Google Warns of New Spyware Targeting iOS and Android Users
The spyware has been used to target people in Italy, Kazakhstan, and Syria, researchers at Google and Lookout have found.
The Ghost of Internet Explorer Will Haunt the Web for Years
Microsoft’s legacy browser may be dead—but its remnants are not going anywhere, and neither are its lingering security risks.
How a Saxophonist Tricked the KGB by Encrypting Secrets in Music
Using a custom encryption scheme within music notation, Merryl Goldberg and three other US musicians slipped information to Soviet performers and activists known as the Phantom Orchestra.
A Long-Awaited Defense Against Data Leaks May Have Just Arrived
MongoDB claims its new “Queryable Encryption” lets users search their databases while sensitive data stays encrypted. Oh, and its cryptography is open source.
An Actively Exploited Microsoft Zero-Day Flaw Still Has No Patch
The company continues to downplay the severity of the Follina vulnerability, which remains present in all supported versions of Windows.
The Surveillance State Is Primed for Criminalized Abortion
A new report lays out existing US police surveillance capabilities that can easily be repurposed to monitor pregnant people.
Spyware Vendors Target Android With Zero-Day Exploits
New research from Google’s Threat Analysis Group outlines the risks Android users face from the surveillance-for-hire industry.
The NSA Swears It Has ‘No Backdoors’ in Next-Gen Encryption
Plus: New details of ICE’s dragnet surveillance in the US, Clearview AI agrees to limit sales of its faceprint database, and more.
The Hidden Race to Protect the US Bioeconomy From Hacker Threats
A biotech threat intelligence group is gaining supporters as urgency mounts around an overlooked vulnerable sector.