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How the Feds Failed to Track Thousands of Separated Children
Ad hoc systems and haphazard databases made the Trump administration’s cruel border separation policies somehow even worse...
It Started as an Online Gaming Prank. Then It Turned Deadly
A $1.50 wager on a "Call of Duty" match led to a fake 911 call reporting a violent hostage situation in Wichita. Here’s how it all went horribly awry...
How the HTC Exodus Blockchain Phone Plans to Secure Your Cryptocurrency
HTC starts filling in the details of its so-called blockchain smartphone, expected to launch later this year...
Why the Password Isn't Dead Quite Yet
Everyone hates the old ways of authentication. But while change is closer than ever, it comes with its own drawbacks...
What Really Caused Facebook's 500M-User Data Leak?
The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers...
The Woman Bulldozing Video Games’ Toughest DRM
For Empress, cracking titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Immortals Fenyx Rising is more than a pastime. It's a mission...
2034, Part IV: The Spratly Islands Ambush
“In a thousand years America won’t be remembered as a country, but simply as a fleeting moment.”...
Russia's SolarWinds Hack Is a Historic Mess
All the most important stories about the biggest hack in years...
Amazon's Latest Gimmicks Are Pushing the Limits of Privacy
Privacy advocates warn that the Ring Always Home Cam and Amazon One both normalize aggressive new forms of data collection...
Thousands of Android Apps Are Silently Accessing Your Data
More than 4,000 Google Play apps let developers and advertisers collect a list of the user's other installed apps, no permission needed...
How Surveillance Could Save Lives Amid a Public Health Crisis
Smartphones could be a powerful weapon against the novel coronavirus. But tracking people's movements would offend many Americans' sense of privacy...
WhatsApp's Case Against NSO Group Hinges on a Tricky Legal Argument
The Facebook-owned messaging company is taking on a notorious malware vendor in what could be an uphill battle...
How a Bitcoin Trail Led to a Massive Dark Web Child-Porn Site Takedown
Federal investigators focused not on offensive hacking efforts or surveilling communications, but on the transactions using cryptocurrency...
The Perils of Distracted Fighting
Opinion: Without proper guidelines, smartphones on the battlefield may kill more soldiers than they save...
A Controversial Plan to Encrypt More of the Internet
The road to routing all Domain Name System lookups through HTTPS is pocked with disagreements over just how much it will help...
Artificial Intelligence May Not 'Hallucinate' After All
What makes an algorithm mistake a helicopter for a gun? Researchers think the answer has to do more with man than machine...
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...
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...
It’s Time to End the NSA’s Metadata Collection Program
Opinion: Congress needs to pull the plug and end the authority for the CDR program...
Inside Registered Agents Inc., the Shadowy Firm Pushing the Limits of Business Privacy
Registered Agents Inc. has for years allowed businesses to register under a cloak of anonymity. A WIRED investigation reveals that its secretive founder has taken the practice to an extreme...
The Shapeshifting Cam Girl Rewriting the Rules of Porn
Face-morphing adult content creator Coconut Kitty is ushering in the unsettling future of the medium, one where nothing is as it seems...
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?...
China Hijacked an NSA Hacking Tool—and Used It for Years
The hackers used the agency’s EpMe exploit to attack Windows devices years before the Shadow Brokers leaked the agency’s zero-day arsenal online...
Sites Have a Sneaky New Way to Track You Across the Web
Plus: A LastPass rate change, Clubhouse concerns, and more of the week's top security news...
The Unsinkable Maddie Stone, Google’s Bug-Hunting Badass
The Project Zero reverse engineer shuts down some of the world's most dangerous exploits—along with antiquated hacker stereotypes...
Don't Be Fooled by Covid-19 Contact-Tracing Scams
Fraudsters have found yet another way to take advantage of the pandemic...
Thunderbolt Flaws Expose Millions of PCs to Hands-On Hacking
The so-called Thunderspy attack takes less than five minutes to pull off with physical access to a device, and it affects any PC manufactured before 2019...
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...
So Wait, How Encrypted Are Zoom Meetings Really?
The service's mixed messages have frustrated cryptographers, as the US government and other sensitive organizations increasingly depend on it...
How a Hacker's Mom Broke Into a Prison—and the Warden's Computer
Security analyst John Strand had a contract to test a correctional facility’s defenses. He sent the best person for the job: his mother...
A Windows 10 Vulnerability Was Used to Rickroll the NSA and Github
A researcher demonstrated the attack less than a day after Microsoft disclosed one of the most critical Windows vulnerabilities ever...
The Ukraine Whistle-Blower Did Everything Right
The Trump administration's attacks on the whistle-blower aren't just baseless—they could have a corrosive long-term effect...
Google Wants to Help Tech Companies Know Less About You
By releasing its homegrown differential privacy tool, Google will make it easier for any company to boost its privacy bona fides...
Ransomware Hits Georgia Courts as Municipal Attacks Spread
Almost every month in 2019 so far has seen reports of a local government falling prey to ransomware, but this series of attacks belies an even broader threat...
How to Limit How Long Google Keeps Your Data
Google has a new feature that lets you delete your web and app activity after three months. Here's how to use it...
Microsoft Email Hack Shows the Lurking Danger of Customer Support
Hackers spent months with full access to Outlook, Hotmail, and MSN email accounts—and got in through Microsoft's customer support platform...
The Robocall Crisis Will Never Be Totally Fixed
Believe it or not, the robocall crisis has stabilized. But like email spam, it's never going to go away entirely...
The Xiaomi M365 Scooter Can Be Hacked to Speed Up or Stop
A hacker can accelerate Xiaomi M365 scooter—or hit the breaks—while a rider is on it...
How to Avoid Black Friday Scams Online
'Tis the season for swindlers and hackers. Use these tips to spot frauds and keep your payment info secure...
The Privacy Battle That Apple Isn’t Fighting
California has begun enforcing a browser-level privacy setting, but you still can’t find that option in Safari or iOS...
WhatsApp’s Fight With India Has Global Implications
The country’s “traceability” requirement would undermine the privacy of the encrypted messaging app’s users far beyond its borders...
Don’t Buy Into Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Pressure on iOS 14.5
The company tells Apple users that tracking helps keep those platforms “free of charge,” but opting out now doesn't mean paying up later...
A New Facebook Bug Exposes Millions of Email Addresses
A recently discovered vulnerability discloses user email addresses even when they’re set to private...
Russia May Have Found a New Way to Censor the Internet
In an attempt to silence Twitter, the Kremlin appears to have developed novel techniques to restrict online content...
Parler Says It’s Back
The platform was kicked off Amazon’s servers. Now it says it no longer relies on “Big Tech” for its infrastructure...
A Windows Defender Flaw Lurked Undetected for 12 Years
Microsoft has finally patched the bug in its antivirus program after researchers spotted it last fall...
2034, Part II: Blackout in Washington, DC
“So much was happening and yet they had no news. Everything had been compromised.”...
The OS Big Sur Launch Might Have Slowed Down Macs Everywhere
The issues affected users who didn't upgrade their software, and other Apple services too...
Spies Say Covid-19 Isn't Manmade
Plus: A malicious GIF, Android malware, and more of the week's top security news...
How to Share Your Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Spotify Accounts the Safe Way
Be generous, but also be careful...