New Film Shows How Bellingcat Cracks the Web's Toughest Cases

Truth in a Post Truth World takes a closer look at a team of remarkably resourceful investigative journalists...

A Hacker Stole Data From 100 Million Capital One Customers

In a criminal complaint, the FBI detailed how a hacker allegedly stole data from 100 million people—and how she got caught...

How Not To Prevent a Cyberwar With Russia

Former cybersecurity officials warn against a path of aggression that could inflame cyberwar rather than deter it...

Robert Mueller Won't Testify Next Week After All

Facial recognition run amok, antivirus hacks, and more of the week's top security news...

A DoorDash Breach Exposes Data of 4.9 Million Customers

A NotPetya lawsuit, bricked Mac Pros, and more of the week's top security news...

What Are Zero-Knowledge Proofs?

How do you make blockchain and other transactions truly private? With mathematical models known as zero-knowledge proofs...

Kushner Used WhatsApp, a Very Bad Database Leak, and More Security News This Week

The president's daughter and son-in-law used private messaging against the rules, and more security news this week...

Kanye's Password, a WhatsApp Bug, and More Security News This Week

A grey hat hacking hero, bad boat news, and more security news this week...

An iTunes Bug Let Hackers Spread Ransomware

FBI overreach, hacker payback, and more of the week's top security news...

Big Tech Needs to Use Hazardous Materials Warnings

Opinion: Tech users don’t have time to read novel-length terms of service. Give them a danger icon that tells them their personal risk...

How to Check If Your Facebook Account Got Hacked—And How Badly

Facebook Friday offered more details about its recent breach. Here's how to see if you were affected...

A Bug in Popular Android Phones Gives Hackers Full Control

FCC comment bots, a "bulletproof" hosting takedown, and more of the week's top security news...

Election Systems Are Even More Vulnerable Than We Thought

Black Hat and Defcon are underway in Vegas, WhatsApp flaws allow hackers to alter messages, and more of this week’s top security news...

Security News This Week: A Teen Waltzed Into Mar-a-Lago

Google's ad-blocking backlash, a privacy lawsuit against Apple, and more of the week's top security news...

Midterm Elections 2018: All the Hoaxes and Viral Misinformation

WIRED is looking out for the biggest stories, the most common hoaxes, and the likeliest sources of confusion as they emerge throughout the day...

A Worldwide Hacking Spree Uses DNS Trickery to Nab Data

Security researchers suspect that Iran has spent the last two years pilfering data from telecoms, governments, and more...

Fake Adobe Flash Installers Come With a Little Malware Bonus

A clever new cryptomining scheme downloads the latest version of Adobe for you, but adds malware to the bargain...

'Simjacker' Attack Can Track Phones Just by Sending a Text

White house spying, North Korea sanctions, and more of the week's top security news...

Cryptocurrency Company Hacks Itself Before Hackers Can Hack It

Microsoft deletes its facial recognition database, hackers hit health care, and more of the week's top security news...

Hackers Could Decrypt Your GSM Phone Calls

Researchers have discovered a flaw in the GSM standard used by AT and T-Mobile that would allow hackers to listen in...

Carriers Swore They'd Stop Selling Location Data. Will They Ever?

Months after Sprint, AT, T-Mobile, and Verizon promised to stop selling user location data, the practice continues...

Facebook Exposed 6.8 Million Users' Photos to Cap Off a Terrible 2018

In the latest in its long string of 2018 incidents, Facebook let developers access the private photos of millions of users...

The Highly Dangerous 'Triton' Hackers Have Probed the US Grid

The same hackers behind a potentially lethal 2017 oil refinery cyberattack are now sniffing at US electrical utility targets...

Nest Cams Hijacked in the Name of PewDiePie and North Korea Pranks

In separate incidents, hackers exploit poor password hygiene to terrify camera owners...

How China Helped Make the Internet Less Free in 2018

Tech companies, democratic governments, and civil society need to work together to fight back against growing surveillance and censorship online...

