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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...
It's Time to Outsource Your Passwords to an App
Your brain has better things to do than store secure passwords. Get a dedicated password manager to keep your login data synced and secure across all devices...
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...
The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware
An attack has crippled the company’s operations—and cut off a large portion of the East Coast’s fuel supply—in an ominous development for critical infrastructure...
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...
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...
The FTC Cracks Down on Bot-Wielding Ticket Scalpers
Plus: A security company creeper, Biden’s cyberteam, and the rest of this week’s security news...
Russia's SolarWinds Hack Is a Historic Mess
All the most important stories about the biggest hack in years...
What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?
As the Signal protocol becomes the industry standard, it's worth understanding what sets it apart from other forms of end-to-end encrypted messaging...
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 to Share Your Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Spotify Accounts the Safe Way
Be generous, but also be careful...
How Trump Hollowed Out US National Security
Acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell is just the latest in a cascade of temporary or vacant personnel in critical government positions...
5G Is More Secure Than 4G and 3G—Except When It’s Not
The next-generation wireless networks make it harder to track and spoof users, but security holes remain because devices still connect to older networks...
Hackers Find Ways Around a Years-Old Microsoft Outlook Fix
Microsoft patched a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook in 2017. It hasn't slowed hackers down...
Can License Plate Readers Really Reduce Crime?
Flock Safety boasts that its cameras caused a dramatic drop in crime in one Georgia county, but experts say it's not so simple...
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 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...
A Peek Into the Toolkit of the Dangerous 'Triton' Hackers
Security firm FireEye is naming a collection of tools it says might help identify more of the digital saboteurs' intrusions...
Firefox Send Is an Easy Way to Share Large Files Securely
Mozilla has made public an encrypted file-sharing service with a self-destruct twist...
The US Is the Only Country Where There Are More Guns Than People
The US has the worst rate of gun violence among all developed countries, and still we fail to regulate...
The Mysterious Return of Years-Old APT1 Malware
Security researchers have discovered a new instance code associated with APT1, a notorious Chinese hacking group that disappeared in 2013...
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...
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...
Europe Makes the Case to Ban Biometric Surveillance
Companies are racing to track everything about you. It could be a convenient way to reduce fraud—or seriously creepy and discriminatory...
The Opportunities—and Obstacles—for Women at NSA and Cyber Command
WIRED spoke with three women working in cybersecurity in the US intelligence community about the progress of recent years and the work that remains...
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...
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.”...
Researchers Found 55 Flaws in Apple's Corporate Network
The company has patched the vulnerabilities and paid the team of white-hat hackers $288,000...
A Tesla Employee Thwarted an Alleged Ransomware Plot
Elon Musk confirmed Thursday night that a ransomware gang had approached a Gigafactory employee with alleged promises of a big payout...
How to Set Your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to Control Who Sees What
Pick who sees your tweets, posts, and stories—and choose what you want to see, too...
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...
WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN
The virtual private network software from security researcher Jason Donenfeld wins fans with its simplicity and ease of auditing...
DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Encrypt More Sites You Visit
If a site offers HTTPS, DuckDuckGo's Smarter Encryption will take you there...
As 5G Rolls Out, Troubling New Security Flaws Emerge
Researchers have identified 11 new vulnerabilities in 5G—with time running out to fix them...
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...
Hidden Algorithm Flaws Expose Websites to DoS Attacks
Why throw a bunch of junk traffic at a service, when all it takes to stall it out is just a few bytes?...
A Mysterious Hacker Group Is On a Supply Chain Hijacking Spree
A group of likely Chinese hackers has poisoned the software of at least six companies in just the last three years...
William Barr Sends Troubling Signals Ahead of Mueller Report Release
Attorney general William Barr will have tremendous sway over how much of the Mueller report the public can see. Right now, it doesn't look promising...
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...
How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity
Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable. Then a grad student named Sarah Meiklejohn proved them all wrong—and set the stage for a decade-long crackdown...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone's Encryption
New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools...