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Feds Charge NSA Contractor Accused of Exposing Russian Hacking
The arrest of an alleged source of a classified leak to the Intercept offers a lesson in the risks of spilling secrets. The post Feds Charge NSA Contractor Accused of Exposing Russian Hacking appeared first on WIRED...
A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?
Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield...
OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear
Scammers are hijacking government websites to upload ads for “leaked” OnlyFans content. Thousands of copyright complaints from adult creators are helping people avoid malicious links...
A Critical Deadline Is Approaching for Windows and Linux Security
The cryptographic keys that secure your computer’s boot sequence will start to expire on June 24. Here’s what that means for you...
Soccer Fans, You’re Being Watched
From anti-drone tech to face recognition, 2026 World Cup stadiums in the US, Canada, and Mexico are subjecting fans to an array of surveillance tech. Here’s what you need to know...
Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
Plus: Hackers use Meta’s AI bots to hack Instagram accounts, Anthropic helps NSA hackers, a decades-long GPS satellite mystery may have been solved, and more...
The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle
Thousands of schools around the US were paralyzed on Thursday after education tech firm Instructure shut down access to its Canvas platform following a breach by hackers going by the name ShinyHunters...
90,000 Screenshots of One Celebrity's Phone Were Exposed Online
Spyware appears to have captured everything from intimate photos to private messages from the smartphone of European celebrity. They were publicly accessible until a researcher flagged the exposure...
Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight
In an effort to evade detection, cybercriminals are increasingly turning to “residential proxy” services that cover their tracks by making it look like everyday online activity...
The Rise of ‘Vibe Hacking’ Is the Next AI Nightmare
In the very near future, victory will belong to the savvy blackhat hacker who uses AI to generate code at scale...
A Swedish MMA Tournament Spotlights the Trump Administration's Handling of Far-Right Terrorism
A member of a California-based fight club seems to have attended an event hosted by groups with ties to an organization the US government labeled a terrorist group. Will the Trump administration care?...
UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data
Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu gives Donald Trump a golden pager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise blames Russian government hackers for a breach, and more...
Are You Being Tracked by an AirTag? Here’s How to Check
If you’re worried that one of Apple’s trackers is following you without consent, try these tips...
Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist
Plus: An “AI granny” is wasting scammers’ time, a lawsuit goes after spyware-maker NSO Group’s executives, and North Korea–linked hackers take a crack at macOS malware...
The NSA Has a Podcast—Here's How to Decode It
The spy agency that dared not speak its name is now the Joe Rogan of the SIGINT set. And the pod's actually worth a listen...
Russia’s Most Notorious Special Forces Unit Now Has Its Own Cyber Warfare Team
Unit 29155 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency—a team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings—has branched out into brazen hacking operations with targets across the world...
Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes
Hacker Samy Kamkar is debuting his own open source version of a laser microphone—a spy tool that can invisibly pick up the sounds inside your home through a window, and even the text you’re typing...
The Age of the Drone Police Is Here
A WIRED investigation, based on more than 22 million flight coordinates, reveals the complicated truth about the first full-blown police drone program in the US—and why your city could be next...
The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US...
Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds
The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels...
Here Come the AI Worms
Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way...
Notorious Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Quietly Plotting a Comeback
NSO Group, creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware, is spending millions on lobbying in Washington while taking advantage of the crisis in Gaza to paint itself as essential for global security...
Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents
On Telegram, scammers are impersonating doctors to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates and other products, showing how criminals are taking advantage of conspiracy theories...
US Congress Report Calls for Privacy Reforms After FBI Surveillance 'Abuses'
A new report by an oversight committee in the US House of Representatives says the FBI has routinely violated rules governing FISA’s Section 702 surveillance program and must be reined in...
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...
They Supported Air Strike Victims. Then They Were Doxed and Arrested
Myanmar’s military junta is increasing surveillance and violating basic human rights. The combination of physical and digital surveillance is reaching dangerous new levels...
Activist Hackers Are Racing Into the Israel-Hamas War—for Both Sides
Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks, and attempted to overload targets with junk traffic to bring them down...
Inside FTX’s All-Night Race to Stop a $1 Billion Crypto Heist
The same chaotic day FTX declared bankruptcy, someone began stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from its coffers. A WIRED investigation reveals the company’s “very crazy night” trying to stop them...
White Supremacist Active Clubs Are Breeding on Telegram
A “friendlier” front for racist extremism has spread rapidly across the US in recent months, as active club channels network on Telegram's encrypted messaging app...
The International Criminal Court Will Now Prosecute Cyberwar Crimes
And the first case on the docket may well be Russia’s cyberattacks against civilian critical infrastructure in Ukraine...
Hacks Against Ukraine's Emergency Response Services Rise During Bombings
Data from Cloudflare's free digital defense service, Project Galileo, illuminates new links between online and offline attacks...
How To Delete Your Data From ChatGPT
OpenAI has new tools that give you more control over your information—although they may not go far enough...
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...
Google Is Rolling Out Passkeys, the Password-Killing Tech, to All Accounts
The tech industry’s transition to passkeys gets its first massive boost with the launch of the alternative login scheme for Google’s billions of users...
The Hacking of ChatGPT Is Just Getting Started
Security researchers are jailbreaking large language models to get around safety rules. Things could get much worse...
How to Use Apple’s New All-In-One Password Manager
Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac now have a built-in password feature, complete with two-factor authentication...
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...
I Got Investigated by the Secret Service. Here's How to Not Be Me
Don't drink and tweet...
The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets
After successful autonomous flight tests in December, the military is ramping up its plans to bring artificial intelligence to the skies...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Scammers Are Scamming Other Scammers Out of Millions of Dollars
On cybercrime forums, user complaints about being duped may accidentally expose their real identities...
China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters
Plus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this year...
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...
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...