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Facebook Busts Russian Disinfo Networks as US Election Looms
The campaigns primarily targeted countries outside the US. But the same mechanisms could be used in “hack and leak” operations like those that roiled the 2016 campaign...
A Patient Dies After a Ransomware Attack Hits a Hospital
The outage resulted in a significant delay in treatment. German authorities are investigating the perpetrators on suspicion of negligent manslaughter...
A New Botnet Is Covertly Targeting Millions of Servers
FritzFrog has been used to try and infiltrate government agencies, banks, telecom companies, and universities across the US and Europe...
How Financial Apps Get You to Spend More and Question Less
You should never invest without fully understanding the risks, but tax prep and stock trading services often obfuscate the things you really need to know...
Amazon Says It Didn’t Mean to Ban Employees From Using TikTok
US lawmakers have repeatedly raised security concerns over the app's Chinese ownership. Are US businesses next?...
The Worst Hacks and Breaches of 2020 So Far
Iran, China, Russia—the gang was all here in the first half of this year. Oh, and also an unprecedented pandemic that’s been a boon for hackers...
IoT Security Is a Mess. Privacy 'Nutrition' Labels Could Help
Just like with foods that display health information the package, researchers are exploring a tool that details how connected devices manage data...
Donald Trump Now Has the Senate GOP's Blessing to Undermine Democracy
After making it through a criminal investigation and political impeachment unscathed, Trump now has free rein to invite election interference and more...
Now It's Really, Truly Time to Give Up Windows 7
After Tuesday, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates for the operating system, leaving users who don't upgrade vulnerable to malware...
Amazon Takes a Swipe at PayPal's $4 Billion Acquisition
The retail giant warned holiday shoppers that Honey, a popular browser extension, was a “security risk.” Honey denies the claim...
Russia's ‘Sandworm’ Hackers Also Targeted Android Phones
The Kremlin's uniquely dangerous hacker group has been trying new tricks...
Don't Praise the Sri Lankan Government for Blocking Facebook
Social media can provide vital information in a crisis, and there's evidence that blocking it does more harm than good...
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...
Helm Wants You to Control Your Own Data Again
Helm hopes to make running your own private, encrypted server easy for everyone...
Watch Hackers Sabotage an Industrial Robot Arm
Researchers were able to take control of a 220-pound robotic arm to damage the products it manufactures---or the person that operates it. The post Watch Hackers Sabotage an Industrial Robot Arm appeared first on WIRED...
The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year’s famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency...
US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
As Americans stew over the looming risk of job-stealing AI and data centers in their back yards, the feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat, documents obtained by WIRED show...
How to Protect Yourself From Portable Point-of-Sale Scams
POS scams are difficult but not impossible to pull off. Here's how they work—and how you can protect yourself...
'No Kings’ Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings
Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide...
US Customs and Border Protection Plans to Photograph Everyone Exiting the US by Car
A CBP spokesperson tells WIRED that the agency plans to expand its program for real-time face recognition at the border, potentially aiding Trump administration efforts to track people who self-deport...
Think Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action Figure
People are using ChatGPT’s new image generator to take part in viral social media trends. But using it also puts your privacy at risk—unless you take a few simple steps to protect yourself...
Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars
Plus: A US judge rules against police cell phone “tower dumps,” China names alleged NSA agents it says were involved in cyberattacks, and Customs and Border Protection reveals its social media spying tools...
1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers
New research shows at least a million inexpensive Android devices—from TV streaming boxes to car infotainment systems—are compromised to allow bad actors to commit ad fraud and other cybercrime...
The Shitposting Cartoon Dogs Sending Trucks, Drones, and Weapons to Ukraine’s Front Lines
The North Atlantic Fella Organization, which started as a way to fight Kremlin propaganda, has raised millions of dollars to send vital equipment directly to soldiers fighting Russia...
How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI
Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI. Here’s how to take back at least a little control from ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and more...
A Ghost Ship’s Doomed Journey Through the Gate of Tears
Millions lost internet service after three cables in the Red Sea were damaged. Houthi rebels deny targeting the cables, but their missile attack on a cargo ship, left adrift for months, is likely to blame...
How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change
With Meta’s updated 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use...
‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare
Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says...
Fujitsu Bugs That Sent Innocent People to Prison Were Known ‘From the Start’
Software flaws were allegedly hidden from lawyers of wrongly convicted UK postal workers...
You Don’t Need to Turn Off Apple’s NameDrop Feature in iOS 17
Yes, your iPhone automatically turns on NameDrop with the latest software update. But you shouldn’t really be worried about it—regardless of what the police are saying...
Police Use of Face Recognition Is Sweeping the UK
Face recognition technology has been controversial for years. Cops in the UK are drastically increasing the amount they use it...
US and UK Mount Aggressive Crackdown on Trickbot and Conti Ransomware Gangs
Authorities have sanctioned 11 alleged members of the cybercriminal groups, while the US Justice Department unsealed three federal indictments against nine people accused of being members...
The Sketchy Plan to Build a Russian Android Phone
Amid isolating sanctions, a Russian tech giant plans to launch new Android phones and tablets. But experts are skeptical the company can pull it off...
You Can’t Trust App Developers’ Privacy Claims on Google Play
Mozilla researchers found that apps often provide inaccurate data use disclosures, giving people “a false sense of security.”...
Biden’s SOTU: Data Privacy Is Now a Must-Hit US State of the Union Topic
Biden’s speech proves that protecting personal info is no longer a fringe issue. Now, Congress just needs to do something about it...
What Is Flipper Zero? The Hacker Tool Going Viral on TikTok, Explained
Don’t be fooled by its fun name and Tamagotchi-like interface—this do-everything gadget is trouble waiting to happen and a whole lot more...
The Low Threshold for Face Recognition in New Delhi
Police in India's capital say they only require an 80 percent accuracy rate for matches, raising new alarm bells for civil liberty advocates...
Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ Can Crash Old Hard Drives
Plus: The Twilio hack snags a reporter, a new tool to check for spyware, and the Canadian weed pipeline gets hit by a cyberattack...
The NSA Swears It Has ‘No Backdoors’ in Next-Gen Encryption
Plus: New details of ICE’s dragnet surveillance in the US, Clearview AI agrees to limit sales of its faceprint database, and more...
India’s New Super App Has a Privacy Problem
Tata Neu is the country’s latest do-everything app. When users signed up, their personal information was already there...
A Sinister Way to Beat Multifactor Authentication Is on the Rise
Lapsus$ and the group behind the SolarWinds hack have utilized prompt bombing to defeat weaker MFA protections in recent months...
Why the Belarus Railways Hack Marks a First for Ransomware
The politically motivated attack represents a new frontier for hacktivists—and won’t be the last of its kind...
Hackers Keep Targeting the US Water Supply
Plus: The biggest Twitch hack, an iOS zero day, and more of the week's top security news...
The Senate Is Mad as Hell at Facebook—Again
The latest hearing on Instagram and teen mental health was the depressing work of a legislature that can’t legislate...
Ransomware Isn't Back. It Never Left
A recent wave of attacks belies an apparent lull toward the end of the summer...
Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans
A sustained backlash against a new system to look for child sexual abuse materials on user devices has led the company to hit pause...
Hackers Tied to Russia's GRU Targeted the US Grid for Years
A Sandworm-adjacent group has successfully breached US critical infrastructure a handful of times, according to new findings from the security firm Dragos...
2034, Part III: One Left to Tell the Tale
“When the planes didn't attack, a silence fell over the crew. Why didn't they finish the job?”...