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Russia Is Learning How to Bypass Facebook's Disinfo Defenses
Social media platforms have stepped up the fight against Russia's Internet Research Agency—but the IRA is evolving too...
Bluetooth-Related Flaws Threaten Dozens of Medical Devices
Hundreds of smart devices—including pacemakers—are exposed thanks to a series of vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol...
Hundreds of Millions of PC Components Still Have Hackable Firmware
The lax security of supply chain firmware has been a known concern for years—with precious little progress being made...
The US Fears Huawei Because It Knows How Tempting Backdoors Are
US officials allege that Huawei has backdoors in its technology. The US knows firsthand how powerful those can be...
Tainted Data Can Teach Algorithms the Wrong Lessons
Researchers show how AI programs can be sabotaged by even subtle tweaks to the data used to train them...
The Likely Reason Disney\+ Accounts Are Getting 'Hacked'
Credential stuffing, where names and passwords leaked in previous breaches are reused, strikes again...
Why Keybase Doesn't Offer Two Factor Authentication
Keybase exists to keep things safe online. And it doesn't use 2FA to do it...
Microsoft's Secured-Core PC Feature Protects Critical Code
The “secured-core PC” feature for Windows looks to head off firmware hacks...
The Battle of Winterfell: A Tactical Analysis
If you're going up against an army of the undead, maybe plan a little better...
'Exodus' Spyware Posed as a Legit iOS App
Researchers had already found a spyware app called Exodus plaguing Android. Now it has shown up on iPhones...
Hackers Hit Macron With Huge Email Leak Ahead of French Election
The campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron confirms it's been the target of a successful hacking operation. The post Hackers Hit Macron With Huge Email Leak Ahead of French Election appeared first on WIRED...
The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke
Fifty years ago, a fire ripped through the National Personnel Records Center. It set off a massive project to save crucial pieces of American history—including, I hoped, my grandfather’s...
How to Find the Hidden Files on Your Phone or Computer
You shouldn't mess with some of them—but there are others you should be aware of...
The Everyday IT Tools That Can Offer ‘God Mode’ to Hackers
Attackers are increasingly attuned to the power and potential of remote management software...
Fancy Bear Is Trying to Brute-Force Hundreds of Networks
While SolarWinds rightly drew attention earlier this year, Moscow's Fancy Bear group has been on a password-guessing spree this whole time...
100M More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last
The Name:Wreck flaws in TCP/IP are the latest in a series of vulnerabilities with global implications...
Facebook Moves Against ‘Evil Eye’ Hackers Targeting Uyghurs
The company’s investigation into a Chinese espionage campaign took researchers beyond Facebook’s own platforms...
Privacy-First Browser Brave Is Launching a Search Engine
Unlike Google, Brave Search won’t track or profile people who use it...
A Site Published Every Face From Parler's Capitol Riot Videos
Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face from the 827 videos taken from the insurrection on January 6...
The SolarWinds Hackers Used Tactics Other Groups Will Copy
The supply chain threat was just the beginning...
A Facebook Messenger Flaw Could Have Let Hackers Listen In
The vulnerability was found through the company's bug bounty program, now in its tenth year...
Hackers Broke Into Real News Sites to Plant Fake Stories
A disinfo operation broke into the content management systems of Eastern European media outlets in a campaign to spread misinformation about NATO...
State-Based Contact Tracing Apps Could Be a Mess
With no nationwide Covid-19 notification software in sight, security and interoperability issues loom large...
Vote by Mail Isn't Perfect. But It's Essential in a Pandemic
Despite Donald Trump's invective, the spread of Covid-19 has made the expansion of absentee voting critical...
Marriott Got Hacked. Yes, Again
The hotel chain has suffered its second major breach in 16 months. Here's how to find out if you're affected...
Online Credit Card Skimmers Are Thriving During the Pandemic
As brick and mortars close due to the novel coronavirus, thieves have increasingly targeted digital checkout...
