3390 matches found
The Strange Afterlife of Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin
Posts praising the Wagner Group boss following his death in a mysterious plane crash last month indicate he was still in control of his "troll farm," researchers claim...
2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted Trains
Plus: A major FBI botnet takedown, new Sandworm malware, a cyberattack on two major scientific telescopes—and more...
Trump’s Prosecution Is America’s Last Hope
Social norms—not laws—are the underlying fabric of democracy. The Georgia indictment against Donald Trump is the last tool remaining to repair that which he’s torn apart...
The Most Popular Digital Abortion Clinics, Ranked by Data Privacy
Telehealth companies that provide abortion pills are surging in popularity. Which are as safe as they claim to be?...
Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating
Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table...
A Clever Honeypot Tricked Hackers Into Revealing Their Secrets
Security researchers set up a remote machine and recorded every move cybercriminals made—including their login details...
How to Automatically Delete Passcode Texts on Android and iOS
Here’s one simple way to reduce your security risk while logging in...
Security News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree
Plus: A framework for encrypting social media, Russia-backed hacking through Microsoft Teams, and the Bitfinex Crypto Couple pleads guilty...
TETRA Radio Code Encryption Has a Flaw: A Backdoor
A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight. Researchers say it isn’t pretty...
Talitrix Prison-Monitoring System Tracks Inmates Down to Their Heart Rate
Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates' location, heartbeats, and more...
SafeGraph Lands US Air Force Contract After Targeting Abortion Clinics
Documents obtained by WIRED show SafeGraph, which sold location data related to Planned Parenthood visits, is now pursuing contracts with the US Air Force...
American College of Pediatricians Leak Exposes 10,000 Confidential Files
A Google Drive left public on the American College of Pediatricians’ website exposed detailed financial records, sensitive member details, and more...
A Tiny Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won
Digging through manuals for security cameras, a group of gearheads found sinister details and ignited a new battle in the US-China tech war...
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.”...
Ukraine Suffered More Wiper Malware in 2022 Than Anywhere, Ever
As Russia has accelerated its cyberattacks on its neighbor, it's barraged the country with an unprecedented volume of different data-destroying programs...
The Political Theater Behind the State of the Union Data Privacy Push
Biden’s speech calling for better data protections got a standing ovation from both sides of the aisle. So, where’s a federal privacy law?...
Netflix’s US Password-Sharing Crackdown Isn’t Happening—Yet
Accidental revisions to a US Help Center page sparked confusion about the streamer's next moves. But restrictions on account sharing are still coming soon...
Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail
Plus: Joe Biden’s classified-documents scandal, the end of security support for Windows 7, and more...
Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down
Problems with the important security feature may be some of the first signs that Elon Musk’s social network is fraying at the edges...
The Hunt for the Kingpin Behind AlphaBay, Part 1: The Shadow
AlphaBay was the largest online drug bazaar in history, run by a technological mastermind who seemed untouchable—until his tech was turned against him...
Ukraine’s Cyberwar Chief Sounds Like He’s Winning
Yurii Shchyhol gives WIRED a rare interview about running the country’s Derzhspetszviazok and the state of the online conflict with Russia...
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...
A Long-Awaited IoT Reverse Engineering Tool Is Finally Here
Ten years after it was first unveiled, the powerful firmware analysis platform Ofrak is now available to anyone...
Interstate Travel Post-Roe Isn’t as Secure as You May Think
Despite the DOJ vowing to protect people's ability to travel out of state for abortion care, legal experts warn not to take that freedom for granted...
North Korea's Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft
Plus: Spyware maker NSO Group deemed “valueless,” T-Mobile fails to buy its stolen data, and malware spreads on Telegram...
Conti Leaks Reveal the Ransomware Group’s Links to Russia
Members of the Conti ransomware group may act in Russia’s interest, but their links to the FSB and Cozy Bear hackers appear ad hoc...
