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GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps
Thousands of would-be investors are joining Discord groups that promise big earnings by manipulating the crypto market...
Water Supply Hacks Are a Serious Threat—and Only Getting Worse
An ex-employee allegedly tampered with a Kansas water system. It was too easy, and it's happening too often...
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...
China’s and Russia’s Spying Sprees Will Take Years to Unpack
The full extent of the SolarWinds hack and Hafnium’s attack on Microsoft Exchange Server may never be known...
The Gaming Platforms That Let Streamers Profit From Hate
WIRED has found dozens of far-right and white supremacist figures monetizing their livestreams through “donation management services” Streamlabs and StreamElements...
Fleeing WhatsApp for Privacy? Don't Turn to Telegram
Because the chat app doesn't encrypt conversations by default—or at all for group chats—security professionals often warn against it...
'2034: A Novel of the Next World War,' an Exclusive Excerpt
What if things escalated? What if communications were knocked out? What if cyberwar was just the start? A note about this special six-part series...
This Bluetooth Attack Can Steal a Tesla Model X in Minutes
The company is rolling out a patch for the vulnerabilities, which allowed one researcher to break into a car in 90 seconds and drive away...
Donald Trump Hasn't ‘Already Won’ the Election
Despite the president’s claims of victory, his reelection bid depends on a huge number of votes that have yet to be counted...
How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator
A secret experiment in 2007 proved that hackers could devastate power grid equipment beyond repair—with a file no bigger than a gif...
How Google's Android Keyboard Keeps ‘Smart Replies’ Private
The latest Gboard feature needs to know as much as possible about your digital life to work—but doesn't share that data with Google...
How Four Brothers Allegedly Fleeced $19 Million From Amazon
The scheme involved 7,000 $94 toothbrushes, according to law enforcement...
Steve Bannon, a $25M Border Wall Campaign, and a GoFundMe Gone Bad
We Build the Wall raised millions. Now the DOJ says its operators—including the former Trump aide—skimmed hundreds of thousands off the top...
The Anatomy of a Cisco Counterfeit Shows Its Dangerous Potential
By tearing down bootleg network switches, researchers found ample opportunity for malice—but no signs of a backdoor this time...
The FBI Backs Down Against Apple—Again
The agency cracked the Pensacola iPhones, but it still views Cupertino as a problem—even though it's easier to break into iPhones than it has been in years...
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...
The Army Corps of Engineers Deploys Against Coronavirus
The US is desperate for hospital beds. The US Army Corps of Engineers can build thousands of them in a matter of days...
Cisco Flaws Put Millions of Workplace Devices at Risk
Five vulnerabilities in Cisco Discovery Protocol make it possible for a hacker to take over desk phones, routers, and more...
Alleged Spy App ToTok Puts Apple in a Bind
Apple and Google both banned ToTok after reports that it was a UAE government surveillance tool. After Google reinstated it, Apple has a hard choice to make...
Even Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrency Can Spill Your Secrets
From a Harry Potter-themed protocol to high-profile coins, cryptocurrency is often not quite as private as it seems...
Opinion: Don't Let a Tech Slowdown Threaten Our Military
The right software and digital engineering can take military aircraft back to the future...
Apple's Good Intentions on Privacy Stop at China's Borders
As pro-democracy protests continue in Hong Kong, the tech giant’s troubling relationship with an authoritarian regime has come into focus...
'Opt Out' Is Useless. Let People Opt In
It's not so crazy to want Big Tech to ask for your data—and conversations with AI assistants—before they take it...
The SIM Swap Fix That the US Isn't Using
While foreign phone carriers are sharing data to stop SIM swap fraud, US carriers are dragging feet...
In the Face of Danger, We’re Turning to Surveillance
From the Rose Bowl to upstate New York, people are turning to surveillance systems in the face America’s inability to meaningfully address gun violence...
China's Five Steps for Recruiting Spies in the US
A series of high-profile cases involving alleged Chinese recruits shows how the country identifies and develops potential spies stateside...
