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Google Enlists Outside Help to Clean Up Android's Malware Mess
The newly formed App Defense Alliance will try to solve a malware problem that has bedeviled the Play Store since inception...
Mysterious Hackers Hid Their Swiss Army Spyware for 5 Years
The TajMahal spyware includes more than 80 distinct spy tools, and went undetected for five years...
How to Check Your Computer for Hacked Asus Software Update
Hackers compromised Asus’s Live Update tool to distribute malware to almost 1 million people. Here’s how to see if your computer has it...
Russia's IRA Targeted Black Americans, Exploiting Racial Tensions
A new report documents how the Internet Research Agency had a much more sustained, deliberate focus on black Americans...
How Instagram Became the Russian IRA's Go-To Social Network
A Senate report finds that Russia's Internet Research Agency was far more active, and more successful, on Instagram in 2017 than on Facebook or Twitter...
The Facebook Hack Is an Internet-Wide Failure
Major sites using Facebook's Single Sign-On don't implement basic security features, potentially making the fallout of last week's hack much worse...
The Internet’s Biggest-Ever Black Market Just Shut Down Amid a Telegram Purge
Following a WIRED inquiry, Telegram banned thousands of accounts used for crypto-scam money laundering, including those of Haowang Guarantee, a black market that enabled over $27 billion in transactions...
A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing
Carriers know where you are every time your phone reconnects to the cell network—but with Pretty Good Phone Privacy, they wouldn’t have to...
How Amazon Sidewalk Works—and Why You May Want to Turn It Off
The premise is convenient. But the ecommerce giant’s record on privacy isn't exactly inspiring...
How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme
The company’s ex-vice president of IT faces 20 years in prison for creating a pay-to-play environment with technology vendors...
Trump’s Worst, Most Bizarre Statements About ‘the Cyber’
Over the course of his presidency, he managed to be consistently wrong, outrageous, and dangerous in equal measure. We look back at his most notorious remarks...
Secret Service Investigates 700 Cases of Covid Relief Fraud
Ransomware as a service, exposed SMS photos, and more of the week's top security news...
This $350 "Anti-5G" Device Is Apparently Just a USB Stick
Plus: A LiveJournal hack, Qatar's contact-tracing privacy failure, and more of the week's top security news...
The DHS Prepares for Attacks Fueled by 5G Conspiracy Theories
The claim that 5G can spread the coronavirus has led to dozens of cell-tower burnings in Europe. Now, the US telecom industry is on alert as well...
What Is Fleeceware, and How Can You Protect Yourself?
Sneaky developers are charging big bucks for basic apps. Here's how to spot a scam in sheep's clothing...
Opinion: Websites Ask for Permissions And Attack Forgiveness
Web pages are increasingly powerful—asking for notifications, webcam access, or location—but this great power comes with great vulnerabilities...
A Brief History of Russian Hackers' Evolving False Flags
Most hackers know how to cover their tracks. But Russia’s elite groups are working at a whole other level...
How Hackers Broke WhatsApp With Just a Phone Call
All it took to compromise a smartphone was a single phone call over WhatsApp. The user didn't even have to pick up the phone...
Mastercard Wades Into Murky Waters With Its New Digital ID
The credit card company has more details about its plan for a decentralized, universal digital ID, but questions remain...
Why Google Internet Traffic Rerouted Through China and Russia
For two hours Monday, Google internet traffic rerouted through China, Russia, and elsewhere. Here's why...
Signal's "Sealed Sender" Is a Clever New Way to Shield Your Identity
"Sealed sender" gives the leading encrypted messaging app an important boost, hiding metadata around who sent a given message...
Paper and the Case for Going Low-Tech in the Voting Booth
When considered as a form of tech, paper has a killer feature set: It’s intuitive, it doesn’t crash, and it doesn’t need a power source...
A Trove of Facebook Data Is a Spammer's Dream and Your Nightmare
A new report suggests that spammers, not nation states, may have been behind the Facebook hack. That could be even worse news...
Why Supply Chain Hacks Are a Cybersecurity Worse Case Scenario
A blockbuster report from Bloomberg says that China has compromised servers used by major US companies. It's a problem that experts have long feared, and still don't know how to resolve...
