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April 9, 2026
China Is Cracking Down on Scams. Just Not the Ones Hitting Americans
As Beijing clamps down on fraud at home, researchers say crime syndicates are shifting their focus to victims elsewhere.
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April 7, 2026
Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything
The AI lab's Project Glasswing will bring together Apple, Google, and more than 45 other organizations. They'll use the new Claude Mythos Preview model to test advancing AI cybersecurity capabilities.
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April 3, 2026
Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models.
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March 27, 2026
Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
Plus: Apple makes big claims about the effectiveness of its Lockdown Mode anti-spyware feature, Russia moves to implement homegrown encryption for 5G, and more.
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March 26, 2026
A $20 Billion Crypto Scam Market Faces a New Government Crackdown
The Telegram-based Xinbi Guarantee black market sells services that help prop up scam operations. British officials just hit the highly lucrative marketplace with sweeping sanctions.
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March 25, 2026
Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
The crowdsourced website and app Mahsa Alert provides citizens in Iran with crucial information amid the country’s ongoing war with the US and Israel—and an internet blackout.
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March 21, 2026
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
Plus: The FBI admits it’s buying phone data to track Americans, Iranian hackers disrupt medical care at Maryland hospitals, and more.
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March 20, 2026
The Danger Behind Meta’s Decision to Kill End-to-End Encrypted Instagram DMs
Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino to fall for end-to-end encryption tech worldwide.
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March 19, 2026
Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI
Moxie Marlinspike says the technology powering his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, will be integrated into Meta AI. The move could help protect the AI conversations of millions of people.
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March 17, 2026
Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web
Customer conversations with chatbots can include contact information and personal details that make it easier for scammers to launch phishing attacks and commit fraud.
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March 12, 2026
How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
Amid a paralyzing breach of medical tech firm Stryker, the group has come to represent Iran's use of “hacktivism” as cover for chaotic, retaliatory state-sponsored cyberattacks.
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March 11, 2026
Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming
Meta removed 10.9 million Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to “criminal scam centers” last year, the company announced on Wednesday.
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March 7, 2026
CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations
Plus: Proton helped the FBI identify a protester, the Leakbase cybercrime forum was busted in an international operation, and more.
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March 6, 2026
The Future of Iran’s Internet Is More Uncertain Than Ever
Iran’s internet shutdown has reduced connectivity by 99 percent, with air strikes likely causing additional outages, and few workarounds remaining.
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February 28, 2026
Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums
Plus: The top US cyber agency falls into shambles, AI models develop an upsetting penchant for nuclear weapons, and more.
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February 26, 2026
This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue
The new open source project IronCurtain uses a unique method to secure and constrain AI assistant agents before they flip your digital life upside down.
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February 21, 2026
Password Managers Share a Hidden Weakness
Plus: The cybersecurity community grapples with Epstein files revelations, the US State Department plans an online anti-censorship “portal” for the world, and more.
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February 19, 2026
How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance
From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.
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February 18, 2026
A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft
A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals appear to have not yet exploited.
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February 16, 2026
The El Paso No-Fly Debacle Is Just the Beginning of a Drone Defense Mess
Fears over a drug cartel drone over Texas sparked a recent airspace shutdown in El Paso and New Mexico, highlighting just how tricky it can be to deploy anti-drone weapons near cities.
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February 9, 2026
Iran’s Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete
After more than 15 years of draconian measures, culminating in an ongoing internet shutdown, the Iranian regime seems to be staggering toward its digital surveillance endgame.
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February 7, 2026
Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data
Plus: Apple’s Lockdown mode keeps the FBI out of a reporter’s phone, Elon Musk’s Starlink cuts off Russian forces, and more.
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January 23, 2026
149 Million Usernames and Passwords Exposed by Unsecured Database
This “dream wish list for criminals” includes millions of Gmail, Facebook, banking logins, and more. The researcher who discovered it suspects they were collected using infostealing malware.
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January 15, 2026
Former CISA Director Jen Easterly Will Lead RSAC Conference
The longtime cybersecurity professional says she’s taking the helm of the legacy security organization at “an inflection point” for tech and the world beyond.
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January 14, 2026
Verizon Outage Knocks Out US Mobile Service, Including Some 911 Calls
A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted.
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January 10, 2026
Security News This Week: ICE Can Now Spy on Every Phone in Your Neighborhood
Plus: Iran shuts down its internet amid sweeping protests, an alleged scam boss gets extradited to China, and more.
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