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Uncanny Valley

Protecting Your Phone—and Your Privacy—at the US Border

Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, and Katie Drummond

Downsides

Gmail’s New Encrypted Messages Feature Opens a Door for Scams

Lily Hay Newman

Pope Culture

The Tech That Safeguards the Conclave’s Secrecy

Jorge Garay

Search Terms

How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Security Roundup

Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars

Lily Hay Newman

ICE'd Out

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

Caroline Haskins

Stranger Danger

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

Justin Ling

Honeypots

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

Emanuel Maiberg and Jason Koebler

Shortsighted

‘Stupid and Dangerous’: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program

Lily Hay Newman

Autodelete

Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages

Dell Cameron

Pwned

Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

total recall

Microsoft’s Recall AI Tool Is Making an Unwelcome Return

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Bad Company

The Most Dangerous Hackers You’ve Never Heard Of

Bad Company

TraderTraitor: The Kings of the Crypto Heist

Matt Burgess

Bad Company

Gamaredon: The Turncoat Spies Relentlessly Hacking Ukraine

Andy Greenberg

Bad Company

Smishing Triad: The Scam Group Stealing the World’s Riches

Matt Burgess

Bad Company

CyberAv3ngers: The Iranian Saboteurs Hacking Water and Gas Systems Worldwide

Andy Greenberg

Bad Company

Brass Typhoon: The Chinese Hacking Group Lurking in the Shadows

Lily Hay Newman

Bad Company

Black Basta: The Fallen Ransomware Gang That Lives On

Lily Hay Newman

Inbox Outrage

Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport

Andrew Couts