Zack Whittaker

ClickFix attacks are increasingly devious, dangerous, and can hack you in an instant A raft of devious malware campaigns that trick unsuspecting victims into essentially hacking themselves have flooded the internet of late. These campaigns are commonly ca... See more

Apple nuking a customer's account over a bad gift card is a warning for everyone Paris Buttfield-Addison with an absolute horror story: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire A... See more

I've investigated 'stalkerware' for five years. Here's what I've learned If there's one thing from my nearly-two decades in journalism I still think about with the everlasting hatred that burns with the heat of a thousand suns, it's "stalkerware." We've s... See more

How much do you want to bet that the proliferation of Kalshi is going to make everyone’s lives a little worse? Earlier today, the “prediction market” platform that allows people to “trade contracts” on future events in a way that is somehow legally distin... See more

Banning TP-Link won't save America from its own terrible cybersecurity Excellent reporting by Joseph Menn at The Washington Post ($): More than a half-dozen federal departments and agencies backed a proposal to ban future sales of the most popular home ro... See more