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The "Intellexa Leaks," a new joint investigation by Inside Story, Haaretz, and WAV Research Collective with technical analysis provided by Amnesty International, reveals the internal operations of Intellexa

Cybersecurity firm ESET has released a new study concluding that Telegram is not a secure messaging platform, largely because end-to-end encryption is not enabled by default.

A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.

Harvard University is initiating an investigation into the connection between its former president Larry Summers and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, following the release of documents by Congress last week that revealed the men maintained close contact after Epstein’s guilty plea for solicitation of prostitution.

Concerns over technology leaks prompted a controversial seizure by authorities in The Hague.

Analysts say China has developed a chilling strategy for fighting a war with the United States: destroy America’s fighter jets before they ever leave the ground.

Central to the “Bad Practice” investigation were months of digital detective work: Dozens of web scrapers, 17 freedom-of-information requests, and countless spreadsheets — all aimed at tracking how doctors who had lost their licenses could discreetly relocate across borders.

Monday’s disruption comes as EU leaders prepare to address digital sovereignty at a gathering this week.

A new study reveals that Italy’s crime clans are utilizing TikTok to rebrand, transforming mafia codes into emojis, viral trends, and livestream “matches”—some of which are even used for money laundering.

BPA, a synthetic chemical used in the production of plastics, has been found in baby products made by three major European brands.

A recent Army contracting notice initially seems more like it comes from an imaginative chocolate factory rather than a major weapons arsenal that manufactures battlefield-ready incendiary munitions.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its 11th Starship rocket from Texas on Monday and landed it in the Indian Ocean, marking the final flight before the company starts test-launching a new version of the giant rocket equipped with additional features for moon and Mars missions.

The director of the California lab stated that the layoffs—about 10% of the JPL workforce—are not due to the government shutdown.

The Aisuru botnet, the world’s largest and most disruptive, is now drawing most of its strength from hacked U.S.-based IoT devices, including routers and cameras. Recent attacks have shattered records, flooding networks with nearly 30 terabits per second of junk traffic and disrupting major online gaming providers.

A few weeks ago, a keychain-sized camera-slash-accessory based on a model from 1987 sold out in a day. In some markets, the company’s compact digital cameras have outsold those from Canon or Sony.

Apple removed an app for saving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE. The app, called Eyes Up, differs from other banned apps like ICEBlock, which were created to report sightings of ICE officials in real-time to alert local communities.

Technology-facilitated child abuse is increasing worldwide, with cases of AI-generated sexual abuse material — including deepfakes that place children’s faces onto explicit images — rising significantly, experts warned Tuesday.

After months of delay, the Pentagon will select the defense company to design and build the Navy’s next stealth fighter as soon as this week, according to a U.S. official and two people familiar with the decision.

Apple has taken down an app that was used to track Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from its App Store. The developer mentioned in a social media post that the tech company informed them the ICEBlock app was removed because of "objectionable content."

Motility Software Solutions, a company providing car dealership management software (DMS), suffered a ransomware attack recently in which hundreds of thousands of customers lost their sensitive data.

Brazil’s criminal groups are weaponizing artificial intelligence (AI) to drive high-tech financial fraud, exploiting gaps in a fast-growing digital ecosystem as banks, legislators, and police scramble to keep up.

The Department of Defense has strengthened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud service providers. These modifications follow ProPublica’s revelation that Microsoft’s employment of engineers based in China exposed sensitive government data to potential hacking.