a low profile. But now they have a target on their backs.

A mandatory app exposed the personal information of students and teachers across the country for over a year.

Plus: A leaked US “no fly” list, the SCOTUS leaker slips investigators, and PayPal gets stuffed.

The mobile operator just suffered at least its fifth data breach since 2018, despite promising to spend a fortune shoring up its systems.

Trust us, it’s safer this way.

Animal rights activists have captured the first hidden-camera video from inside a carbon dioxide “stunning chamber” in a US meatpacking plant.

Cupertino puts privacy first in a lot of its products. But the company sowever gathers a bunch of your information.

Plus: Joe Biden’s classified-documents scandal, the end of security support for Windows 7, and more.

Any multifactor authentication adds protection, but a physical token is the best bet when it really counts.

The password manager’s most recent data breach is so concerning, users need to take prompt steps to protect themselves.

Keep your logins locked down with our favorite apps for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, and web browsers.

Are you thinking about uploading some selfies and buying a pack of ‘Magic Avatars’? Consider these expert tips first.

Research shows that relatively few individuals exist in perfectly sealed-off media bubbles—but they’re sowever having an outsize impact on US politics.

New research from Cloudflare shows that connectivity disruptions are becoming a problem around the globe, pointing toward a troubling new normal.

Some 1,700 spoofed apps, 120 targeted publishers, 12 billion false ad requests per day—Vastflux is one of the biggest ad frauds ever discovered.

SweepWizard, an app that law enforcement used to coordinate raids, left touchy information about hundreds of police operations publicly accessible.