Vilius Petkauskas

Vilius Petkauskas

Deputy Editor

Vilius Petkauskas is the deputy editor at Cybernews, covering information security, data breaches, ransomware, and cybercrime. With 13 years of journalism experience, he specializes in investigating large-scale data breaches and explaining how cybercriminals operate. Before joining Cybernews, Vilius worked as an economics and politics journalist at IQ magazine and as a journalist and fact-checker at 15min.lt. His work has been cited by Forbes, Fox, Time, and the Guardian.

Brad Smith — NEWS

The most potent threats to democracy are cyber threats - the president of Microsoft

21 January 2021

elecricity wires — EDITORIAL

NSFW: tech support workers share their oddest job experiences

15 January 2021

Traveler taking a picture of a police — PRIVACY

An unintended consequence: can deepfakes kill video evidence?

14 January 2021

White House blocks Trump attempt — NEWS

70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

11 January 2021

Excerpt from a deepfake based satirical show “Sassy Justice” — PRIVACY

Kill, laugh, love: what should we do with deepfakes?

07 January 2021

Man repairing power lines — NEWS

Outgoing FCC chairman hopes US remains ‘bullish’ on space innovation, 5G

07 January 2021

Copy — SECURITY

How do you fight cybercriminals? Think like one

03 January 2021

Security breach warning on monitor — SECURITY

Cyber threats 2021: WFH security flaws and (of course) ransomware

28 December 2020

Human in ghost costume sitting — PRIVACY

Ghostwriter campaign: how my name was stolen for an information operation

21 December 2020