this week in security — july 12 2026 edition
Insurance groups stress-test U.S. response to China attack, EU Parliament calls for spyware probe, Accenture hack, lessons learned after CISA's password lapse, London transit hacker faces jail, Flock cameras flag car reviewer, and more.
Reframing smart glasses as 'pervert glasses'
Smart glasses equipped with cameras, microphones, and AI are a creeping privacy and security nightmare, prompting backlash.
this week in security — july 5 2026 edition
Supreme Court rules on geofence warrants, Oracle customers hacked (again), DHS confirms intel-sharing breach, six ISPs had email logins stolen, Apple bug exposes private emails, politician probing spyware hacked with Pegasus, and more.
Reflections on eight years of writing ~this week in security~
Your favorite weekly cybersecurity newsletter marks eight years on the web.
this week in security — june 21 2026 edition
Anthropic's ban wasn't really about an AI jailbreak, hackers target Fortinet firewalls in latest mass hack, Ozempic maker hacked twice, members of elite secret society exposed, spy agencies buying more people's bulk location data, and more.
Dozens of America's largest companies have no simple way to report security flaws
New analysis shows that around one-third of America's Fortune 100 companies do not have a vulnerability disclosure policy, bug bounty, or a dedicated email address for reporting security flaws.
this week in security — june 14 2026 edition
ShinyHunters breach 100+ companies with new Oracle zero-day, FISA spy law lapses, Flock's flucked-up week, FCC wants to kill burner phones, dozens of Microsoft's open source tools hacked, NSO spying on WhatsApp users, and more.
The sneaky ways that governments get your private data
Discover some of the most common ways that authorities, police, and spies obtain your personal data, and how you can prevent it from ending up in their hands.
this week in security — june 7 2026 edition
Thousands of Instagram users hacked by abusing Meta's AI chatbot, hackers stole Dashlane password vaults, Ultrahuman ring maker breached, a surge in ClickFix attacks, a CIA officer allegedly stole $40 million in gold bars, and more.
Meta confirms thousands of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot
Meta fixed the bug that let anyone trick its Meta AI chatbot into resetting the password on Instagram accounts that didn't have two-factor authentication.
this week in security — may 31 2026 edition
Microsoft sparks backlash after threatening security researchers, two major botnets taken offline, U.S. troops targeted using commercial location data, a slew of data breaches affect millions, 23andMe sued again, and more.
this week in security — may 24 2026 edition
GitHub hacked, CISA exposed cloud keys, Oura gets government demands for data, a few zero-days under attack, wrench attacks on the rise, authorities seize a VPN used by ransomware gangs, HIPAA set for a security overhaul, and more.
