What Is a Dead Drop?
For almost three years starting in the fall of 2015, a 56-year-old Chinese-American tour guide named Xueha “Edward” Peng would periodically carry […]
Tag: Security / Security News
Twitter Now Has Better Two-Factor Authentication, So Use It
Last weekend, Iran shut off the internet for nearly all of its citizens in an attempt to quell demonstrations. The government was […]
The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things
Internet-connected gadgets like lightbulbs and fitness trackers are notorious for poor security. That’s partly because they’re often made cheaply and with haste, […]
The GOP Is Mired in Conspiracies—and It’s About to Get Worse
Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said Thursday that the impeachment inquiry had “poisoned the minds of fanatics,” […]
1.2 Billion Records Found Exposed Online in a Single Server
For well over a decade, identity thieves, phishers, and other online scammers have created a black market of stolen and aggregated consumer […]
Iranian Americans Struggle to Reach Family Amid Internet Blackout
“Technically, for them, even though I’m using Skype, it’s not the internet,” says Rad, who is based in California. She adds that […]
What Happens When You Remove a Police-Installed GPS Tracker
Back in 2012, the US Supreme Court ruled that it’s illegal for the police to attach a GPS tracking device to someone’s […]
DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Encrypt More Sites You Visit
It’s increasingly common for the data that passes between your browser and a website’s server to be encrypted with HTTPS, which makes […]
How Iran’s Government Shut Off the Internet
Amid widespread demonstrations over rising gasoline prices, Iranians began experiencing internet slowdowns over the last few days that became a near-total internet […]
Hackers Discovered Only After Maxing Out Victim’s Cloud Storage
Move fast and break things was in full effect this week, as researchers revealed that Intel took a full year to release […]