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The Senate’s AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of Privacy Past
The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators’ failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare...
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...
How AI Protects (and Attacks) Your Inbox
Criminals may use artificial intelligence to scam you. Companies, like Google, are looking for ways AI and machine learning can help prevent phishing...
LinkedIn Verification Now Lets You Verify Your Job and Account
To beat back fake accounts, the professional social network is rolling out new tools to prove you work where you say you do and are who you say you are...
ICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools and Abortion Clinics
An agency database WIRED obtained reveals widespread use of so-called 1509 summonses that experts say raises the specter of potential abuse...
The Scorched-Earth Tactics of Iran’s Cyber Army
Amid ongoing protests, the Iranian regime has lost control of its image, pushing it to employ increasingly drastic tactics where everyone loses...
The High-Stakes Blame Game in the White House Cybersecurity Plan
The Biden administration’s new strategy would shift the liability for security failures to a controversial target: the companies that caused them...
China Is Relentlessly Hacking Its Neighbors
New details reveal that Beijing-backed hackers targeted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding to a string of attacks in the region...
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 East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment Created a Perfect TikTok Storm
The social media platform helped push the story into the mainstream while also fueling misinformation and conspiracy theories...
How to Make Sure You’re Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location
Keep your movements private...
Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War
True Anomaly, a startup backed by US senator JD Vance's VC firm, plans to launch prototype pursuit satellites on a SpaceX flight later this year...
Spyware Hunters Are Expanding Their Tool Set
This invasive malware isn’t just for phones—it can target your PC too. But a new batch of algorithms aims to weed out this threat...
One of 5G’s Biggest Features Is a Security Minefield
New research found troubling vulnerabilities in the 5G platforms carriers offer to wrangle embedded device data...
The Worst Hacks and Breaches of 2022 So Far
From cryptocurrency thefts to intrusions into telecom giants, state-backed attackers have had a field day in the year’s first half...
You Need to Update iOS, Chrome, Windows, and Zoom ASAP
Plus: Google patches 36 Android vulnerabilities, Cisco fixes three high-severity issues, and VMWare closes two “serious” flaws...
Ukraine’s Digital Battle With Russia Isn’t Going as Expected
Even the head of the country's online offensive is surprised by the successes—although they’re not without controversy...
ProtonMail Amends Its Policy After Giving Up Activist’s Data
The email service says it was unable to appeal a Swiss court’s demand to log the IP address of a French climate advocate...
Apple Says It's Time to Digitize Your ID, Ready or Not
Digital driver’s licenses have had a slow start in the US so far, but iOS 15 Wallet will give the nascent technology a serious push...
I’m Not a Robot! So Why Won’t Captchas Believe Me?
If clicking crosswalks makes your blood boil, you’re not alone. Fortunately, there are some tips that make solving those challenges way less frustrating...
Ghostery’s Making a Privacy Browser—and Ad-Free Search Engine
The tracker-blocking company will soon launch a privacy-friendly desktop browser as well...
WhatsApp Using Up Your Phone Storage? Here’s How to Fix It
It's time to do something about those photos and videos automatically saving to your camera roll...
How Cryptography Lets Down Marginalized Communities
Speaking at a prestigious crypto conference this month, Seny Kamara called on the field to recognize its blind spots—and fix them...
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...
How to Check Your Devices for Stalkerware
You deserve privacy. Here's how to check your phone, laptop, and online accounts to make sure no one's looking over your shoulder...
Microsoft Halts a Global Fraud Campaign That Targeted CEOs
A sophisticated scheme was designed to trick businesses in more than 60 countries into wiring large sums of money to attackers...
A Vital Hack Could Turn Medical Devices Into Ventilators
Hundreds of thousands of lower-grade breathing devices are going unused because manufacturers say they can’t perform life-saving functions. But a new patch might change that...
A Twitch Streamer Is Exposing Coronavirus Scams Live
Kitboga has built a following by trolling telemarketers. Covid-19 opportunists have given him a whole new crop of targets...
After the Iowa Caucus Meltdown, New Hampshire Says It’s Ready
The nation’s first primary is proudly low-tech, but it'll take more than paper ballots to defuse the disinformation threat...
Facebook Revamps Its Privacy Checkup Feature in Time for CES
Forget Portal. This year, Facebook is marketing itself as a privacy crusader...
Report: The Government and Tech Need to Cooperate on AI
It also warns that AI-enhanced national security apparatus like autonomous weapons and surveillance systems will raise ethical questions...
The Infrastructure Mess Causing Countless Internet Outages
You may not have heard of the Border Gateway Protocol, but you definitely know when it goes wrong...
Security Experts Unite Over the Right to Repair
Securepairs.org is pushing back against a tech industry that wants independent repair legislation to be scary...
14 Mueller Report Takeaways You Might Have Missed
When you dig into the Mueller report, a lot of important details start to jump out...
Mueller Makes It Clear: Trump Was Worse Than a 'Useful Idiot'
The special counsel's report exposes the extent to which not just Russia but Donald Trump's own associates grifted the president...
Hackers Can Tell What Netflix 'Bandersnatch' Choices You Make
Researchers have shown that even though Netflix encrypts its traffic, hackers can figure out your interactive movie choices...
How the US Halted China’s Cybertheft—Using a Chinese Spy
For years, China has systematically looted American trade secrets. Here's the messy inside story of how DC got Beijing to clean up its act for a while...
What Is Ransomware? A Guide to the Global Cyberattack’s Scary Method
Ransomware is malware that locks your keyboard or computer to prevent you from accessing your data until you pay a ransom. The post What Is Ransomware? A Guide to the Global Cyberattack's Scary Method appeared first on WIRED...
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones...
AI Tools Are Helping Mediocre North Korean Hackers Steal Millions
One group of hackers used AI for everything from vibe coding their malware to creating fake company websites—and stole as much as $12 million in three months...
An Anarchist’s Conviction Offers a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s War on the ‘Left’
As the Trump administration ramps up its targeting of left-leaning people and groups, the prosecution and harsh sentencing of Casey Goonan may provide a glimpse of things to come...
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”...
A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations
Hackers. AI data scrapes. Government surveillance. Thinking about where to start when it comes to protecting your online privacy can be overwhelming. Here’s a simple guide for you—and anyone who claims they have nothing to hide...
The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data
Plus: A mysterious hacking group’s secret client is exposed, Signal takes a swipe at Microsoft Recall, Russian hackers target security cameras to spy on aid to Ukraine, and more...
We Made Luigi Mangione’s 3D-Printed Gun—and Fired It
In the wake of Luigi Mangione’s alleged killing of a health care CEO with a partially 3D-printed pistol, we built and tested the exact same model of weapon ourselves. And it was entirely legal...
Hacking Spree Hits UK Retail Giants
Plus: France blames Russia for a series of cyberattacks, the US is taking steps to crack down on a gray market allegedly used by scammers, and Microsoft pushes the password one step closer to death...
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting...
Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America
The Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department’s “blacklist,” has hired a new lobbying firm with direct ties to the Trump administration, a WIRED investigation has found...
The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials
Developed to boost productivity and operational readiness, the AI is now being used to “review” diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies to align them with President Trump’s orders...