DOGE Denizen Marko Elez Leaked API Key for xAI
Marko Elez , a 25-year-old employee at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been granted access to sensitive databases at t... Read more
UK Charges Four in ‘Scattered Spider’ Ransom Group
Authorities in the United Kingdom this week arrested four alleged members of “ Scattered Spider ,” a prolific data theft and extortion group whose re... Read more
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025 Edition
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. None of th... Read more
Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions
In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment s... Read more
Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) briefed Capitol Hill staff recently on hardening the security of their mobile devices, after... Read more
Inside a Dark Adtech Empire Fed by Fake CAPTCHAs
Late last year, security researchers made a startling discovery: Kremlin-backed disinformation campaigns were bypassing moderation on social media pl... Read more
Patch Tuesday, June 2025 Edition
Microsoft today released security updates to fix at least 67 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. Redmond warns that on... Read more
Proxy Services Feast on Ukraine’s IP Address Exodus
Image: Mark Rademaker, via Shutterstock. Ukraine has seen nearly one-fifth of its Internet space come under Russian control or sold to Internet addre... Read more
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
Image: Shutterstock, ArtHead. The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc. , a Philippines-based company that pro... Read more
Pakistan Arrests 21 in ‘Heartsender’ Malware Service
Authorities in Pakistan have arrested 21 individuals accused of operating “ Heartsender ,” a once popular spam and malware dissemination service that... Read more
Oops: DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs
The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot , a prolific strain of informati... Read more
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Marko Elez , a 25-year-old employee at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Eff…
