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Mysterious Hack Destroyed 600,000 Internet Routers
Plus: A whistleblower claims the Biden administration falsified a report on Gaza, “Operation Endgame” disrupts the botnet ecosystem, and more...
Microsoft Deploys Generative AI for US Spies
Plus: China is suspected in a hack targeting the UK’s military, the US Marines are testing gun-toting robotic dogs, and Dell suffers a data breach impacting 49 million customers...
DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers
Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service...
You Should Update Apple iOS and Google Chrome ASAP
Plus: Microsoft patches over 60 vulnerabilities, Mozilla fixes two Firefox zero-day bugs, Google patches 40 issues in Android, and more...
The T-Mobile Data Breach Is One You Can’t Ignore
Hackers claim to have obtained the data of 100 million people—including sensitive personal information...
Citizen's New Service Helps Paying Users Summon the Cops
The crime-tracking app is charging $20 per month to give subscribers access to their own virtual security service...
Hackers Stole a Ton of EA Data—Including Valuable Source Code
The video game publisher confirmed the breach, which could be a boon to the shadowy world of cheat-makers...
YouTube Has a Disturbingly Creepy Minecraft Problem
A WIRED investigation has found dozens of kid-focused videos with disturbing thumbnails that the platform serves up on the Topic pages of popular games...
Apple Offers Its Closest Look Yet at iOS and MacOS Security
In its latest Platform Security Guide, Cupertino raised the curtain on the critical features that protect against hackers...
How to Avoid Phishing Emails and Scams
It's is a bigger threat than ever. Here are some ways you can defend yourself...
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...
The Attack That Broke Twitter Is Hitting Dozens of Companies
“Phone spear phishing” attacks have been on the rise since a bitcoin scam took over the social media platform in July...
Google Chrome Is Getting a Bunch of New Privacy Features
The next version of the browser will be more secure than ever. Here’s what you need to know...
An Elite Spy Group Used 5 Zero-Days to Hack North Koreans
South Korea is a prime suspect for exploiting the secret software vulnerabilities in a sophisticated espionage campaign...
Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo or Google Home
By sending laser-powered “light commands” to a smart assistant, researchers could force it to unlock cars, open garage doors, and more...
New Clues Show How Russia’s Grid Hackers Aimed for Physical Destruction
A fresh look at the 2016 blackout in Ukraine suggests that the cyberattack behind it was intended to cause far more damage...
A Model Hospital Where the Devices Get Hacked—on Purpose
At this year's Defcon Medical Device Village, hackers will attack real medical devices at a pretend hospital...
Breaking Down the Julian Assange Hacking Case
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested, and now faces extradition to the United States. But not for leaking classified information...
Facebook or YouTube Down? What We All Do When Sites Crash
What happens when Instagram glitches or Slack stalls? Spoiler: We don’t log off—we just scurry off to different sometimes darker corners of the web...
A Small Google Chrome Change Stirs a Big Privacy Controversy
The latest update to Google's browser has riled privacy advocates by appearing to log people in without their explicit permission...
OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts
Researchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI browsers—and managed to get OpenAI’s Atlas to make an unauthorized Amazon purchase...
The Most Dangerous AI Hacking Techniques Still Have Humans in the Loop
Security researcher James Kettle tried to push the limit of AI’s hacking abilities—and discovered how effective it can be when combined with human expertise...
Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere
Analysis of satellite images of Myanmar shows dozens of alleged scam compounds have appeared in recent months, despite a purported crackdown on the criminal organizations...
The Internet Is Turning Into a Data Black Box. An ‘Inspectability API’ Could Crack It Open
Unlike web browsers, mobile apps increasingly make it difficult or impossible to see what companies are really doing with your data. The answer? An inspectability API...
Venmo Gets More Private—but It's Still Not Fully Safe
Eliminating the global feed is a good step. But until the platform offers privacy by default, it remains a liability for many of its users...
An Office Phone Flaw Can’t Be Fixed by Cisco Alone
The company released a patch this week, but security researchers say the root of the problem is beyond its control—and symptomatic of a larger issue...
