CYBERSECURITY STARTUP CORELLIUM offered or sold its software to spyware and hacking-tool creators in multiple repressive countries, a WIRED investigation revealed this week. A previously unreported 507-page document, believed to have been prepared by Apple, details how Corellium offered a trial of its products to the controversial spyware firm NSO Group, to a cybersecurity company with ties to the UAE government, and to a firm in China that also has government links.

In response, Corellium, which makes phone-virtualization software that can help find security bugs in iOS and Android, published a blog post detailing how it now vets potential customers. As millions of people across the US celebrated Thanksgiving and attended parades, we looked at the US shortage of bomb-sniffing dogs. Experts say the pandemic has led to a drop in the supply of dogs in the country—85 to 90 percent of them come from overseas—and that the lack of trainer animals is fueling national security concerns. In other national security news, US lawmakers are calling for stricter rules on autonomous vehicles (AVs), which are able to gather reams of real-time data about their environment.

China is a chief concern. In a letter shared exclusively with WIRED, Republican congressman August Pfluger said, “AV technology has opened the door for a foreign nation to spy on American soil, as Chinese companies potentially transfer critical data to the People’s Republic of China.” We also looked at how hidden data stored in PDF files helped researchers reveal names that had been redacted. Court filings, national security files, and responses to Freedom of Information Act requests have all exposed such information in this way. And we heard the cautionary tale of how one person lost $17,000 in crypto—and how you can avoid the same fate.

Finally, we published part five of the series “The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin,” which chronicles the downfall of AlphaBay, the world’s largest dark-web marketplace. In this installment, investigators in Thailand swoop in on AlphaBay’s mastermind, Alexandre Cazes, and discover he had a fortune topping $20 million. But wait, there’s more! Each week, we highlight news we didn’t cover in-depth ourselves. Click on the headlines below to read the full stories. And stay safe out there.