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Twitterl whistleblower Peiter Zatko

Whistleblower Peiter Zatko Says Twitter’s Data Security Is 10 Years Behind Industry Standards

Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former security head, told lawmakers Twitter doesn't understand about 80 percent of the data it collects.
By Sissi Cao

Ex-Twitter Exec Peiter Zatko Exposes How Twitter Counts Bots as Musk Trial Date Nears

Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former head of security, says Twitter's method of estimating the number of bot users is misleading.
By Sissi Cao

Apple Urges Customers to Update Software Upon Discovery of Highly Invasive Spyware

The spyware can access a person's full digital life without leaving any trace.
By Sissi Cao
Shredded documents.

Here’s an Open Source Alternative to CCleaner

By Brady Dale
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Gillibrand, Graham Want 9/11-Style Commission on Russian Interference

By Madina Toure
Thanks for the data!

Postlight’s 3 Security Tips That Startups Would Follow in a Perfect World

By Brady Dale
BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 20: A model walks the runway at the DEPRESSION show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin A/W 2017 at Kaufhaus Jandorf on January 20, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz)

Be Careful Poking Through the Doxagram Dump of Instagram Celebrity Contact Info

By Brady Dale
Money gets dangerous when it's digital.

FTC Slaps the Wrist of Tax Prep Service After 8,800 Customers’ Data Breached

By Brady Dale
An employee walking behind a glass wall with machine coding symbols at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow.

Tracing the Sources of Today’s Russian Cyberthreat

By Dorothy Denning
Girl Scouts pose with the 'Fearless Girl' statue in New York City.

Girl Scouts Can Now Earn Merit Badges in 23 STEM Fields

By John Bonazzo
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge

This New Android Bug Can Track and Record You—Here’s How to Keep Your Device Secure

By Alec M. Beresin
castle padlock

One Backdoor in the Amazon Cloud That Companies Frequently Leave Unlocked

By Brady Dale
Girl Scouts pose with the 'Fearless Girl' statue in New York City.

Girl (Scouts) Who Code: Group Unveils Cybersecurity Merit Badges

By John Bonazzo
Earth.

The 7 Coolest Global Companies Fixing All That’s Broken in This World

By Brady Dale
A non-malicious activity (unless you're a fish).

Can Amazon’s Sweet Deal on Virtual Machines Free Companies From Phishing Threats?

By Brady Dale
Where are all the data going?

7 in 10 Smartphone Apps Share Your Data With Third-Party Services

By Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez and Srikanth Sundaresan
This picture taken on November 3, 2016 shows on a screen viruses list at the High Security Laboratory of the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation in Rennes.

What the Underground Market for Ransomware Looks Like

By Roderic Broadhurst
Locking down the federal government.

Global Ransomware Attack Reinforces Message of Trump’s New Cybersecurity Order

By Frank J. Cilluffo and Sharon L. Cardash
One way to steal data.

The Podcasting Industry Still Hasn’t Dealt With Security Threats

By Brady Dale
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 12: Jayson Street speaks onstage during the Breakthrough panel on cyberterror at the "Nat Geo Further Base Camp" At SXSW 2017 - Day 3 on March 12, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for National Geographic)

Nat Geo’s Next Ep of ‘Breakthrough’ Proves We Can’t Afford to Trust Each Other

By Brady Dale
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 20: Deputy director of the Patent and Trademark Office Michelle Lee during an event on the patent system February 20, 2014 at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. The event was to discuss the administration's "commitment to strengthening the patent system to ensure it encourages innovation and invention, inspires and rewards creativity, drives investment, and spurs job creation." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

US Patent Office Inexplicably Downgrades From Encrypted Connection

By Brady Dale
Police must join forces across international borders to take on modern cybercriminals.

Police Around the World Learn to Fight Global-Scale Cybercrime

By Frank J. Cilluffo, Alec Nadeau and Rob Wainwright
Here’s how more companies can boost their cybersecurity preparedness without breaking the bank.

The Three ‘B’s’ of Cybersecurity for Small Businesses

By Scott Shackelford
The goal is to close the field's gender gap.

The NSA Is Hosting a Free Cybersecurity Summer Camp for Teen Girls

By Sage Lazzaro
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