I am not a robot: ClickFix used to deploy StealC and Qilin
The fake human verification process led to infostealer and ransomware infections
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Why Are We Obsessed With Aliens?
The past few years have been very exciting for those who want to believe. The U.S. government has released tantalizing videos and held several gripping hearings showing and discussing UFOs. People who always thought the government was hiding evidence of alien life from the general population saw it as proof that what they’ve said was…
Game of clones: Sophos and the MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise 2025 Evaluations
Winter is coming – so it must be time for Sophos X-Ops’ report on this year’s MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Evaluations
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech
This article is a partnership between Reveal and 404 Media. Jesus Gutiérrez, 23, was walking home one morning from a Chicago gym when he noticed a gray Cadillac SUV with no license plates. He kept walking, shrugging it off. Then the car pulled over and two men got out. The federal immigration officials told him…
Behind the Blog: Is This Headline ‘Clickbait’?
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss conversational AI, a behind the scenes of the zine, and more. EMANUEL: I made the terrible mistake of looking at some Hacker News comments this week for…
A big finish to 2025 in December’s Patch Tuesday
A month with no Critical-severity Windows bugs is overshadowed by a mass of Mariner mop-up
Sophos achieves its best-ever results in the MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise 2025 Evaluation
A major milestone: Sophos XDR delivers 100% detection coverage in the latest ATT&CK Evaluation.
Podcast: Zines Are Back
We start this week with news of our zine! We’re printing it very soon, and walk you through the process. Independent media is turning back to physical zines as a way to subvert algorithms. After the break, Emanuel tells us about some very weird Instagram changes. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains ICEBlock’s lawsuit against…
Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It
A man in Atlanta has been arrested and charged for allegedly deleting data from a Google Pixel phone before a member of a secretive Customs and Border Protection (CBP) unit was able to search it, according to court records and social media posts reviewed by 404 Media. The man, Samuel Tunick, is described as a…
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
On a recent immigration raid, a Border Patrol agent wore a pair of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, with the privacy light clearly on signaling he was recording the encounter, which agents are not permitted to do, according to photos and videos of the incident shared with 404 Media. Previously when 404 Media covered Customs and…