Israel May Have Destroyed Iranian Centrifuges Simply by Cutting Power
The details of the blackout at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility are scattered — but intriguing.
Kim Zetter
Kim Zetter is an award-winning investigative journalist who has been covering privacy, computer security and national security for more than a decade. She is also author of the book Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon, which tells the story of a virus/worm created by the US and Israel to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.
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SolarWinds Hack Infected Critical Infrastructure, Including Power Industry
The companies involved used compromised software, but it's not clear if hackers entered their networks. Finding out could be difficult.
Protests for Black Lives
How Cops Can Secretly Track Your Phone
A guide to stingray surveillance technology, which may have been deployed at recent protests.
Election Insecurity
One Little-Watched Race Has Huge Implications for Election Hacking and Voter Suppression in Georgia
A December 4 runoff for secretary of state will help determine how Georgia handles decisions around securing voting machines and purging voter rolls.
Leaked Files Show How the NSA Tracks Other Countries’ Hackers
The Shadow Brokers leak showed the NSA was tracking at least 45 nation-state hacking operations. Experts explain how the agency stepped up its monitoring.
NSA Worker's Software Piracy May Have Exposed Him To Russian Spies
Secret NSA code was inadvertently uploaded to Russia after its owner was infected by malware while bootlegging Microsoft Office, says Kaspersky Lab.
Accused of Spying, Russian Security Firm Will Show Its Code and Operations to Outsiders
Kaspersky Lab's transparency project offers ongoing access. The company foils U.S. government hackers and was recently accused of helping the Kremlin.
Snowden Archive
How Russian Firm Might Have Siphoned Tools From the NSA
Russian hackers got top-secret material via Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab. Intelligence sources and documents explain how it may have happened — without Kaspersky's knowledge.
Masquerading Hackers Are Forcing a Rethink of How Attacks Are Traced
Researchers call into question how online attacks are attributed, as hackers increasingly steal tools from one another, obscuring their identities.
Snowden Archive
Snowden Documents Reveal Scope of Secrets Exposed to China in 2001 Spy Plane Incident
What really happened in 2001 when China brought down a U.S. military spy plane? A secret report from the Snowden archive provides details.