Millions of WordPress Sites Got a Forced Update for a Serious Bug
The mandatory patch addressed a critical vulnerability in a widely used plugin that allowed untrusted visitors to download a website's backups...
The Next Wave of Log4J Attacks Will Be Brutal
So far, Log4Shell has resulted mostly in cryptomining and a little espionage. The really bad stuff is just around the corner...
A Software Bug Let Hackers Drain $31M From a Crypto Service
An attacker exploited a vulnerability in MonoX Finance's smart contract to inflate the price of its digital token and then cash out...
What Is a Watering Hole Attack?
It's a technique that can hit thousands of victims—through no fault of their own...
How Iran Tried to Undermine the 2020 US Presidential Election
From faked emails to a hacked voter registration database, a new indictment offers fresh details on the attempted interference...
A Telegram Bot Told Iranian Hackers When They Got a Hit
APT35 may not be the most dangerous group out there, but they've got a new phishing trick...
This Ballot-Count Livestream Is the Only Thing Worth Watching
Take a deep breath and enjoy democracy at work...
A Poker Pro Accused of Cheating Wants $330M in Damages
Mike Postle claims he was the victim of an elaborate online campaign to tar him as a fraud—and he's suing a dozen defendants...
Gen Z Has a Plan to Save the Election—Starting With the Polls
Poll workers, who skew elderly, are in short supply during the pandemic. Meet some of the young people trying to make up the gap...
How We’ll Know the Election Wasn’t Rigged
Whether you’re casting a ballot in person or by mail, there’s plenty to worry about. Mass voter fraud shouldn’t be on the list...
The Best Privacy-Friendly Alternatives to Google Maps
Google Maps is arguably the easiest mapping service to use, but that doesn't mean it's the most secure...
Peter Strzok Has a Warning About Russia—and Trump
In an interview with WIRED and in his new book, the former FBI agent details the threats the US faces as the 2020 election looms...
A Former Uber Exec's Indictment Is a Warning Shot
Prosecutors allege that former Uber security chief Joseph Sullivan covered up a major breach, in the first high-profile case of its kind...
How Facebook and Other Sites Manipulate Your Privacy Choices
Social media platforms repeatedly use so-called dark patterns to nudge you toward giving away more of your data...
Decades-Old Email Flaws Could Let Attackers Mask Their Identities
Researchers found 18 exploits that take advantage of inconsistencies in the email plumbing most people never think about...
Rite Aid Used Facial Recognition in Stores for Nearly a Decade
A SubStack email mess, a Nintendo leak, and more of the week's top security news...
A.I. Helped Uncover Chinese Boats Hiding in North Korean Waters
A combination of technologies helped scientists discover a potentially illegal fishing operation involving more than 900 vessels...
Thieves Are Emptying ATMs Using a New Form of Jackpotting
The new hardware-based attack, which has targeted machines across Europe, can yield a stream of cash for the attacker...
A New Gadget Stops Voice Assistants From Snooping on You
Meet LeakyPick, the low-cost audio spy detector for your Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and other network-connected devices...
‘DDoS-For-Hire’ Is Fueling a New Wave of Attacks
Turf wars are heating up over the routers that fuel distributed denial of service attacks—and cybermercenaries are running rampant...
Ripple20 Bugs Put Hundreds of Millions of IoT Devices at Risk
The so-called Ripple20 vulnerabilities affect equipment found in data centers, power grids, and more...
Coder-Turned-Kingpin Paul Le Roux Gets His Comeuppance
The programmer who became a flagrant drug lord and weapons trafficker was sentenced in New York City to 25 years in prison...
How Microsoft Dismantled the Infamous Necurs Botnet
A years-long investigation and global cooperation disrupted one of the biggest botnets ever...
Turn Off Siri on Your Lock Screen for Better iOS Security
Every new version of iOS seems to bring with it a fresh lock screen bypass. Head the next one off by shushing Siri on your lock screen...