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Putin Will Put Russia Behind an Internet Curtain
Hacking big companies, building a better voting machine, and more security news this week...
Email Scammers Ditch Wire Transfers for iTunes Gift Cards
Business email compromise attacks are increasingly targeting nonprofits, and bilking them for iTunes gift cards...
The US Didn’t Sign the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace
Corporations have taken the lead over nations on governing the internet: The initiative might not have counted the US as a signatory, but did include Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and others...
Why Cops Can Use Face ID to Unlock Your iPhone
For the first publicly documented time, law enforcement has used Face ID to forcibly unlock someone's iPhone. It won't be the last...
Private and Secure Web Search Engines: DuckDuckGo, Brave, Kagi, Startpage
What you look for online is up to you—just make sure no one else is taking a peek...
Phantom Warships Are Courting Chaos in Conflict Zones
The latest weapons in the global information war are fake vessels behaving badly...
Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good
Plus: A Peloton data leak, Russian hacker details, and more of the week’s top security news...
US Sanctions on Russia Rewrite Cyberespionage's Rules
The US has sent a loud message to Moscow—though what it's saying isn’t exactly clear...
How to Log In to Your Devices Without Passwords
You can use your face, fingerprint, or a wearable to get access to your gadgets. It saves you some typing—and makes you feel like a spy...
The Truth About North Korea’s Ultra-Lockdown Against Covid-19
The country has turned inward more than ever, leaving the true impact of the pandemic a mystery...
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...
How to Opt Out of the Sites That Sell Your Personal Data
It's much harder than it should be to get your name off of data broker and people-search sites, but it's possible...
Google DLP Makes It Easier to Safeguard Sensitive Data Troves
Google's Data Loss Prevention tool finds and redacts sensitive data in the cloud. A new user interface makes now makes it more broadly accessible...
Don’t Get Your Valentine an Internet-Connected Sex Toy
Mozilla expands its “Privacy Not Included” gift guide to the bedroom: It’s all sexy fun and games until someone hacks a WiFi-enabled butt plug...
New Scam Apps Take Advantage of iPhone Touch ID
Touch ID is seamless, which makes it great for unlocking your phone—and for App Store scammers...
DOJ Indicts 2 Iranian Hackers for Harmful SamSam Ransomware
A string of attacks hobbled the city of Atlanta, multiple hospitals, and more. The feds now think they know who did it...
Pentagon Weapons Systems Are Easy Cyberattack Targets, New Report Finds
A new report says the Department of Defense "likely has an entire generation of systems that were designed and built without adequately considering cybersecurity."...
How Russian Spies Infiltrated Hotel Wi-Fi to Hack Their Victims Up Close
A new indictment details how Russian agents camped outside hotels when remote hacking efforts weren't enough...
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...
What Is a Supply Chain Attack?
From NotPetya to SolarWinds, it’s a problem that’s not going away any time soon...
The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told
In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide. Here’s how it happened...
2034, Part I: Peril in the South China Sea
“We've got a ship in duress that hasn't sent out a distress signal. Something doesn't add up.”...
Flash Is Dead—but Not Gone
Zombie versions of Adobe’s troubled software can still cause problems in systems around the world...
The FBI Has Made Over 100 Arrests Related to the Capitol Riot
Plus: A dark web takedown, a bitcoin scam, and more of the week's top security news...
The Race Is On to Identify and Stop Inauguration Rioters
As tech companies scramble to tackle the extreme far-right, police and law enforcement are encasing Washington, DC, in a ring of steel...
The Law Comes for John McAfee
Plus: A buggy chastity lock, Iranian disinformation, and more of the week’s top security news...
Russia’s Cozy Bear Hackers Resurface With Clever New Tricks
Largely out of the spotlight since 2016, Cozy Bear hackers have been caught perpetrating a years-long campaign...
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...
China Attacks Hong Kong Protesters With Fake Social Posts
Twitter and Facebook say they’ve taken down misinformation campaigns from China that cast pro-democracy activists as ISIS members and cockroaches...
A Top Voting-Machine Firm Calls for Paper Ballots
The long-awaited shift from paperless ballots could make elections more secure...
A Hacking Spree, a Fight for Open Internet, and More News
Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less...
Dark Web Drug Seller Sinmed Goes Down—Thanks to ATM Withdrawals
Investigators from the New York district attorney's office stumbled across dark web drug vendor "sinmed" thanks to suspicious ATM transactions...
A New Breed of ATM Hackers Gets in Through a Bank’s Network
Innovations in digital payment system attack methods mean the rash of heists isn’t over...
When Facebook Goes Down, Don't Blame Hackers
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp spent several hours offline in many parts of the world today. Just don't call it a DDoS attack...
How Would NYC's Anti-AirDrop Dick Pic Law Even Work?
The bill's sponsors want cyber flashers to face the same consequences as their offline counterparts, but there are technical and legal hurdles...
Russia's Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear Hackers May Have New Phishing Tricks
Two new reports show an uptick in sophisticated phishing attacks originating from—where else—Russia...
Malware Has a New Way to Hide on Your Mac
By only checking a file's code signature when you install it—and never again—macOS gives malware a chance to evade detection indefinitely...
Hackers Can Stealthily Avoid Traps Set to Defend Amazon's Cloud
In the cat and mouse game of protecting cloud services, attackers find a sneaky advantage...
They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird
Stefan Thomas lost the password to an encrypted USB drive holding 7,002 bitcoins. One team of hackers believes they can unlock it—if they can get Thomas to let them...
Messaging Apps Have an Eavesdropping Problem
Vulnerabilities in Signal, Facebook Messenger, Google Duo, and more all point to a pervasive privacy issue...
Hackers Got Past Windows Hello by Tricking a Webcam
The security researchers used infrared photos and third-party hardware to best Microsoft’s facial-recognition tech...
Blurred Satellite Images Make Rebuilding Palestine Harder
Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise...
The Worst Hacks of 2020, a Surreal Pandemic Year
From ransomware schemes to supply chain attacks, this year melded classic hacks with extraordinary circumstances...
I Ditched Google for DuckDuckGo. Here's Why You Should Too
Once you realize most things you search for online are boring and obvious, you realize you don't really need Google in your life...
Kostya and Me: How Sam Patten Got Ensnared in Mueller’s Probe
A political consultant crosses paths with Konstantin Kilimnik, Paul Manafort, and Cambridge Analytica, then becomes part of the Russia investigation...
How AT&T Insiders Were Bribed to 'Unlock' Millions of Phones
One cybersecurity threat that’s proven difficult for wireless carriers to combat? Their own employees...
Robert Mueller's Testimony: What Congress Needs to Know
Here’s what members of Congress should know before they question the former special counsel...
Manafort and Cohen Sentencing Documents Put Donald Trump in Spotlight
The Mueller investigation has a long way to go, but the worst case scenario seems increasingly likely...