A Hacker Found a Way to Take Over Any Apple Webcam

The Safari vulnerabilities have been patched, but they would have given an alarming amount of access...

Twitter Now Has Better Two-Factor Authentication, So Use It

A hacking bounty, right to repair, and more of the week's top security news...

Inside Olympic Destroyer, the Most Deceptive Hack in History

The untold story of how digital detectives unraveled the mystery of Olympic Destroyer—and why the next big cyberattack will be even harder to crack...

What Is Cyberwar? The Complete WIRED Guide

The threat of cyberwar looms over the future: a new dimension of conflict capable of leapfrogging borders and teleporting the chaos of war to civilians thousands of miles beyond its front...

Watch a Drone Take Over a Nearby Smart TV

Smart TVs continue to look dumber by the day...

Cloudflare Ditches 8chan. What Happens Now?

In an interview with WIRED, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince explains his decision to stop protecting 8chan—and where the notorious forum goes from here...

Facebook Won't Stop Being Sketchy, and More Security News This Week

Plus: Mar-a-Lago mishaps, Airbnb's creepy camera problem, tax-season phishing scams, and more...

Third-Party Apps Exposed Over 540 Million Facebook Records

A cybersecurity firm found that two different third-party Facebook apps left millions of records about users sitting unprotected on Amazon’s servers...

HTTPS Isn't Always as Secure as It Seems

A surprising number of high-traffic sites have TLS vulnerabilities that are subtle enough for the green padlock to still appear...

On the Trail of the Robocall King

An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions...

Security Isn't Enough. Silicon Valley Needs 'Abusability' Testing

Former FTC chief technologist Ashkan Soltani argues it's time for Silicon Valley companies to formalize and test not just their products' security, but its "abusability."...

Tor Is Easier Than Ever. Time to Give It a Try

Been curious about Tor but worried it's too complicated to use? Good news: The anonymity service is more accessible than ever...

Russian Hackers Haven't Stopped Probing the US Power Grid

Researchers warn that utilities hackers don't need to cause blackouts to do damage...

Machine Learning Can Create Fake ‘Master Key’ Fingerprints

Researchers have refined a technique to create so-called DeepMasterPrints: fake fingerprints designed to get past security...

Sue Gordon: Silicon Valley Should Work With the Government

In an expansive on-the-record interview with WIRED, the principal deputy director of national intelligence made her pitch for public-private partnerships...

Anduril Wants to Own the Future of War Tech. Mishaps, Delays, and Challenges Abound

From drones to missiles to submarines, the $30.5 billion defense startup wants to transform how the tools of war are made. It’s not all going as planned...

This Algorithm Could Ruin Your Life

A system used by the Dutch city of Rotterdam ranked people based on their risk of fraud. The results were troubling...

The Safest Way to Store and Share Your Nudes

Listen, if you’re going to take them, follow these precautions so they don’t go anywhere you don’t intend them to...

VPN Hacks Are a Slow-Motion Disaster

Recent spying attacks against Pulse Secure VPN are just the latest example of a long-simmering cybersecurity meltdown...

McAfee Is Indicted for Altcoin Pump-and-Dumps and ICO Schemes

The 75-year-old antivirus entrepreneur faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted...

A Billion-Dollar Dark Web Crime Lord Calls It Quits

The “big hack” redux, riot planning on Facebook, and more of the week’s top security news...

Zoom Security Gets a Boost With Keybase Acquisition

Plus: A GoDaddy breach, a ransomware attack, and more of the week's top security news...

The Doomsday Clock Moves Closer Than Ever to Midnight

Since the advent of the clock—even during the peak years of the Cold War—the minute hand has never advanced past the 11:58 mark...

WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why Privacy Matters

The cofounder of the messaging service and the current chair of the Signal Foundation talks about the proliferation of end-to-end encryption in personal communications...

Shh! No Hacking the Census in the Library

Opinion: Millions of folks filling out the 2020 Census on public library computers also are putting themselves at risk...

