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Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say
A lawyer for Xiaofeng Wang and his wife says they are “safe” after FBI searches of their homes and Wang’s sudden dismissal from Indiana University, where he taught for over 20 years...
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...
China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle
Chinese black market operators are openly recruiting government agency insiders, paying them for access to surveillance data and then reselling it online—no questions asked...
Nigeria Drops Charges Against Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed Binance Exec and Former IRS Agent
After eight months, one of the US’s most prominent crypto-crime investigators may finally be coming home...
Let Slip the Robot Dogs of War
The United States and China appear locked in a race to weaponize four-legged robots for military applications...
These Dangerous Scammers Don’t Even Bother to Hide Their Crimes
“Yahoo Boy” cybercriminals are openly running dozens of scams across Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, YouTube, and more...
Change Healthcare’s New Ransomware Nightmare Goes From Bad to Worse
A cybercriminal gang called RansomHub claims to be selling highly sensitive patient information stolen from Change Healthcare following a ransomware attack by another group in February...
Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible
Change Healthcare ransomware hackers already received a $22 million payment. Now a second group is demanding money, and it has sent WIRED samples of what they claim is the company's stolen data...
23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months
Plus: North Korean hackers get into generative AI, a phone surveillance tool that can monitor billions of devices gets exposed, and ambient light sensors pose a new privacy risk...
US Lawmakers Want to Use a Powerful Spy Tool on Immigrants and Their Families
Legislation set to be introduced in Congress this week would extend Section 702 surveillance of people applying for green cards, asylum, and some visas—subjecting loved ones to similar intrusions...
Go on a Psychedelic Journey of the Internet's Growth and Evolution
Security researcher Barrett Lyon, who makes visualizations of the internet's network infrastructure, is back with a new piece chronicling the rise of the IPv6 protocol...
The NSA Seems Pretty Stressed About the Threat of Chinese Hackers in US Critical Infrastructure
US government officials continue to warn that the public and private sectors need to identify and root out China-backed attackers lurking in industrial control systems...
Who’s Responsible for the Gaza Hospital Explosion? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know What’s Real
A flood of false information, partisan narratives, and weaponized “fact-checking" has obscured efforts to find out who’s responsible for an explosion at a hospital in Gaza...
How to Tell When Your Phone Will Stop Getting Security Updates
Every smartphone has an expiration date. Here’s when yours will probably come...
Apple, Microsoft, and Google Just Fixed Multiple Zero-Day Flaws
Plus: Mozilla patches 10 Firefox bugs, Cisco fixes a vulnerability with a rare maximum severity score, and SAP releases updates to stamp out three highly critical flaws...
US Justice Department Urged to Investigate Gunshot Detector Purchases
A civil liberties group has asked the DOJ to investigate deployment of the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system, which research shows is often installed in predominantly Black neighborhoods...
How to Use Proton Sentinel to Keep Your Accounts Safe
If you want the highest possible level of protection, this is it...
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...
The Security Hole at the Heart of ChatGPT and Bing
Indirect prompt-injection attacks can leave people vulnerable to scams and data theft when they use the AI chatbots...
The Tragic Fallout From a School District’s Ransomware Breach
Plus: Cyber Command’s disruption of Iranian election hacking, an exposé on child sex trafficking on Meta’s platforms, and more...
The Huge 3CX Breach Was Actually 2 Linked Supply Chain Attacks
The mass compromise of the VoIP firm's customers is the first confirmed incident where one software-supply-chain attack enabled another, researchers say...
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 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...
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 Password Isn’t Dead Yet. You Need a Hardware Key
Any multifactor authentication adds protection, but a physical token is the best bet when it really counts...
Scammers Are Scamming Other Scammers Out of Millions of Dollars
On cybercrime forums, user complaints about being duped may accidentally expose their real identities...
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...
The Family That Mined the Pentagon's Data for Profit
The Freedom of Information Act helps Americans learn what the government is up to. The Poseys exploited it—and became unlikely defenders of transparency...
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...
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...
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...
Help Might Finally Be on the Way to Fight SIM-Swap Attacks
Plus: A cybersecurity CEO arrest, an Apple Pay hack, and more of the week's top security news...
Even the CIA and NSA Use Ad Blockers to Stay Safe Online
Plus: The ransomware scourge continues, a massive botnet gets wounded, and more of the week’s top security news...
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...
Cops Disrupt Emotet, the Internet's ‘Most Dangerous Malware’
A global operation has taken down the notorious botnet in a blow to cybercriminals worldwide...
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...
All the Ways Slack Tracks You—and How to Stop It
From changing privacy settings to putting limits on those infuriating notifications, here’s how to take control of Slack...
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...
Intel Is Investigating How Confidential Data Ended Up Online
The leak contains information that the company makes available to partners and customers under NDA. A researcher says it came from a breach...
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...
The Garmin Hack Was a Warning
As ransomware groups turn their attention to bigger game, expect more high-profile targets to fall...
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...
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...
Spies Can Eavesdrop by Watching a Light Bulb's Vibrations
The so-called lamphone technique allows for real-time listening in on a room that's hundreds of feet away...
Trump's New Intelligence Chief Spells Trouble
John Ratcliffe is the least-qualified director of national intelligence in history—and a staunch partisan as well...