NFC Flaws Let Researchers Hack ATMs by Waving a Phone
Flaws in card reader technology let a security firm consultant wreak havoc with point-of-sale systems and more...
A Mystery Malware Stole 26 Million Passwords From Windows PCs
The credentials were part of a trove containing 1.2 terabytes of sensitive data extracted between 2018 and 2020...
Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable
Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time...
The Dark Web Is Teeming With Vaccine Listings Right Now
Vendors are cashing in on people desperate to leapfrog the line—or falsely certify that they got the shot...
Facebook's ‘Red Team X’ Hunts Bugs Outside the Social Network
The internal hacking team has spent the last year looking for vulnerabilities in the products the company uses, which could in turn make the whole internet safer...
Foreign Meddling Flooded the 2020 Election—but Not Hackers
A new ODNI report shows how extensive Russian and Iranian influence operations were, but it doesn’t mention a single hack-and-leak incident...
Thousands of Android and iOS Apps Leak Data From the Cloud
It's the digital equivalent of leaving your windows or doors open when you leave the house—and in some cases, leaving them open all the time...
Gab's CTO Introduced a Critical Vulnerability to the Site
A review of the open source code shows an account under the executive's name made a mistake that could lead to the kind of breach reported this weekend...
Big Tech Can’t Ban Its Way Out of This
Platforms are scrambling to avoid being used by right-wing extremists targeting the inauguration. But the seeds of this crisis were sown long ago...
A Massive Fraud Operation Stole Millions From Online Accounts
The crooks used emulators to mimic the phones of more than 16,000 customers whose mobile bank accounts had been compromised...
7 Simple Tech Tips to Keep Your Family Safe This Holiday
Does your great-aunt Winifred ask for tech support every year? Even if you aren't traveling this year, send your loved ones this advice to show you care...
ISIS Allegedly Ran a Covid-19 PPE Scam Site
The Justice Department says that an agent of the terrorist organization operated FaceMaskCenter.com, in part of a series of cryptocurrency-related complaints...
Apple Pushes Back Against Ad Tracking in Safari and iOS 14
At WWDC, the company detailed a litany of privacy-friendly improvements to its software...
Hackers Claim to Have ‘Dirty Laundry’ About Donald Trump
Plus: Warrantless surveillance, an iOS zero-day glut, and more of the week's top security news...
Adult Cam Site CAM4 Exposed 10.88 Billion Records Online
CAM4 has taken the server offline, but not before it leaked 7TB of user data...
How to Cover Your Tracks Every Time You Go Online
Online tracking can often feel downright invasive. From using VPNs to clearing browser histories, we've got your back...
The Zoom Privacy Backlash Is Only Getting Started
A class action lawsuit. Rampant zoombombing. And as of today, two new zero-day vulnerabilities...
The 'Robo Revenge' App Makes It Easy to Sue Robocallers
Mac malware, a Bitcoin mixer, and more of the week's top security news...
The Iowa Caucus Tech Meltdown Is a Warning
The Iowa results will come in eventually, thanks to a paper trail. But it underscores just how much can go wrong when you lean on unnecessary, untested tech...
Chrome Will Automatically Scan Your Passwords Against Data Breaches
Google's Password Checkup feature will be fully integrated into the desktop and mobile versions of Chrome 79...
It's Time for IoT Security's Next Big Step
Connected devices are more secure than ever. That's still not nearly enough...
The Law Being Used to Prosecute Julian Assange Is Broken
Opinion: Julian Assange is being prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a minimally defined statute that can have maximally destructive consequences...
Hackers Found a Freaky New Way to Kill Your Car
Mueller report fallout, a biometrics database, and more of the week's top security news...
Hack Brief: Dangerous ‘Fireball’ Adware Infects a Quarter Billion PCs
A widespread adware infection hides the ability to inflict far worse than spammy browser tweaks. The post Hack Brief: Dangerous 'Fireball' Adware Infects a Quarter Billion PCs appeared first on WIRED...