scams New sextortion phishing scam uses target's harvested password Andrea James

security Leaked NSA docs: Russian military hacked US voting software company, spearphished 122 election officials Cory Doctorow

security Amnesty: hackers spent months building personas used to phish Qatari labor activists Cory Doctorow

china New Microsoft report says China campaign accused U.S. of using a military-grade "weather weapon" to deliberately start the Maui wildfires Mark Frauenfelder

tax on people who are bad at math While browsing through her spam folder, woman finds email about $3 million prize Mark Frauenfelder

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Technology U.S. charges Iranians with hacking aerospace and satellite technology firms for Islamic republic's Revolutionary Guard Xeni Jardin

security America needs a national standard for voting and voter rolls Cory Doctorow

law DOJ indicts 80, many based in Nigeria, in business email scam and money laundering Xeni Jardin

politics U.S. will examine 2016 North Carolina poll books for election hacking Xeni Jardin

politics Two Russia-backed hacker groups target Europe ahead of elections, FireEye reports Xeni Jardin

News DNC alerts FBI to phishing attack on its voter database Xeni Jardin

politics Trump asked Russia to find Clinton's emails. Within 24 hours, Russians attacked her accounts. Xeni Jardin

politics Mueller indicts 12 Russian military officers for election hacking, says DCLeaks & Guccifer 2.0 were Russia intel Xeni Jardin

picks Syrian hacker accused of attacking U.S. for Assad extradited for federal court in Virginia Xeni Jardin

crime Snowshoeing: small-batch spam that's less targeted than spear-phishing Cory Doctorow

security Newly disclosed Android bugs affect all devices Cory Doctorow

ios iOS's first major malware challenge Glenn Fleishman