GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps
Discord is a perfect vehicle for these pumps, as a semi-public forum that allows users to advertise servers broadly, ping…
How Amazon Sidewalk Works—and Why You May Want to Turn It Off
After months of testing and delays, Amazon announced last Friday that it would finally launch Amazon Sidewalk on June 8:…
DarkSide Hit Colonial Pipeline—and Created an Unholy Mess
DarkSide was illustrative of that enforcement problem even before the Colonial Pipeline attack. It almost exclusively targets English-speaking organizations and…
The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware
For years, the cybersecurity industry has warned that state-sponsored hackers could shut down large swathes of US energy infrastructure in…
ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality
The largest Internet providers in the US funded a campaign that generated “8.5 million fake comments” to the Federal Communications…
Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good
The most recent big iOS update, which makes it easier to opt out of ads that track you across apps…
How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme
Netflix’s former vice president of IT operations was convicted of taking bribes from technology vendors in exchange for awarding them…
Don’t Buy Into Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Pressure on iOS 14.5
Last week, Apple released iOS 14.5, and with it a new feature that sent online advertisers scrambling: For the first…
A Ransomware Group Hit DC Police—Then Pivoted to Extortion
It’s been a busy week. There’s a lot to catch up on. But before you continue reading, please take a…
Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin
For a decade, Bitcoin Fog has offered to obscure the source and destination of its customers’ cryptocurrency, making it one…