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Inside the Race to Secure the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Beyond the blinding speeds and sharp turns on new terrain, the teams at this weekend’s big F1 race are preparing for another kind of danger...
US Privacy Groups Urge Senate Not to Ram Through NSA Spying Powers
An effort to reauthorize a controversial US surveillance program by attaching it to a must-pass spending bill has civil liberties advocates calling foul...
US House Republicans Had Their Phones Confiscated to Stop Leaks
In an attempt to wrest control from raucous far-right hardliners amid the fight for a new House speaker, Republican Party leaders are instituting phone bans to keep backroom deals secret...
Apple's Encryption Is Under Attack by a Mysterious Group
Plus: Sony confirms a breach of its networks, US federal agents get caught illegally using phone location data, and more...
How to Talk to Your Kids About Social Media and Mental Health
Here’s what the science really says about teens and screens—and how to start the conversation with young people of any age...
Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here’s How It Works
Pixel Binary Transparency is the latest security benefit for Pixel owners...
The US Navy, NATO, and NASA Are Using a Shady Chinese Company’s Encryption Chips
The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military. Yet US agencies still use one of its subsidiary’s chips, raising fears of a backdoor...
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...
China Hacks US Critical Networks in Guam, Raising Cyberwar Fears
Researchers say the state-sponsored espionage operation may also lay the groundwork for disruptive cyberattacks...
The US Post Office Is Spying on the Mail. Senators Want to Stop It
The USPS carries out warrantless surveillance on thousands of parcels every year. Lawmakers want it to end—right now...
Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims' Families Sue Meta, Reddit, Amazon
The families of victims of a mass shooting in Buffalo are challenging the platforms they believe led the attacker to carry out a racist massacre...
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...
How ChatGPT—and Bots Like It—Can Spread Malware
Generative AI is a tool, which means it can be used by cybercriminals, too. Here’s how to protect yourself...
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...
How the US Can Stop Data Brokers' Worst Practices—Right Now
Legal experts say a key law should already prevent brokers from collecting and selling data that’s weaponized against vulnerable people...
How to Encrypt any File, Folder, or Drive on Your System
Trust us, it’s safer this way...
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2022
From SBF to the GRU, these were the most disruptive forces of online chaos this year...
Russians Hacked JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch in Line-Skipping Scheme
Plus: An offensive US hacking operation, swatters hacking Ring cameras, a Netflix password-sharing crackdown, and more...
Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid
Plus: Chinese hackers stealing US Covid relief funds, a cyberattack on the Met Opera website, and more...
The Quiet Insurrection the January 6 Committee Missed
A former congressman who helped the House select committee investigate the Capitol attack says the US is losing sight of the big picture...
Celsius Exchange Data Dump Is a Gift to Crypto Sleuths—and Thieves
By releasing half a million users’ transactions in a bankruptcy court filing, the company has opened a vast breach in its users’ financial privacy...
A New Linux Tool Aims to Guard Against Supply Chain Attacks
Security firm Chainguard has created a simple, open source way for organizations to defend the cloud against some of the most insidious attacks...
It’s Time to Get Real About TikTok’s Risks
US lawmakers keep warning about the popular app. But until they can explain what makes it uniquely dangerous, it’s difficult to tailor a resolution...
The Twitter Whistleblower Report’s Most Damning Allegation
Peiter “Mudge” Zatko’s claims about the company’s lax security are all bad. But one clearly captures the extent of systemic issues...
Google's Android Red Team Had a Full Pixel 6 Pwn Before Launch
Before the flagship phone ever landed in users’ hands, the security team thoroughly hacked it by finding bugs and developing exploits...
A Slack Bug Exposed Some Users’ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years
The exposure of cryptographically scrambled passwords isn’t a worst-case scenario—but it isn’t great, either...
The Microsoft Team Racing to Catch Bugs Before They Happen
What's it like to be responsible for a billion people's digital security? Just ask the company's Morse researchers...
How to Safely Lend Someone Else Your Phone
The next time someone wants to borrow your device to make a call or take a picture, take these steps to protect your privacy...
How to Limit Who Can Contact You on Facebook
You don't want just anyone in your inbox. Here's how to take control...
Thousands of Top Websites See What You Type—Before You Hit Submit
A surprising number of the top 100,000 websites effectively include keyloggers that covertly snag everything you type into a form...
What to Do If You Can’t Log In to Your Google Account
Locked out of your calendar or Gmail? Here’s how to get unstuck—and prevent it from happening in the first place...
New Lapsus$ Hack Documents Make Okta’s Response Look More Bizarre
Documents shed some light on how Okta and its subprocessor Sitel reacted to a breach, but they don’t explain the apparent lack of urgency...
Microsoft Disabling Macros Is a Huge Win for Security
Word and Excel files you download from the internet just got a whole lot safer...
Europe’s Move Against Google Analytics Is Just the Beginning
Austria’s data regulator has found that the use of Google Analytics is a breach of GDPR. In the absence of a new EU-US data deal, other countries may follow...
The Future of Tech Is Here. Congress Isn't Ready for It
In a conversation with WIRED, former representative Will Hurd talked AI, the metaverse, China, and how ill-prepared legislators are to grapple with any of it...
The Worst Hacks of 2021
It was a year of ransomware, surveillance, data breaches, and yes, more ransomware...
The Log4J Vulnerability Will Haunt the Internet for Years
Hundreds of millions of devices are likely affected...
A Log4J Vulnerability Has Set the Internet 'On Fire'
The flaw in the logging framework has security teams scrambling to put in a fix...
Devious ‘Tardigrade’ Malware Hits Biomanufacturing Facilities
The surprisingly sophisticated attack is “actively spreading” throughout the industry...
Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data
Voyeurs. Sabotaged accounts. Backdoor schemes. For years, the retail giant has handled your information less carefully than it handles your packages...
The Sneaky Way TikTok Is Connecting You to Real-Life Friends
The social network got huge by ignoring who you know. That's increasingly no longer the case...
11 Security Settings You Should Know About in Windows 11
Microsoft has rolled out its most secure operating system yet. Here's how to make the most of it...
Anonymous Leaked a Bunch of Data From a Right-Wing Web Host
The hacktivist collective targeted the domain registrar Epik for providing services to clients including the Texas GOP, Parler, and 8chan...
Covid-19 Vaccine Scams Spread Under Facebook's Watch
Don’t use an iTunes gift card to purchase doses of the vaccine online...
Feds Seize $1 Billion in Stolen Silk Road Bitcoins
A hacker identified only as Individual X had been sitting on a cryptocurrency gold mine for seven years before the IRS came knocking...
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...
The Impossible Dilemma of Twitter’s ‘Hacked Materials’ Rule
The company’s flip-flopping on the policy after banning a shady New York Post story highlights the challenges facing social media in 2020...
179 Arrested in Massive Global Dark Web Takedown
Operation Disruptor is an unprecedented international law enforcement effort, stemming from last year’s seizure of a popular underground bazaar called Wall Street Market...
Will WhatsApp’s Misinfo Cure Work for Facebook Messenger?
To protect the election, the platform will limit message forwarding to five people at a time...
A Critical Flaw Is Affecting Thousands of WordPress Sites
Hackers have been exploiting the vulnerability, which is now patched: Users should update to File Manager version 6.9 ASAP...