The Facebook Security Meltdown Exposes Way More Sites Than Facebook
The social networking giant confirmed Friday that sites you use Facebook to login to could have been accessed as a result of its massive breach...
The Kaseya Ransomware Nightmare Is Almost Over
A decryption tool has emerged, meaning any victims whose systems remain locked up can soon breathe easy...
Amazon Echo Dots Store a Wealth of Data—Even After a Reset
Thinking about selling your smart speaker? Be aware that you can't completely delete personal content from the device...
All the Ways Amazon Tracks You—and How to Stop It
The retail empire is obsessed with your data. But is the convenience worth your personal information?...
Myanmar’s Internet Shutdown Is an Act of ‘Vast Self-Harm’
On Friday the military junta shut off connectivity across the country. There’s no sign of when it will return...
Biden Has to Walk a Fine Line When Fighting Disinformation
The president pledged to defend the truth, but how far can he go without impinging Americans’ rights or undermining his cause?...
It’s Time to Stop Sharing Your Passwords With Your Partner
Go ahead, give them the keys to your heart—but anything more could make a cybersecurity mess...
Zoom Upgrades Encryption Keys to What It Promised All Along
Plus: Facebook data on the dark web, Nintendo accounts keep getting hacked, and more of the week's top security news...
How to Share Files Securely Online: Dropbox, Firefox Send, and More
There's no shortage of options for sharing documents and more with friends, family, and colleagues. These are your best bets...
Dashlane's Super Bowl Ad Proves Password Managers Have Arrived
A company you’ve never heard of is spending millions of dollars to let you know it can make your online life easier...
Russia Takes a Big Step Toward Internet Isolation
Russia can't cut its internet off from the rest of the world yet. But a recent test foreshadowed more censorship and repression to come...
Creditors Seek to Exhume the Body of a Dead Crypto Executive
Gerry Cotten took at least $137 million to the grave when he died without giving anyone the password to his encrypted laptop...
Burglars Really Do Use Bluetooth Scanners to Find Laptops and Phones
Bluetooth scanners are readily available and easy to use—which means that smash-and-grab car break-in might not have been pure chance...
Russia Fails to Stop Alleged Hacker From Facing US Charges
The repercussions over custody and extradition of Aleksei Burkov have set off a geopolitical maelstrom...
Russian Hackers Are Still Targeting the Olympics
Fancy Bear has attacked 16 anti-doping agencies around the world, indicating that its Olympics grudge is far from over...
Blind Spots in AI Just Might Help Protect Your Privacy
Researchers have found a potential silver lining in so-called adversarial examples, using it to shield sensitive data from snoops...
281 Alleged Email Scammers Arrested in Massive Global Sweep
The most sweeping takedown yet of so-called BEC scammers involved arrests in nearly a dozen countries...
The Fight Against Robocalls Gets Powerful New Allies
All the state attorneys general, along with 12 major companies, promise to finally make serious moves against robocalls...
The Strange Journey of an NSA Zero-Day—Into Multiple Enemies' Hands
How a "secret" hackable bug found by the NSA was used over by Chinese, North Korean, and Russian hackers to wreak havoc...
Russian Hackers Go From Foothold to Full-On Breach in 19 Minutes
A new ranking of nation-state hacker speed puts Russia on top by a span of hours...
The Mirai Botnet Architects Are Now Fighting Crime With the FBI
In 2016, three friends created a botnet that nearly broke the internet. Now, they're helping the feds catch cybercriminals of all stripes...
The AI Era Is Creating a Bug-Hunting Arms Race
As attackers ramp up their AI exploit development, the search for software vulnerabilities is changing rapidly...
AI Wrote Better Phishing Emails Than Humans in a Recent Test
Researchers found that tools like OpenAI's GPT-3 helped craft devilishly effective spearphishing messages...
All the Ways Spotify Tracks You—and How to Stop It
Whether you're listening to workout music or a "cooking dinner" playlist, the app can show you ads based on your mood and what you're doing right now...
Apple Bent the Rules for Russia. Other Nations Will Take Note
Russian iPhone buyers will soon be prompted to install software developed in that country, setting a precedent that other authoritarian governments may follow...
Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data
The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70 GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists...