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Woman Tells Congress What It’s Like to Be Hacked by NSO’s Pegasus

07.27.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Memento Labs, the Reborn Hacking Team, Is Struggling

03.31.20

By Joseph Cox and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
News

U.S. Cities Are Under Attack From Ransomware — and It’s Going to Get Much Worse

06.17.19

By David Gilbert
Tech

Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware

03.29.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Riccardo Coluccini
Tech

As Phones Get Harder to Hack, Zero Day Vendors Hunt for Router Exploits

03.07.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

How a Tiny Startup Became the Most Important Hacking Shop You’ve Never Heard Of

02.07.18

By Joseph Cox and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Lebanese Government Hackers Hit Thousands of Victims With Incredibly Simple Campaign

01.18.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

The Cybersecurity Dilemma: The Prevalence and Dangers of Defensive Hacking

02.20.17

By Ben Buchanan
Tech

Egyptian Human Rights Activists Are Being Targeted in ‘Dangerous’ Hacking Campaign

02.02.17

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Malware Hunters Catch New Android Spyware For Governments In The Wild

11.15.16

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

FBI Is One Step Closer To Getting Legal Authority To Hack Computers Everywhere

04.28.16

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

This Technicality Could Spoil the FBI’s Dark Web Hacking Operations

04.21.16

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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