'Fortnite' Scams Are Even Worse Than You Thought
YouTube videos with millions of views. Nearly 5,000 bogus websites. V-Bucks scammers have gotten out of control...
Google+ Shuts Down Over Breach as Google Offers New Privacy Features
Google got caught hiding a privacy issue affecting 500,000 users on the same day it rolled out privacy protections...
Facebook's Massive Security Breach: Everything We Know
Up to 50 million Facebook users were affected—and possibly 40 million more—when hackers compromised the social network's systems...
Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Nonstop Botnet Attacks
The "sinkhole" domain that's held the ransomware in check is coming under repeated denial-of-service attacks. The post Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Nonstop Botnet Attacks appeared first on WIRED...
He Escaped the Dark Web's Biggest Bust. Now He's Back
DeSnake apparently eluded the DOJ's takedown of AlphaBay. The admin talked to WIRED about his return—and the resurrection of the notorious underground marketplace...
Apple’s Photo-Scanning Plan Sparks Outcry From Policy Groups
Civil rights activists say creating a system to scan for images of sexual abuse could threaten free speech and actually harm some children...
An Explosive Spyware Report Shows the Limits of iOS Security
Amnesty International sheds alarming light on an NSO Group surveillance tool—and the gaps in Apple’s and Google's defenses...
John McAfee Dies in Spanish Prison After Extradition Order
The antivirus pioneer and alleged cryptocurrency scammer was 75 years old...
French Spyware Executives Are Indicted for Aiding Torture
The managers are accused of selling tech to Libya and Egypt that was used to identify activists, read private messages, and kidnap, torture, or kill them...
The FBI's Anom Stunt Rattles the Encryption Debate
The agency spent years running a secure phone network for criminals. So much for “going dark.”...
Hackers Are Exploiting Discord Links to Serve Up Malware
Beware of links from platforms that got big during quarantine...
With Spectre Still Lurking, Google Looks to Protect the Web
To show how browsers can guard against the speculative execution bug, Google security researchers have shown how an attack would work...
Russia’s Hacking Frenzy Is a Reckoning
Despite years of warning, the US still has no good answer for the sort of “supply chain” attack that let Russia run wild...
Critical Flaws in Millions of IoT Devices May Never Get Fixed
Amnesia:33 is the latest in a long line of vulnerabilities that affect countless embedded devices...
Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages
For now, the security measure will be available only to people using the beta version of the app...
Forget Impostors. Among Us Is a Playground for Hackers
The blockbuster game of deception has security holes that let cheaters run wild...
The Scammer Who Wanted to Save His Country
Last year, a hacker gave Glenn Greenwald a trove of damning messages between Brazil’s leaders. Some suspected the Russians. The truth was far less boring...
Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Ominous New Tricks
While it's still far more common on PCs, mobile ransomware has undergone a worrying evolution, new research shows...
Hackers Flood Reddit With Pro-Trump Takeovers
By apparently compromising moderator accounts, the attackers were able to post MAGA materials all over at least 70 popular subreddits...
The Twitter Hack Could Have Been Much Worse—and Maybe Was
The meltdown appears to be part of a bitcoin scam and not something more nefarious, but security experts are troubled that it happened at all...
Former eBay Execs Allegedly Made Life Hell for Critics
Surveillance. Harassment. A live cockroach delivery. US attorneys have charged six former eBay workers in association with an outrageous cyberstalking campaign...
This Bot Hunts Software Bugs for the Pentagon
Mayhem emerged from a 2016 government-sponsored contest at a Las Vegas casino hotel. Now it's used by the military...
Shadowserver, an Internet Guardian, Finds a Lifeline
Ten weeks ago, Shadowserver's main source of funding dried up. Now it's back on level footing...
Facebook Messenger Adds Safety Alerts—Even in Encrypted Chats
By using metadata instead of content to spot suspicious behavior, the social network can keep privacy intact...