The (security) keys to our hearts
We’re showing our favorite digital security tools some love in our newsletter this week. Read up on why we love security keys.
Show your passcodes some love
Let’s appreciate all that passcodes do for us by sending this week’s Valentines to them and their natural home, the password manager.
For sharing secrets, Signal is key
As heart-shaped chocolate boxes fill store aisles, allow us a moment to write a love letter to one of our favorite tools: Signal.
Signal’s founder is building a private chatbot
Confer is an open source, end-to-end encrypted chatbot.
Instagram floods users with password reset emails
If you got one of these emails, you weren’t alone.
Californians get new data broker opt-out tool
Even if you don’t live in the Golden State, there are things you can do to opt out of invasive data broker companies.
Google Chrome prepares AI ‘agents’
How might Chrome put guardrails on AI ‘agents’?
Lessons from Defense Department ‘Signalgate’ report
The Pentagon inspector general’s report gives more details on the incident than ever before.
Commercial spyware targets Signal, WhatsApp users
To protect your sensitive conversations, you’ll need to make sure your device is safe.
Researchers find flaw exposing billions of WhatsApp numbers
Researchers discovered phone numbers and, in some instances, associated profile photos and names through WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool
Data breaches: an ever-present privacy problem
Data breaches are an unfortunate fact of modern life. While we can’t always control the security of the apps and services we use, there are some steps we can take to limit how much of our data is out there.
Malware exposes media company’s Slack chats
The names, email addresses, and chat histories of over 17,000 employees and external business contacts in the company’s Slack system were exposed thanks to one infected computer.
AI browsers: the security headache nobody asked for
Despite their growing presence, AI-powered browsers aren’t ready for prime time when it comes to security
Phishing scams are all trick, no treat
Online scamming has become an industry.
Great for costume ideas, bad for cybersecurity
State-sponsored hacking collectives are myriad, but let’s focus on one
A warren of subterranean hallways
If you are traveling to the U.S. soon, you can be forgiven if your mind starts racing and the words on your screen start blurring together
Data vampires … we mean, brokers
That unsettled feeling you get when you are served an all-too-accurate advertisement? Data brokers at work
Warning: Time to move away from Windows 10
With Windows dropping support for Windows 10, you’ll need to upgrade — or consider another operating system entirely!
iPhone 17’s killer feature: Memory safety
Apple’s new phone series has a secret superpower that will make mercenary spyware much harder to deploy
Verizon in hot water for selling location data
For one industry mining your data alongside telecom providers, it’s all about location, location, location
Signal’s new Secure Backup feature
Right now it’s on Android beta, iOS and desktop are on their way soon, too.
ICE revives contract for spyware
Targeted malware is the sharpest edge of the spear, but simple steps also do a great deal to lower your risk of attack
Device searches hit record numbers at U.S. border
The rise in device searches at U.S. ports of entry is consistent with ongoing upward trend — but there are things you can do to prepare
Added to the ICE group chat
ICE officers used unsecured text messages to communicate about a target marked for deportation. Then, they added a stranger
Defend against phone number theft
AT&T rolled out a new feature to help customers lock down their accounts. But it’s not just AT&T — your phone company may have their own version as well
