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Elon Musk Is Right About Twitter

It really is the closest thing we have to an online public square—and that's terrible for democracy. Let his takeover bid be a wakeup call.

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WhatsApp Doubles Down With End-to-End Encrypted ‘Communities’

More than just group DMs, WhatsApp's new feature is a major expansion of its comprehensive encrypted messaging.

Feds Uncover a ‘Swiss Army Knife’ for Hacking Industrial Systems

The malware toolkit, known as Pipedream, is perhaps the most versatile tool ever made to target critical infrastructure like power grids and oil refineries.

Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve

Ukraine claims to have doxed Russian troops and spies, while hacktivists are regularly leaking private information from Russian organizations.

Russia's Sandworm Hackers Attempted a Third Blackout in Ukraine

The attack was the first in five years to use Sandworm's Industroyer malware, which is designed to automatically trigger power disruptions.

DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop

DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave.

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The Tricky Aftermath of Source Code Leaks

Lapsus$ hackers leaked Microsoft’s Bing and Cortana source code. How bad is that, really?

TSA’s Terrorist Watch List Comes for Amtrak Passengers

Plus: Microsoft seizes Russian GRU domains, Cash App’s data breach, and Obama’s disinfo admission.

How Russia's Invasion Triggered a US Crackdown on Its Hackers

The Biden White House is using “all of the levers of national power” to counter—or preempt—cyberattacks by Russia’s most dangerous hacker groups.

WatchGuard Didn't Explicitly Disclose a Flaw Exploited by Hackers

The security vendor kept a critical vulnerability in its firewall appliances quiet even as it was under attack from a Russian hacking group.