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Intensified Israeli Surveillance Has Put the West Bank on Lockdown
The West Bank was Israel’s surveillance laboratory. Since the Israel-Hamas war began, Palestinian residents have been locked in for days at a time...
Your Cheap Android TV Streaming Box May Have a Dangerous Backdoor
New research has found that some streaming devices and dozens of Android and iOS apps are secretly being used for fraud and other cybercrime...
Risk of a US Government Shutdown Is Fueled by Very Online Republicans
Egged on by a far-reaching conservative media ecosystem, right-wing hardliners are forcing Washington to bend to their reality as the federal government careens toward a possible shutdown...
Your Boss’s Spyware Could Train AI to Replace You
Corporations are using software to monitor employees on a large scale. Some experts fear the data these tools collect could be used to automate people out of their jobs...
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...
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...
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...
A New Attack Impacts ChatGPT—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame...
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...
Meta Moves to Counter New Malware and Repeat Account Takeovers
The company is adding new tools as bad actors use ChatGPT-themed lures and mask their infrastructure in an attempt to trick victims and elude defenders...
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...
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...
Microsoft's ‘Security Copilot’ Sics ChatGPT on Security Breaches
The new tool aims to deliver the network insights and coordination that “AI” security systems have long promised...
Congressman Darin LaHood Says FBI Targeted Him With Unlawful 'Backdoor' Searches
Representative Darin LaHood's claim that he was the subject of “backdoor” searches comes at a dicey moment for the bureau...
A Privacy Hero's Final Wish: An Institute to Redirect AI's Future
Peter Eckersley did groundbreaking work to encrypt the web. After his sudden death, a new organization he founded is carrying out his vision to steer artificial intelligence toward “human flourishing.”...
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?...
A Sneaky Ad Scam Tore Through 11 Million Phones
Some 1,700 spoofed apps, 120 targeted publishers, 12 billion false ad requests per day—Vastflux is one of the biggest ad frauds ever discovered...
What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?
This type of devastating scheme ensnares victims and takes them for all they’re worth—and the threat is only growing...
Everyone Is Using Google Photos Wrong
Ever-expanding cloud storage presents more risks than you might think...
Popular HR and Payroll Company Sequoia Discloses a Data Breach
The company, which works with hundreds of startups, said it detected unauthorized access to personal data, including Social Security numbers...
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...
A US Propaganda Operation Hit Russia and China With Memes
Plus: An Iranian hacking tool steals inboxes, LastPass gets hacked, and a deepfake scammer targets the crypto world...
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...
Bitcoin Fog Case Could Put Cryptocurrency Tracing on Trial
Roman Sterlingov, accused of laundering $336 million, is proclaiming his innocence—and challenging a key investigative tool...
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...
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...
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 DOJ’s $3.6B Seizure Shows How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto
A couple allegedly used a “laundry list” of technical measures to cover their tracks. They didn’t work...
This AI Predicts How Old Children Are. Can It Keep Them Safe?
Yoti’s tech may be enticing for Big Tech companies: It works out if you’re under or over 13, the age most social media platforms require to create an account...
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...
Hundreds of Scam Apps Hit Over 10 Million Android Devices
The so-called GriftHorse campaign used clever techniques to avoid detection in Google Play for nearly a year...
Cloudflare Is Taking a Shot at Email Security
The internet infrastructure company wants to protect your inbox from targeted threats, starting with the launch of two new tools...
New Research Reveals the Hidden Downsides of Link Previews
The feature is convenient, but it can also leak sensitive data, consume bandwidth, and drain batteries. And some sites are worse than others...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...