Cyberattacks and Hacks
Security Roundup
Cybercriminals Allegedly Used a StubHub Backdoor to Steal Taylor Swift Tickets
Plus: The world’s “largest illicit online marketplace” gets hit by regulators, police seize the Garantex crypto exchange, and scammers trick targets by making up ransomware attacks.
Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess
Badbox 2.0
1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers
Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess
Balancing Act
A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection
Lily Hay Newman
dirty deals
This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called
Noah Shachtman
Security Roundup
$1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever
Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman
Safety Squeeze
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings
Will Knight, Paresh Dave, and Leah Feiger
Not Now, Putin
A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage
Andy Greenberg
Undeterred
China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
Andy Greenberg
Going Global
A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks
Andy Greenberg
Rug Pull
The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
Downward Spiral
Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year
Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman
Hidden Cracks
DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot
Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
Basic Problems
Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data
Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess