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UN Secretary-General: US-China Tech Split Worse Than Cold War
In an interview with WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson, António Guterres says the world's next major conflict will start in cyberspace...
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...
Robert Mueller's Testimony: What Congress Needs to Know
Here’s what members of Congress should know before they question the former special counsel...
The FCC's Robocall Plan Sounds Awfully Familiar
FCC chairman Ajit Pai has proposed a set of rules to combat robocalls. Don't get your hopes up quite yet...
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...
Michael Cohen's Credibility Has Never Been More Certain
In his testimony before Congress Wednesday, Trump's former fixer gave the most convincing narrative yet about Trump's presidential run...
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...
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...
A Hacker May Have Deepfaked Trump’s Chief of Staff in a Phishing Campaign
Plus: An Iranian man pleads guilty to a Baltimore ransomware attack, Russia’s nuclear blueprints get leaked, a Texas sheriff uses license plate readers to track a woman who got an abortion, and more...
The Best Personal Safety Devices, Apps, and Wearables (2024)
Your smartphone or wearable could help you out in a truly dangerous situation. Here are some options to consider...
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...
ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality
The secret campaign, backed by major broadband companies, used real people’s names without their consent...
The Worst Hacks of 2020, a Surreal Pandemic Year
From ransomware schemes to supply chain attacks, this year melded classic hacks with extraordinary circumstances...
The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things
So-called lightweight encryption has its place. But some researchers argue that more manufacturers should stick with proven methods...
How Safari and iMessage Have Made iPhones Less Secure
Security researchers say iOS's security woes stem in part from Apple putting too much trust in its own software's code...
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...
Russia Is Going to Up Its Game for the 2020 Elections
"You don't need to change votes to cause chaos," Senator Mark Warner tells WIRED in an exclusive interview...
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...
Facebook Exposed Data Again, but This Viral Cat Can Save Lives
Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less...
There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology
Opinion: Cryptocurrencies are useless. Blockchain solutions are frequently much worse than the systems they replace. Here's why...
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...
An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals What People Really Used It For
An unsecured database used by a generative AI app revealed prompts and tens of thousands of explicit images—some of which are likely illegal. The company deleted its websites after WIRED reached out...
Microsoft Edge’s ‘Super Duper Secure Mode’ Does What It Says
Plus: Facebook account hacks, Instagram-ban scammers, and more of the week’s top security news...
What’s Google FLoC? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy?
There’s a battle raging over how advertisers can target us on the web—or whether they should be able to target us at all...
The Long Path out of the Vulnerability Disclosure Dark Ages
Letting a company know about flaws in their products has gotten easier since 2003—but not by much...
Don't Ignore Chrome's New Password Checkup Feature
It could help save you when the next big breach hits...
All the Ways Facebook Tracks You—and How to Limit It
If you have a Facebook account—and even if you don't—the company is going to collect data about you. But you can at least control how it gets used...
Uninstall ToTok, an Alleged Emirati Spy App, From Your Phone Now
A messaging app called ToTok had scores of positive reviews, particularly from users in the UAE. US intelligent officials say it may be spying for that government instead...
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...
Congress Still Doesn't Have an Answer for Ransomware
As data hijackers continue to target local governments and hospitals, legislators remain stymied over how best to address the problem...
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...
Radiohead Dropped 18 Hours of Unreleased Music to Screw Pirates
You can listen to the OK Computer–era tracks right here...
Mar-a-Lago's Security Problems Go Way Beyond a Thumb Drive
A Chinese woman was arrested for sneaking into Trump's "Winter White House," a reminder of how exposed the president's private club is to physical and cybersecurity risks...
The Evidence That Could Impeach Donald Trump
Nancy Pelosi’s comments about impeachment acknowledge a political reality: Nothing the Mueller probe has revealed so far has moved the GOP substantially...
Why It's So Hard to Restart Venezuela's Power Grid
Approaching a full week, Venezuela's national power outage shows just how hard it is to restart a grid from scratch...
9 Questions for Facebook After Zuckerberg’s Privacy Manifesto
On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision for a very different Facebook—with a lot of unknowns about how to get there...
Machine Learning Can Use Tweets to Automatically Spot Critical Security Flaws
Researchers built an AI engine that uses tweets to predict the severity of software vulnerabilities with 86 percent accuracy...
Cody Wilson Leaves Defense Distributed, But 3-D Printed Guns Roll On
Even after the DIY gunsmith's arrest on sexual assault charges, the fight for and against 3-D printed guns still rages...
How to Make Sure Your Browser Extensions Are Safe
As useful as all those add-ons can be, don't get complacent when it comes to making sure they're also secure...
The New iOS Update Lets You Stop Ads From Tracking You
Facebook and other advertisers fought the move, but App Tracking Transparency is finally here...
Hackers Hosed by Google Were a Counterterrorism Operation
Plus: Fox News gets sued for its election coverage again, a record ransomware attack, and more of the week’s top security news...
Chrome and Edge Want to Help Solve Your Password Problems
The line between browsers and password managers is blurring...
China and Iran Tried to Hack the Biden and Trump Campaigns
Plus: An iOS zero day, surveillance planes, and more of the week's top security news...
Ransomware Groups Promise Not to Hit Hospitals Amid Pandemic
Plus: iPhone cracking, credit card skimming, and more of the week's top security news...