Security News
Boom Times
The ‘Largest Illicit Online Marketplace’ Ever Is Growing at an Alarming Rate, Report Says
Huione Guarantee, a gray market researchers believe is central to the online scam ecosystem, now includes a messaging app, stablecoin, and crypto exchange—while facilitating $24 billion in transactions.
By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
B4D-N3W5
License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data
By Matt Burgess and Dhruv Mehrotra
Security Roundup
Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
By Andrew Couts, Andy Greenberg, and Lily Hay Newman
Security Roundup
Mystery Drone Sightings Lead to FAA Ban Despite No Detected Threats
By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Andrew Couts
Rebrands
Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns
By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess
Y1K3S
Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
By Andy Greenberg
Security Roundup
Microsoft’s AI Recall Tool Is Still Sucking Up Credit Card and Social Security Numbers
By Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts
Deadly DIY
The ‘Ghost Gun’ Linked to Luigi Mangione Shows Just How Far 3D-Printed Weapons Have Come
By Andy Greenberg
Security Roundup
US Officials Recommend Encryption Apps Amid Chinese Telecom Hacking
By Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman
Seek and Destroy
A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
By Lily Hay Newman
Making Moves
She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin
By Matt Burgess
Crossing a Line
FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel
By Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra