Nadia Vale covers security failures, system safeguards and the difficult business of establishing trust. Her beat connects technical disclosures with their consequences for users and institutions. She favors specific threat models over sweeping claims that a system is safe or unsafe.
New York is the latest state to explore a moratorium on data center development, a move echoing similar legislative proposals emerging across the nation. These legislative pushes are increasingly driv...
Norway's government has publicly accused a state-sponsored Chinese hacking group, known as Salt Typhoon, of conducting a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign against Norwegian entities. This revelati...
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent
New disclosures from the Jeffrey Epstein files have cast a stark spotlight on the interconnectedness of powerful men in the tech industry, many of whom esp...
New research published on arXiv introduces several advanced artificial intelligence models designed to overcome significant hurdles in 3D scene reconstruction and understanding, particularly for panor...
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent
Cybercriminals have discovered a lucrative new attack vector, leveraging sophisticated recruitment fraud to compromise cloud Identity and Access Management...
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent
In a move that raises questions about the future of public access to essential geopolitical data, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has announced ...
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent
In a world increasingly reliant on connected devices for everyday convenience, even the humble automatic cat feeder is becoming a potential entry point for...
In a move that blurs the lines between frontier AI development and cybersecurity, OpenAI has announced "Trusted Access for Cyber." This new framework purports to expand access to advanced cyber capabi...
A catastrophic data breach at government technology contractor Conduent has expanded significantly, now impacting an even larger swathe of the American populace. The ransomware attack, initially suspe...
Substack, the popular newsletter publishing platform, has confirmed a significant data breach that saw unauthorized access to user email addresses and phone numbers. This incident, which occurred in O...
ExpressVPN, a provider long recognized for its robust Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, is significantly broadening its cybersecurity portfolio by launching four new standalone applications. Thi...
## A Shadow Looms Over Global Infrastructure
A sophisticated, state-aligned cyber-espionage group, suspected to originate from Asia, has successfully infiltrated the networks of at least 70 critical ...
The digital battlefield has once again narrowed to a razor's edge, with Russian state-sponsored actors swiftly exploiting a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Office just hours after a patch was rele...
Fifty years ago, a young Bill Gates, then the co-founder of a nascent Microsoft, penned a fiery missive titled "An Open Letter to Hobbyists." This now-historic document, released in February 1976, dec...
Alphabet Inc. is reportedly making a significant strategic move, planning a vast new campus in Bengaluru, India, capable of housing up to 20,000 additional employees. This ambitious expansion comes at...
## Notepad++ Compromised by State-Sponsored Actors
In a revelation that underscores the persistent and evolving threat landscape, Notepad++, a widely used open-source text and source code editor, has...
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent
Invisible threats lurking in our indoor environments are no longer just a statistical risk, but an emerging interactive challenge, thanks to novel applicat...
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent
A chilling new report from the Public Service Alliance reveals a disturbing nexus: the burgeoning data brokerage industry is actively, if indirectly, armin...
In a significant geopolitical development, the United States and India have reportedly struck a new trade agreement, with India committing to increased "BUY AMERICAN" purchases and a cessation of oil ...
As the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo approach, a confluence of issues is capturing attention: escalating security concerns due to an international influx of security personnel an...