GPS is vulnerable to jamming—here’s how we might fix it
In September 2025, a Widerøe Airlines flight was trying to land in Vardø, Norway, which sits in the country’s far eastern arm, some 40 miles from the Russian coast. The cloud deck was low, and…
Get this M3 iPad Air with 5G for less than Apple charges for the Wi-Fi model
If you’ve got a few Amazon gift cards burning a hole in your drawer, this iPad deal will help you get the most bang for your buck: Amazon is selling the 13-inch blue M3 iPad…
MongoDB Attacks, Wallet Breaches, Android Spyware, Insider Crime & More
Dec 29, 2026Ravie LakshmananHacking News / Cybersecurity Last week’s cyber news in 2025 was not about one big incident. It was about many small cracks opening at the same time. Tools people trust every day…
2026 preview: These 4 rumored devices point to a major Apple smart home push
Apple’s smart home efforts have generally lagged behind its rivals. While Amazon and Google have been putting out all sorts of smart doorbells, speakers, and home hubs, the iPhone maker has long limited its ambitions…
I’m an iPhone expert. These are the 10 settings I always change first
When you set up a new iPhone, iOS prompts you about some preferences for customizing certain things, such as the theme, access to location services, and Siri. Still, there are a lot of hidden features…
You’ve been targeted by government spyware. Now what?
It was a normal day when Jay Gibson got an unexpected notification on his iPhone. “Apple detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone,” the message read. Ironically, Gibson used to work at companies…
27 Malicious npm Packages Used as Phishing Infrastructure to Steal Login Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what has been described as a “sustained and targeted” spear-phishing campaign that has published over two dozen packages to the npm registry to facilitate credential theft. The activity, which…
MongoDB Vulnerability CVE-2025-14847 Under Active Exploitation Worldwide
Dec 29, 2026Ravie LakshmananDatabase Security / Vulnerability A recently disclosed security vulnerability in MongoDB has come under active exploitation in the wild, with over 87,000 potentially susceptible instances identified across the world. The vulnerability in…
Traditional Security Frameworks Leave Organizations Exposed to AI-Specific Attack Vectors
In December 2024, the popular Ultralytics AI library was compromised, installing malicious code that hijacked system resources for cryptocurrency mining. In August 2025, malicious Nx packages leaked 2,349 GitHub, cloud, and AI credentials. Throughout 2024,…
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for “super premium” customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos
When Kevin Hartz’s security system failed to alert him as an intruder rang his doorbell and tried to enter his San Francisco home late one night, the serial entrepreneur decided existing solutions weren’t good enough.…