The True Cost of a Free Telly TV

Telly TV tracks you and bombards you with ads on a dedicated second screen. It could help normalize smartphone-style surveillance in your living room...

ChatGPT Scams Are Infiltrating Apple's App Store and Google Play

An explosion of interest in OpenAI’s sophisticated chatbot means a proliferation of “fleeceware” apps that trick users with sneaky in-app subscriptions...

DOJ Detected SolarWinds Breach Months Before Public Disclosure

In May 2020, the US Department of Justice noticed Russian hackers in its network but did not realize the significance of what it had found for six months...

The Dangerous Weak Link in the US Food Chain

Without an information sharing and analysis center, the country’s food and agriculture sector is uniquely vulnerable to hackers...

Apple's iOS 16.4: Security Updates Are Better Than New Emoji

Plus: Microsoft Outlook and Android patch serious flaws, Chrome and Firefox get fixes, and much more...

The US Is Sending Money to Countries Devastated by Cyberattacks

The White House is providing $25 million to Costa Rica, after giving Albania similar aid following aggression by hackers linked to Iran...

How Good Smile, a Major Toy Company, Kept 4chan Online

Documents obtained by WIRED confirm that Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was an investor in the controversial image board...

AI-Generated Voice Deepfakes Aren’t Scary Good—Yet

The threat of scammers using voice deepfakes in their cons is real, but researchers say old-school voice-impersonation attacks are still the more pressing concern...

A Spy Wants to Connect With You on LinkedIn

Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China have been caught using fake profiles to gather information. But the platform’s tools to weed them out only go so far...

Apple Users Need to Update iOS Now to Patch Serious Flaws

Plus: Microsoft fixes several zero-day bugs, Google patches Chrome and Android, Mozilla rids Firefox of a full-screen vulnerability, and more...

Pig Butchering Scams Are Evolving Fast

Investment schemes are ensnaring victims with increasingly compelling narratives and believable tech...

Meet the Creator of North Korea’s Favorite Crypto Privacy Service

The world’s most prolific crypto thieves have used Sinbad.io to launder tens of millions. Its creator, “Mehdi,” answers WIRED’s questions...

Googling for Software Downloads Is Extra Risky Right Now

Plus: The FTC cracks down on GoodRx, Microsoft boots “verified” phishing scammers, researchers disclose EV charger vulnerabilities, and more...

Flaw in Diksha App Exposed the Data of Millions of Indian Students

A mandatory app exposed the personal information of students and teachers across the country for over a year...

The Biggest US Surveillance Program You Didn’t Know About

Plus: A leaked US “no fly” list, the SCOTUS leaker slips investigators, and PayPal gets stuffed...

T-Mobile's New Data Breach Shows Its $150 Million Security Investment Isn't Cutting It

The mobile operator just suffered at least its fifth data breach since 2018, despite promising to spend a fortune shoring up its systems...

Cops Hacked Thousands of Phones. Was It Legal?

When police infiltrated the EncroChat phone system in 2020, they hit an intelligence gold mine. But subsequent legal challenges have spread across Europe...

Iran’s Internet Blackouts Are Sabotaging Its Own Economy

A new US State Department assessment highlights the stark economic toll of Tehran’s recent shutdowns and platform control...

Cuba Ransomware Gang Abused Microsoft Certificates to Sign Malware

The company has taken measures to mitigate the risks, but security researchers warn of a broader threat...

Lensa AI and ‘Magic Avatars’: What to Know Before Using the App

Are you thinking about uploading some selfies and buying a pack of ‘Magic Avatars’? Consider these expert tips first...

Elon Musk’s Twitter Files Are a Feast for Conspiracy Theorists

From QAnon influencers to @catturd, the very online right sees exactly what they want to see in the CEO’s orchestrated disclosure...

A Windows 11 Automation Tool Can Easily Be Hijacked

Hackers can use Microsoft’s Power Automate to push out ransomware and key loggers—if they get machine access first...

Why the Twilio Breach Cuts So Deep

The phishing attack on the SMS giant exposes the dangers of B2B companies to the entire tech ecosystem...

Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?

Regulators are close to stopping Meta from sending EU data to the US, bringing a years-long privacy battle to a head...