A Huge Ransomware Attack Messes With Texas

A coordinated strike against 23 local governments is called the largest such hack from a single source...

A Boeing Code Leak Exposes Security Flaws Deep in a 787's Guts

One researcher's discovery suggests troubling oversights in Boeing's cybersecurity...

Guardian Firewall iOS App Automatically Blocks the Trackers on Your Phone

The Guardian Firewall app gives iOS users a reprieve from the scourge of online trackers...

Google Will Replace Titan Security Key Over a Bluetooth Flaw

Google will replace any Titan BLE branded security key, after disclosing that a nearby attacker could use it to compromise your accounts...

Hacker Eva Galperin Has a Plan to Eradicate Stalkerware

Galperin has already convinced Kaspersky to flag domestic abuse spyware as malware. She expects more to follow...

US Hackers' Strike on Russian Trolls Sends a Message—but What Kind?

US Cyber Command's takedown of the Internet Research Agency's network may be more about signaling than immediate effects...

What Happens If Russia Cuts Itself Off From the Internet

State media has reported that Russia will attempt to disconnect from the global internet this spring. That's going to be tricky...

Using Airport and Hotel Wi-Fi Is Much Safer Than It Used to Be

You were right not to trust hotel and airport Wi-Fi a few years ago. But these days, it's probably fine...

A DJI Bug Exposed Drone Photos and User Data

Researchers found that they could compromise DJI's single sign-on tokens, similar to the issue behind Facebook's massive breach this September...

The Collateral Damage of Trump's Extreme Declassifications

Trump has the legal right to make public whatever documents he chooses. But he's going to cause untold damage in the process...

A Graphic Hamas Video Donald Trump Jr. Shared on X Is Actually Real, Research Confirms

A video posted by Donald Trump Jr. showing Hamas militants attacking Israelis was falsely flagged in a Community Note as being years old, thus making X's disinformation problem worse, not better...

Microsoft Keeps Failing to Patch a Critical Windows Bug

For the second time in a month, the company issued an update that doesn't fully address a severe security vulnerability in Windows...

All the New Privacy Features Coming to iOS and macOS

Improvements designed to keep your email private, crack down on data stealing apps, and help you find lost devices are on their way...

Blurred Satellite Images Make Rebuilding Palestine Harder

Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise...

Apple Fixes One of the iPhone's Most Pressing Security Risks

By hardening iMessage in iOS 14, the company has effectively cut off what had been an increasingly popular line of attack...

A ‘Bulletproof’ Criminal VPN Was Taken Down in a Global Sting

Plus: Dozens of reporters get hit by an iMessage exploit, continued fallout from the SolarWinds hack, and more of the week’s top security news...

7 Cybersecurity Threats That Can Sneak Up on You

From rogue USB sticks to Chrome extensions gone wild, here is a quick guide to some basic risks you should look out for...

Trump Still Doesn't Believe Russia Hacked the 2016 Election

Trump has publicly played down Russia’s role in the 2016 election. But even privately, he trusts conspiracy theories more than US intelligence agencies...

Trump’s Ukraine Mess Feels a Little Too Familiar

The unfolding drama ties two key threads of the Trump era: foreign interference in US elections and the president's distrust of his own intel agencies...

Edward Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower

Book excerpt: As a systems administrator, the young man who would expose vast, secret US surveillance saw freedom being encroached and decided he had to act...

You Can Jailbreak Your iPhone Again (But Maybe You Shouldn’t)

Apple reintroduced a previously fixed bug in iOS 12.4, which has led to a jailbreak revival...

The CIA Sets Up Shop on Tor, the Anonymous Internet

Even the Central Intelligence Agency has a so-called onion service now...

Putin Will Put Russia Behind an Internet Curtain

Hacking big companies, building a better voting machine, and more security news this week...

John Deere Just Cost Farmers Their Right to Repair

The California Farm Bureau has given away the right of farmers to fix their equipment without going through a dealer...

Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments

Plus: Apple sends out an “unprecedented” number of spyware warnings, Ukraine hits a Russian ecommerce giant with cyber and drone attacks, and more...