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The Cheating Scandal That Ripped the Poker World Apart
Mike Postle was on an epic winning streak at a California casino. Veronica Brill thought he had to be playing dirty. Let the chips fall where they may...
Over a Billion Android Devices Are at Risk of Data Theft
Qualcomm has released a fix for the flaws in its Snapdragon chip, which attackers might exploit to monitor location or render the phone unresponsive...
NSA: Russia's Sandworm Hackers Have Hijacked Mail Servers
In a rare public warning, the US spy agency says the notorious arm of Russian military intelligence is targeting a known vulnerability in Exim...
State-Based Contact Tracing Apps Could Be a Mess
With no nationwide Covid-19 notification software in sight, security and interoperability issues loom large...
A Notorious Spyware Vendor Wants to Track Coronavirus Spread
Plus: An evacuated aircraft carrier, Iranian hackers, and more of the week's top security news...
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...
'Kill Chain': HBO's Election Security Doc Stresses Urgency
A new documentary makes crystal clear how little time remains to protect the 2020 election...
A Critical Internet Safeguard Is Running Out of Time
Shadowserver has helped keep the internet safe for 15 years. Unless it can raise funds fast, it's going to disappear...
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...
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...
A Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Chips Let Attackers Decrypt Data
Affected devices include iPhones, iPads, Macs, Amazon Echos and Kindles, Android devices, and various Wi-Fi routers...
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...
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...
Cut Undersea Cable Plunges Yemen Into Days-Long Internet Outage
The fragility of global internet infrastructure has left the entire Red Sea region struggling to connect...
The GOP Is Mired in Conspiracies—and It's About to Get Worse
Opinion: If you thought the impeachment hearings were bad, wait until attorney general William Barr's internal investigation comes to light...
Google Is Helping Design an Open Source, Ultra-Secure Chip
OpenTitan is a so-called secure enclave based on open source that could shake up hardware security...
Firefox and Chrome Fight Back Against Kazakhstan's Spying
The Central Asian country’s government has repeatedly threatened to monitor its citizens’ internet activities. Google and Mozilla aren’t having it...
14 Questions Robert Mueller Knows the Answer To
The Russia investigation's known unknowns give valuable hints about the special counsel's next moves...
Russia’s Elite Fancy Bear Hackers Have a Clever New Trick
For the first time, a so-called UEFI rootkit has been spotted in the wild. And it appears to come from Russia...
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...
Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You
Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations and Claude Fable 5 to the public, a version it says can’t be used for cyberattacks...
‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says
Three firms will pay nearly $1 million for selling “Active Listening” technology that they claimed tapped people’s phones for advertising. The FTC alleges the “tech” was just pricey email lists...
Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed
X has placed more restrictions on Grok’s ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show that the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue...
This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called
In the epic US-Russian prisoner swap last summer, Vladimir Putin brought home an assassin, spies, and another prized ally: the man behind one of the biggest insider trading cases of all time...
How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI
Eliot Higgins and his 28,000 forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a miraculous nose for truth—and a sharp sense of its limits—in Gaza, Ukraine, and everywhere else atrocities hide online...
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...
Apple Chip Flaw Leaks Secret Encryption Keys
Plus: The Biden administration warns of nationwide attacks on US water systems, a new Russian wiper malware emerges, and China-linked hackers wage a global attack spree...
HHS Launches 'Digiheals' Project to Better Protect US Hospitals From Ransomware
An innovation agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services will fund research into better defenses for the US health care system’s digital infrastructure...
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 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...
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...
As Chips Shrink, Rowhammer Attacks Get Harder to Stop
A full fix for the “Half-Double” technique will require rethinking how memory semiconductors are designed...
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...
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...
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...
The Man Who Speaks Softly—and Commands a Big Cyber Army
Meet General Paul Nakasone. He reined in chaos at the NSA and taught the US military how to launch pervasive cyberattacks. And he did it all without you noticing...
Voting Machine Makers Are Finally Playing Nice With Hackers
After years of secrecy, one major election tech company is giving more hackers a look under the hood...
Google Will Delete Your Data by Default—in 18 Months
Starting today, the search giant will make a previously opt-in auto-delete feature the norm...
How Covid-19 Contact Tracing Works on Your Phone
Developers are working on track-and-trace systems to keep infection levels low. The apps aren't here yet, but here's what they do—and how you can enable them...
ShinyHunters Is a Hacking Group on a Data Breach Spree
In the first two weeks of May, they've hit the dark web, hawking 200 million stolen records from over a dozen companies...
The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story...
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...
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...
Space Force's Rough Launch, Oversight for Facebook, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
The Worst Hacks of the Decade
It's been a rough 10 years in cybersecurity—and it's only getting worse...
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...