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The year was marked by sinister new twists on cybersecurity classics, including phishing, breaches, and ransomware attacks.
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No, You Haven’t Won a Yeti Cooler From Dick’s Sporting Goods
The future of email spam utilizes a coding trick that evades the most sophisticated detection tools.
Meta’s Tricky Quest to Protect Your Account
How do you keep Facebook easy to use without being trivial to exploit? The company is trying to chart a middle ground.
Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue Verification Is a Gift to Scammers
Anyone can get a blue tick on Twitter without proving who they are. And it’s already causing a ton of problems.
The Dire Warnings in the Lapsus$ Hacker Joyride
The fun-loving cybercriminals blamed for breaches of Uber and Rockstar are exposing weaknesses in ways others aren’t.
Why the Twilio Breach Cuts So Deep
The phishing attack on the SMS giant exposes the dangers of B2B companies to the entire tech ecosystem.
The Feds Gear Up for a Privacy Crackdown
Plus: Cisco gets hit by ransomware, Twilio gets phished, a new way to fight email spammers, and much more.
How China Hacked US Phone Networks
Plus: Russia rattles its cyber sword, a huge Facebook phishing operation is uncovered, feds take down the SSNDOB marketplace, and more.
The Hacker Gold Rush That’s Poised to Eclipse Ransomware
As governments crack down on ransomware, cybercriminals may soon shift to business email compromise—already the world’s most profitable type of scam.