The iOS 13 Privacy and Security Features You Should Know

Your iPhone just got a major security upgrade. Here are all the ins and outs...

Google Turns to Retro Cryptography to Keep Data Sets Private

Google's Private Join and Compute will let companies compare notes without divulging sensitive information...

Trump's Wall Won't Solve a National Emergency. It Is One

President Trump has signaled that in addition to signing a congressional spending bill, he will declare a national emergency to fund his misbegotten border wall...

Porn ID Laws: Your State or Country May Soon Require Age Verification

An increasing number of states are passing age-verification laws. It’s not clear how they’ll work...

Hackers Could Steal a Tesla Model S by Cloning Its Key Fob—Again

The same researchers who figured out how to clone a Tesla Model S key fob have done it again, cracking the replacement that was meant to fix the problem...

Hackers Can Slip Invisible Malware into 'Bare Metal' Cloud Computers

Researchers point a tough-to-fix in some cloud computing setups: hackable firmware...

A Devious Phishing Scam Targets Apple App Store Customers

Be on the lookout for emails that claim to be from the App Store...

146 New Vulnerabilities All Come Preinstalled on Android Phones

The dozens of flaws across 29 Android smartphone makers show just how insecure the devices can be, even brand-new...

I Scraped Millions of Venmo Payments. Your Data Is at Risk

Opinion: Venmo makes sending and receiving money a social affair. But those emoji-laden payment descriptions leave you exposed to cyberattacks...

A Plan to Stop Breaches With Dead Simple Database Encryption

Database giant MongoDB has a new encryption scheme that should help slow the scourge of breaches...

Apple Just Patched a Modem Bug That's Been in Macs Since 1999

A researcher found the 20-year-old flaw by drawing on tricks from a childhood spent tinkering with his parents’ Mac Performa...

Google Play Store’s Malware Problem, and More Security News This Week

Plus, Russia cracks down on VPNs, Microsoft cracks down on Iranian hackers, and more of the week's top security news...

WhatsApp Was Hacked, Your Computer Was Exposed, and More News

Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less...

Jigsaw Bought a Russian Twitter Troll Campaign as an Experiment

In a controversial move, the Alphabet-owned tech firm played both sides of an online argument in Russia with the aim of testing disinformation-for-hire services...

US Tracks Journalists, Chelsea Manning Goes to Jail, and More Security News This Week

A surprisingly common password, an NSA spy program winds down, and more security news this week...

The Marriott Hack: How to Protect Yourself

Up to 500 people's personal information has been stolen in a Marriott hack that lasted four years, one of the biggest breaches yet...

Can I Vote Online?

Election Day can be confusing, even if you're locked in on Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Here's what to know before you go to the polls...

Watch Robert Mueller's Testimony Live Right Here

Robert Mueller will testify before Congress Wednesday in two separate hearings. You can watch it right here, but first make sure to manage your expectations...

Browser Extensions Scraped Data From Millions of People

Slack passwords, NSO spyware, and more of the week's top security news...

Cybersecurity Workers Scramble to Fix a Post-Shutdown Mess

The shutdown may have ended two weeks ago, but federal cybersecurity professionals will be coping with its impact for a long time to come...

A Remote-Start App Exposed Thousands of Cars to Hackers

The bugs could have let an industrious hacker locate cars, unlock them, and start them up from anywhere with an internet connection...

Apple Gives Hackers a Special iPhone—And a Bigger Bug Bounty

The company’s sometimes rocky relationship with security researchers just got a whole lot smoother...

How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online Accounts

All those services you signed up for but forgot about? They're a security risk. Here's how to get rid of them...

Watch Michael Cohen Testify Before Congress Right Here

On Wednesday morning, the former Trump fixer will appear before the House Oversight Committee to share everything he knows about Trump's business practices...

The Most-Read Security Stories of 2018

This year saw the most devastating cyberattack in history, a gang of teen hackers, and so much Mueller news...