The Best Articles in Cybersecurity

The most useful articles and videos in Cybersecurity from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.

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Top 5 Cybersecurity Articles

At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Cybersecurity by Refind users in 2023 so far.

  1. American Phone-Tracking Firm Demo’d Surveillance Powers by Spying on CIA and NSA
  2. On the trail of the Dark Avenger: the most dangerous virus writer in the world
  3. How to Check Your Devices for Stalkerware
  4. AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack
  5. Three ways AI chatbots are a security disaster

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Short Articles

Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Cybersecurity—all under 10 minutes.

Long Articles

These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Cybersecurity.

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Thought Leaders

We monitor hundreds of thought leaders, influencers, and newsletters in Cybersecurity, including:

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Troy Hunt

Creator of @haveibeenpwned. Microsoft Regional Director. Pluralsight author. Online security, technology and “The Cloud”. Australian.

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Jane Manchun Wong

the real hidden features are the friends we made along the way.forbes 30u30.🇭🇰×🇯🇵

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McKinsey & Company

Since 1926, the trusted advisor to the world's leading businesses, governments, and institutions. 130+ offices in 65+ countries.

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Threatpost

Threatpost is the first stop for fast-breaking security news, conversations and analysis from around the world.

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OneZero

The undercurrents of the future. The OneZero team at @Medium publishes stories about tech and science from Debugger, Future Human, and our namesake publication.

Publications

We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Cybersecurity, including:

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ZDNET

Tomorrow belongs to those who embrace it today.

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Quanta Magazine

Big ideas in science and math. Because you want to know more. Launched by @SimonsFdn. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. http://quantamagazine.org

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Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow empowers the world to develop technology through collective knowledge.

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The Intercept

Fearless, adversarial journalism. Join our newsletter to get our best investigative reporting delivered to you: http://interc.pt/newsletter

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The Hacker News

#1 Most trusted publication for breaking cybersecurity and hacking news, insights, and analysis for information security professionals.

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