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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...
A Huge Ransomware Attack Messes With Texas
A coordinated strike against 23 local governments is called the largest such hack from a single source...
Radiohead Gets ‘Hacked,’ a T-Mobile/Sprint Hiccup, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
Political Parties Still Have Cybersecurity Hygiene Problems
Three years after the DNC hack, a new report finds that political parties around the world have ongoing security flaws that leave them vulnerable to attack...
Trump’s Homeland Security Purge Worries Cybersecurity Experts
A leadership void at DHS means the White House is calling the shots where it wants to, cybersecurity experts warn, and other agencies can muscle in where it won’t...
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."...
Australia's Encryption-Busting Law Could Impact Global Privacy
Australia has passed a law that would require companies to weaken their encryption, a move that could reverberate globally...
A 'Scarily Simple' Bug Put Millions of Cox Communications Customers at Risk
The most straightforward insecurities can sometimes be the riskiest...
Free VPN Amnezia Helps Users Avoid Censorship in Russia
Amnezia, a free virtual private network, allows users to set up their own servers, making it harder for Moscow to block this portal to the outside world...
Facebook Had Years to Fix Flaw That Leaked 500M Users’ Data
Software makers can’t catch every bug every time, but Facebook had ample warning about the privacy problems with its “contact import” feature...
The Untold History of America’s Zero-Day Market
The lucrative business of dealing in code vulnerabilities is central to espionage and war planning, which is why brokers never spoke about it—until now...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Watch a Drone Take Over a Nearby Smart TV
Smart TVs continue to look dumber by the day...
A Boeing Code Leak Exposes Security Flaws Deep in a 787's Guts
One researcher's discovery suggests troubling oversights in Boeing's cybersecurity...
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...
The NSA Makes Ghidra, a Powerful Cybersecurity Tool, Open Source
No one's better at hacking than the NSA. And now one if its powerful tools is available to everyone for free...
Paul Manafort Is Bad at Basic Tech, From Passwords to PDFs
The former Trump campaign chair keeps getting in trouble thanks at least in part to subpar digital security...
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...
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...
The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in ‘Months,’ AI Giants Warn
Plus: Hackers target over 100 US water systems, ICE puts in an order for robot dogs, and you’ll never guess what “MrChildPorn” was arrested for...
What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out
Burst water mains. Evacuated hospitals. In a closed-door simulation, insurers played out their response to a mass disruption by China’s Volt Typhoon hackers—and found a nightmare scenario...
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...
What the Pentagon’s New UFO Report Reveals About Humankind
The document says less about the search for life in the universe, and more about our current cultural climate and distrust of expertise...
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...
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...
What Is a Supply Chain Attack?
From NotPetya to SolarWinds, it’s a problem that’s not going away any time soon...
5 Simple Ways to Make Your Gmail Inbox Safer
These built-in features definitely protect your data, but they can help keep your inbox tidy too...
Zoom Security Gets a Boost With Keybase Acquisition
Plus: A GoDaddy breach, a ransomware attack, and more of the week's top security news...
How Incognito Google Maps Protects You—and How It Doesn't
Turning on the new Incognito Mode in Google Maps won't make you as invisible as it might sound...
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...
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...
The CIA Sets Up Shop on Tor, the Anonymous Internet
Even the Central Intelligence Agency has a so-called onion service now...
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...
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...
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...
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 WannaCry Ransomware Has a Link to Suspected North Korean Hackers
A Google researcher has identified a telltale chunk of code shared between the ransomware and malware used by suspected DPRK hackers. The post The WannaCry Ransomware Has a Link to Suspected North Korean Hackers appeared first on WIRED...
A New System Is Helping Crack Down on Child Sex Abuse Images
There are 150 child sexual abuse laws around the world. Now, metadata is making it easier for countries to work together...
Blurred Satellite Images Make Rebuilding Palestine Harder
Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise...
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...
The SolarWinds Investigation Ramps Up
Plus: Covid-19 contact tracing privacy, a Nissan source code leak, and more of the week's top security news...
Clearview AI's Massive Client List Got Hacked
Clever malware, student surveillance, 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...
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...