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After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a chorus of voices across the political spectrum demanded President Biden cut off Russia from the...

This week’s guilty verdict for disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes sent reverberations through Silicon Valley, where “fake it till...

The Taliban may now have access to massive databases of biometric data identifying Afghans who cooperated with the US military, voted in...

In response to recent incidents such as the SolarWinds hack and Colonial Pipeline ransomware, President Biden signed a sweeping executive...

Apple has finally released its controversial App Tracking Transparency privacy feature after months of delays, public threats from...

Numerous congressional IT assets were compromised during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. At least two members, including Nancy...

News, opinion, and even science are increasingly exchanged within echo chambers that can distort objective facts. Emerging liberal and...

Cybersecurity will be one of Joe Biden’s top priorities when he becomes US president. I believe this will become clear to him when he...

It’s not just us; many of our Artificial Intelligence systems are racist too. This is particularly true in cybersecurity and law...

When the NotPetya virus ravaged corporate networks worldwide, it was particularly devastating to global shipping company Maersk. Ports...

Apple and Google are releasing their jointly developed Covid-19 contact tracing feature (wisely renamed “exposure notification”). Soon...

As Americans hunker down for a pandemic, conspiracy theories seem to spread faster than the virus: Covid-19 is caused by 5G networks....

If you or someone you know still has a PC running Windows 7, you may have screen this warning screen. It’s not quite the dreaded Blue...

I was on the front lines when Iran attacked American banks via the Internet. One by one, online banking services were knocked offline:...

Thanks to news coverage of President Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian president Zelensky, Americans are learning about a conspiracy...

I was eating lunch with the chief of security at a social network a few years ago. As we sat in his company’s sunny courtyard, young...

SIM Swapping is in the news again, reminding us the US has let this madness continue while other countries took strong steps to stop it....

FaceApp is enjoying another viral moment fueled by celebrity selfies, while sparking dire warnings from security and privacy experts. Now...

Along with the rest of the USA Freedom Act, the Call Detail Records (CDR) program is set to expire on 12/15/2019. This is the infamous...

After a whistle blower leaked the news to journalist Brian Krebs, who announced it on his blog, Facebook officially admitted that it has...