Wall Street Journal

HHS Launches Crackdown Using AI to Detect Medicaid Fraud and Waste

WASHINGTON—The Department of Health and Human Services has found a new lever to cut off billions in federal funding that it believes is wasteful or potentially fraudulent, a move that could affect ...
People

Woman with No Right Hand Was Ticketed for Using Phone with Her Right Hand — Now She's Speaking Out After the Citation Was Dismissed

A Florida deputy dismissed the citation months later due to "lack of evidence" Getty Florida influencer Katie went viral after receiving a distracted driving citation for using her right hand to hold ...
VentureBeat

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed on May 20 that a poisoned VS Code extension installed on an employee’s device gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories at the Microsoft-owned code storage and ...
CNET

I Tested the Trump Phone for 96 Hours. Here's What It's Really Like

The Trump phone finally arrived at CNET's office in San Francisco last week, almost a year after its announcement and nine months after its planned launch. Trump Mobile debuted in June 2025 with a $47 ...
TechCrunch

Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses

Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it was exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order identifiers to the open internet. Chris Walker, a ...
https//fedtechmagazine.com

For the FBI, the Smartphone Is the Security Edge

FBI Mobility Program Office Unit Chief David Waters explained why the bureau treats the smartphone — not the data center — as the practical security perimeter for agents working “anytime, anywhere.” ...
TechCrunch

These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware

Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp notified roughly 90 users — many of them journalists and civil ...
Android

Android 17 is Getting New Security Shields Against Scam & Malware, Improved Privacy Controls

Google has detailed its 2026 security roadmap, highlighting Android 17’s focus on AI-driven protection. Key upgrades include verified financial calls to prevent spoofing, biometric-enhanced theft ...
Newsweek

Social Security Change Could Cut Benefits for 400,000 Americans

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A proposed rule change from the Social Security Administration (SSA) ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

GitHub Confirms Breach of Internal Repositories Via Malicious VS Code Extension

The Microsoft-owed software developer platform, GitHub, has confirmed a third-party has gained unauthorized access to 3800 internal repositories. The breach was detected on May 19 and likely comes ...
VentureBeat

Protect your enterprise now from the Shai-Hulud worm and npm vulnerability in 6 actionable steps

Any development environment that installed or imported one of the 172 compromised npm or PyPI packages published since May 11 should be treated as potentially compromised. On affected developer ...