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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...
How Tweets Could Prevent War, an App Store Dilemma, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Watch Out—That 'Call of Duty: Warzone' Cheat Might Be Malware
Players looking for a leg up are being duped into giving criminals a backdoor into their devices...
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...
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...
'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...
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...
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...
A Navy SEAL, a Quadcopter, and a Quest to Save Lives in Combat
On the battlefield, any doorway can be a death trap. A special ops vet, and his businessman brother, have built an AI to solve that problem...
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 Four Brothers Allegedly Fleeced $19 Million From Amazon
The scheme involved 7,000 $94 toothbrushes, according to law enforcement...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Google's Ultra-Secure Chip, a Facebook Facelift, and More
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Opinion: Don't Let a Tech Slowdown Threaten Our Military
The right software and digital engineering can take military aircraft back to the future...
The Internet’s Horrifying Way to Get Google Apps on Huawei Phones
Just make a Chinese website your device's remote administrator. It'll be fine\!...
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...
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...
An iOS App That Secretly Spies on You, And More News
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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...
Missouri Threatens to Sue a Reporter Over a Security Flaw
The governor warned that he would take legal action against a journalist who identified a vulnerability that exposed teachers’ Social Security numbers...
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...
Biggest DDoS Attack in History Hits Russian Tech Giant Yandex
Plus: A TrickBot hacker arrest, a Fortinet VPN password leak, and more of the week's top security news...
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...