You Pay More When Companies Get Hacked

Plus: Google delays the end of cookies again, EU officials were targeted with Pegasus spyware, and more of the top security news...

‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm

A German ad-tech trial features what Vodafone calls “digital tokens.” Should you be worried?...

The January 6 Hearing Was a Warning

The House committee's televised hearings interrogate the Capitol attack with damning new evidence. Whether it's enough to prevent another one is uncertain...

Google May Owe You a Chunk of $100 Million

Plus: The US admits to cyber operations supporting Ukraine, SCOTUS investigates its own, and a Michael Flynn surveillance mystery is solved...

Good Luck Not Accidentally Hiring a North Korean Scammer

DPRK hackers are tricking their way into jobs with Western firms. A US government alert reminds employers they're on the front lines—and potentially on the hook...

How One Company Helps Keep Russia’s TV Propaganda Machine Online

Russia is using satellites controlled by French operator Eutelsat to broadcast state-run programming. A grassroots group is pushing for that to stop...

Small Drones Are Giving Ukraine an Unprecedented Edge

From surveillance to search-and-rescue, consumer drones are having an unprecedented impact on Ukraine’s defense against Russia...

The Workaday Life of the World’s Most Dangerous Ransomware Gang

A Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,000 messages from inside the Conti ransomware group. This is what they reveal...

When War Struck, Ukraine Turned to Telegram

As Russian troops surround Kyiv, millions of Ukrainians have relied on the messaging platform for government information...

Putin’s Nuclear Threat Sets the West on Edge

By promising a response “never seen” in history if other countries interfere in Ukraine, the Russian leader upended decades of relative stability...

Out-of-Control Cybercrime Will Cause More Real-World Harm

Ransomware and online attacks can cause deadly real-world harm. Governments need to raise their game in response...

Safari Flaws Exposed Webcams, Online Accounts, and More

Apple awarded a $100,500 bug bounty to the researcher who discovered the latest major vulnerability in its browser...

US Wins Appeal to Extradite Julian Assange

Plus: Bluetooth security, a Brazil hack, and more of the week's top security news...

DuckDuckGo Wants to Stop Apps From Tracking You on Android

The privacy-focused tech company's latest update promises to block invasive data collection across your whole phone...

The Pixel 6 Chip’s Best Upgrade Isn’t Speed. It’s Security

Google’s new flagship smartphone is its most secure yet, thanks to a little vertical integration...

Telegram Is Becoming a Cesspool of Anti-Semitic Content

A new report shows that channels devoted to anti-Jewish conspiracy theories are growing at an alarming rate. Why won’t the platform take action?...

How to Go Passwordless on Your Microsoft Account

You no longer need an ungainly string of characters to access your Windows PC or Xbox...

Former US Intelligence Operatives Admit They Hacked for UAE

Plus: Remote learning spyware, an AT bribery scandal, and more of the week's top security news...

WhatsApp Fixes Its Biggest Encryption Loophole

The ubiquitous messaging service will add end-to-end encryption to backups, keeping your chats safe no matter whose cloud they're stored in...

What Apple Can Do Next to Fight Child Sexual Abuse

The fallout from the company's recent proposal has created a new opportunity to fix how it roots out abusive material across its devices...

Hackers Stole Over $90M From Japan's Liquid Crypto Exchange

Plus: An Apple informant, a Census Bureau hack, and more of the week's top security news...

The Strangest Election Scenario Runs Through Georgia

There’s a small but real possibility that we won’t know which party controls the Senate until 2021, thanks to a special election and a unique state requirement...

A Florida Teen Allegedly Shut Down School With a DDoS Attack

Plus: Predictive policing taken even farther, Amazon surveillance of private Facebook groups, and more of the week’s top security news...

25 Years After Oklahoma City, Domestic Terrorism Is on the Rise

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, FBI director Christopher Wray discusses a scourge that “moves at the speed of social media.”...

Russian Hackers Went After San Francisco International Airport

Plus: Windows zero days, Covid-19 spam, and more of the week's top security news...

Voltage Hacking, Big Tech's 'Green' Data Score Card, and More News

Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...