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Watching email marketers obsessively monitor their sender IP, checking it daily, warming it carefully, treating it like a rare orchid, is not only relatable, it’s a reminder of how much conventional wisdom can leave you completely exposed. Because the …

The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare
The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare

One messy database is threatening to disenfranchise thousands or even millions of registered voters, while leaving even more at risk of intimidation or data breaches, in the name of solving a problem that barely exists. As the 2026 midterm elections approach, election and privacy experts are sounding alarms about the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic […]

Attackers cracked 75,000 Fortinet firewalls with old passwords, not a zero-day
Attackers cracked 75,000 Fortinet firewalls with old passwords, not a zero-day

Security researchers have uncovered a sprawling cache of stolen credentials for Fortinet firewalls, exposing login details for tens of thousands of organisations around the world. The dataset, dubbed “FortiBleed,” contains plaintext usernames, emails a…

How to Watch the Knicks Parade on NYC Traffic Surveillance Cameras

Artist Morry Kolman will be livestreaming feeds of the NBA champions’ ticker-tape parade from NYC’s traffic cameras—and this time, the city’s Department of Transportation isn’t demanding he stop.

What to know about budgeting for pentesting: tools vs services
What to know about budgeting for pentesting: tools vs services

Budgeting for pentesting is no longer a simple choice between buying a tool or hiring an outside firm once a year. Pentesting, or searching for vulnerabilities in one’s cybersecurity defenses by launching a mock cyberattack against it, has become a fun…

The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.

Got a Boots email offering ‘free gift beauty sample pack’? Well, 8.8 million of us got the same thing from Romanian hackers looking to steal our credit cards (and more)

Hackers impersonated Boots in a large phishing campaign using compromised systems, fake surveys, and millions of emails to steal personal information.

A basic security flaw let a security researcher access internal FIFA systems — and the ability to control World Cup TV streams

“An attacker could have rickrolled the entire FIFA World Cup” – but luckily the issue was quickly fixed.