Windows Has a New, Wormable Vulnerability
The flaw has the potential to unleash the kind of attacks that allowed WannaCry and NotPetya to cripple business networks around the world...
Hackers Can Clone Millions of Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia Keys
Encryption flaws in a common anti-theft feature expose vehicles from major manufacturers...
Nintendo Cracks Down After High-Profile Leaks
With the highly anticipated Animal Crossing: New Horizons and E3 on the horizon, Nintendo has become “increasingly aggressive” combating leaks over the last couple of months...
Mysterious New Ransomware Targets Industrial Control Systems
EKANS appears to be the work of cybercriminals, rather than nation-state hackers—a worrying development, if so...
One Small Fix Would Curb Stingray Surveillance
The technology needed to limit stingrays is clear—but good luck getting telecoms on board...
Everything We Know About the Jeff Bezos Phone Hack
A UN report links the attack on Jeff Bezos' iPhone X directly to Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...
This Apple-FBI Fight Is Different From the Last One
In 2016 the iPhone encryption debate ended in a draw. Don't count on 2020's scuffle over the Pensacola shooter's devices to play out the same way...
TikTok Bugs Could Have Allowed Account Takeovers
As the social media app continues to gain popularity, security researchers are taking a closer look under the hood...
Hackers Could Use Smart Displays to Spy on Meetings
By exploiting flaws in popular video conferencing hardware from DTEN, attackers can monitor audio, capture slides—and take full control of devices...
Blockchain Developer Gets Busted After Talk in North Korea
Hacker and Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith was recently arrested by US authorities for speaking at a conference on blockchain technologies...
1.2 Billion Records Found Exposed Online in a Single Server
Here's the next jumbo data leak, complete with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn profiles...
Iran’s APT33 Hackers Are Targeting Industrial Control Systems
The recent focus on ICS raises the possibility that Iran's APT33 is exploring physically disruptive cyberattacks...
Intel Failed to Fix a Hackable Chip Flaw Despite a Year of Warnings
Speculative execution attacks still haunt Intel, long after researchers told the company what to fix...
The Story of Sandworm, the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
For three years, WIRED has tracked the elite and shadowy Russian vanguard of cyberwar...
Cloudflare Launches Its Security-Focused Mobile VPN, Again
When the company first launched the Warp VPN, “all hell broke loose,” its CEO says. After a few months of tinkering, Cloudflare wants a do-over...
Hacktivists Are on the Rise—but Less Effective Than Ever
Groups like Anonymous are still trying to make waves in Sudan and elsewhere, but the old tools don't work as well as they used to...
14 Questions Robert Mueller Knows the Answer To
The Russia investigation's known unknowns give valuable hints about the special counsel's next moves...
Just a Pair of These $11 Radio Gadgets Can Steal a Car
A technique that allows thieves to silently unlock and drive away cars is getting cheaper and easier than ever. The post Just a Pair of These $11 Radio Gadgets Can Steal a Car appeared first on WIRED...
This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI
Windows Recall takes a screenshot every five seconds. Cybersecurity researchers say the system is simple to abuse—and one ethical hacker has already built a tool to show how easy it really is...
Apple’s iPhone Spyware Problem Is Getting Worse. Here’s What You Should Know
The iPhone maker has detected spyware attacks against people in more than 150 countries. Knowing if your device is infected can be tricky—but there are a few steps you can take to protect yourself...
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...
Used Routers Often Come Loaded With Corporate Secrets
More than half of the enterprise routers researchers bought secondhand hadn’t been wiped, exposing sensitive info like login credentials and customer data...
How China’s Hacking Entered a Reckless New Phase
The country’s hackers have gotten far more aggressive since 2015, when the Ministry of State Security largely took over the country’s cyberespionage...
The Real Cost of Colonial Pipeline's $5 Million Ransom
Stopping payments would go a long way to stopping ransomware. But the choice is never quite so easy...