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The War on Passwords Enters a Chaotic New Phase
The transition from traditional logins to cryptographic passkeys is getting messy. But don’t worry—there’s a plan...
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...
This Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator's Exact Location
Every DJI quadcopter broadcasts its operator's position via radio—unencrypted. Now, a group of researchers has learned to decode those coordinates...
Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops
Stockholm’s official app was a disaster. So annoyed parents built their own open source version—ignoring warnings that it might be illegal...
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...
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...
Microsoft's Dream of Decentralized IDs Enters the Real World
The company will launch a public preview of its identification platform this spring—and has already tested it at the UK's National Health Service...
Lawmakers Take Aim at Insidious Digital ‘Dark Patterns’
A new California law prohibits efforts to trick consumers into handing over data or money. A bill in Washington state copies the language...
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...
Parler Finds a Reprieve in Russia—but Not a Solution
The far-right platform still hasn’t found a US-based home. Where it lands could have serious consequences for its users’ privacy...
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...
A Broken Piece of Internet Backbone Might Finally Get Fixed
Efforts to secure the Border Gateway Protocol have picked up critical momentum, including a big assist from Google...
7 Simple Ways to Make Your Android Phone More Secure
Here's how to lock down your data and stop others from snooping on your personal information...
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...
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 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...
A Twitter Hacking Spree Hits Elon Musk, Obama, Apple, and More
An unprecedented “security incident” has rocked Twitter—and scammers are making off with huge amounts of bitcoin...
The US Says Chinese Hackers Went Too Far During the Covid-19 Crisis
The FBI and DHS say that Beijing's hacking “jeopardizes” the delivery of much-needed Covid-19 treatment options...
How a Facebook Bug Took Down Spotify, TikTok, and Other Major iOS Apps
Thank a tiny change to a software development kit for widespread crashes Wednesday, including the Spotify and TikTok apps...
The Mandalorian Is the Only Smart Soldier in the Star Wars Galaxy
It took decades, but the galaxy finally has a tactical and operational genius...
'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...
Filing Your Taxes? Watch Out for Phishing Scams
Online scammers love to target taxpayers, and their schemes range from posing as the IRS to pushing malware and fake tech support...
We’re all Just Starting to Realize the Power of Personal Data
This year revealed consumers have a lot more to learn about what happens to their information online...
This Company Wants to Use the Blockchain to Stop Phishing
MetaCert has classified 10 billion URLs as either safe, a suspected source of phishes, or unknown...
Nonprofits on Facebook Get Hacked—Then They Really Need Help
Facebook is an enormous platform for charitable giving, but some nonprofit leaders say there aren’t enough resources when something goes wrong...
How Hackers Slipped by British Airways' Data Defenses
Security researchers have detailed how a criminal hacking gang used just 22 lines of code to steal credit card info from hundreds of thousands of British Airways customers...
A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Victims Get Files Back
A French researcher says he's found a tool that could help some fraction of victims running that older Windows version. Just don't reboot! The post A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Victims Get Files Back appeared first on WIRED...
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown...
Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US
The ACLU is suing two Florida police departments over the arrest of a Fort Myers man in a child-abduction case, saying officers treated a flawed face-recognition match as a near-certain ID...
The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests
The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech...
The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar
In this excerpt from WIRED Book Club pick The Yahoo Boys, journalist Carlos Barragán traces one scammer’s journey from flop to fortune...
Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout
Some internet connectivity is returning in Iran after nearly 90 days offline, web monitoring groups say. But it isn’t clear if the reconnection is permanent...
Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording
Plus: Instructure’s Canvas ransomware debacle comes to a close, an alleged dark net market kingpin gets arrested, OpenAI workers fall victim to a supply chain attack, and more...
California Engineer Identified in Suspected Shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
A 31-year-old engineer and self-described indie game developer is suspected of firing shots at the annual event attended by President Donald Trump, high-profile media figures, and US government officials...
It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
Plus: Major data breaches at a gym chain and hotel giant, a disruptive DDoS attack against Bluesky, dubious ICE hires, and more...
Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages
Some misconfigured AI chatbots are pushing people’s chats to the open web—revealing sexual prompts and conversations that include descriptions of child sexual abuse...
The Breach of a Face Recognition Firm Reveals a Hidden Danger of Biometrics
Outabox, an Australian firm that scanned faces for bars and clubs, suffered a breach that shows the problems with giving companies your biometric data...
Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks
A California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned...
Microsoft Does Damage Control With Its New 'Secure Future Initiative'
Following a string of serious security incidents, Microsoft says it has a plan to deal with escalating threats from cybercriminals and state-backed hackers...
Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time Nobody Got Sued
In 2008, Boston’s transit authority sued to stop MIT hackers from presenting at the Defcon hacker conference on how to get free subway rides. Today, four teens picked up where they left off...
A Devastating Twitch Hack Sends Streamers Reeling
The data breach apparently includes source code, gamer payouts, and more...
What Is Zero Trust? It Depends What You Want to Hear
The cybersecurity world’s favorite catchphrase isn’t any one product or system, but a holistic approach to minimizing damage...
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...
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...
Google's Grand Plan to Eradicate Cookies Is Crumbling
Regulators in the EU and competitors have raised concerns about the company's proposals to rewrite the rules of online advertising...
Signal's Founder Hacked a Notorious Phone-Cracking Device
Plus: App Store scams, an anti-surveillance bill, and more of the week’s top security news...
Facebook Moves Against ‘Evil Eye’ Hackers Targeting Uyghurs
The company’s investigation into a Chinese espionage campaign took researchers beyond Facebook’s own platforms...