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Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve
Ukraine claims to have doxed Russian troops and spies, while hacktivists are regularly leaking private information from Russian organizations...
Fake Cops Scammed Apple and Meta to Get User Data
Plus: Lapsus$ teens hit with charges, Wyze's security screwup, and Russia's cyber rampage...
Russia Inches Toward Its Splinternet Dream
For years, the country has been trying to create its own sovereign internet—a goal given new impetus by the backlash to its invasion of Ukraine...
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...
The Future of Digital Cash Is Not on the Blockchain
If you want the privacy of paper money, you need something that leaves no paper trail...
Hunt for Lapsus$ Hackers Leads to a British Teen
Plus: New details emerge about Russian hacks and hackers as the US warns of potential new attacks...
Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territory
The country has enlisted thousands of cybersecurity professionals in the war effort against Russia...
US Agencies Say Russian Hackers Compromised Defense Contractors
Kremlin-backed cyber actors lurked in the networks for months, obtaining sensitive documents related to weapons and infrastructure development...
Hackers Rigged Hundreds of Ecommerce Sites to Steal Payment Info
The attackers exploited a known vulnerability and installed credit card skimmers on more than 500 websites...
Destructive Hacks Against Ukraine Echo Its Last Cyberwar
A data wiper posing as ransomware bears a discomfiting resemblance to the earlier wave of Russian cyberattacks that ended with NotPetya...
NSO Group Spyware Targeted Dozens of Reporters in El Salvador
The newly disclosed campaign shows how little the company has done to curb abuses of its powerful surveillance tools...
6 Ways to Delete Yourself From the Internet
You’ll never be able to get a clean slate—but you can significantly downsize your digital footprint...
US Wins Appeal to Extradite Julian Assange
Plus: Bluetooth security, a Brazil hack, and more of the week's top security news...
A Drone Tried to Disrupt the Power Grid. It Won't Be the Last
An attack attempt in 2020 proves the UAS threat is real—and not enough is being done to stop it...
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?...
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...
US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit
The Department of Justice has named and charged six men for allegedly carrying out many of the most costly cyberattacks in history...
Russia’s Fancy Bear Hackers Are Hitting US Campaign Targets Again
Microsoft says the GRU hacking group has attacked hundreds of organizations over the past year, many of them tied to the upcoming election...
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...
A Hidden Risk for Domestic Violence Victims: Family Phone Plans
Abusers can use shared accounts to stalk and harass victims, and plans aren’t always easy to escape...
DoNotPay Unsubscribes You From Spam—and Tries to Get You Paid
There's finally a way to get off of email lists with your privacy intact...
New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears
The malware known as ThiefQuest or EvilQuest also has spyware capabilities that allow it to grab passwords and credit card numbers...
Anonymous Stole and Leaked a Megatrove of Police Documents
The so-called BlueLeaks collection includes internal memos, financial records, and more from over 200 state, local, and federal agencies...
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...
Facebook Broadens Its Bug Bounty to Include Third-Party Apps
Starting Monday, Facebook will pay at least $600 to researchers who spot third-party apps behaving badly on its platform...
Why Big Tech and the Government Need to Work Together
Opinion: Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter argues for cooperation between tech workers and the DoD...
Websites Can Now Spy on You Through Your Hard Drive
Thanks to the newly detailed FROST technique, telltale SSD activity can be measured in the browser using simple JavaScript...
Google’s Advanced Protection for Vulnerable Users Comes to Android
A new extra-secure mode for Android 16 will let at-risk users lock their devices down...
The Most Dangerous Hackers You’ve Never Heard Of
From crypto kingpins to sophisticated scammers, these are the lesser-known hacking groups that should be on your radar...
Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport
An email sent by the Department of Homeland Security instructs people in the US on a temporary legal status to leave the country. But who the email actually applies to—and who actually received it—is far from clear...
A Brand-New Botnet Is Delivering Record-Size DDoS Attacks
Eleven11bot infects webcams and video recorders, with a large concentration in the US...
Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons...
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 Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms...
Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head
Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED, former CISA head Jen Easterly argues for her agency’s survival...
Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
A new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would use a 54-year-old privacy law to impose new oversight of the data broker industry. But first, the agency must survive Elon Musk...
Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI ‘Nudify’ Bots on Telegram
Bots that “remove clothes” from images have run rampant on the messaging app, allowing people to create nonconsensual deepfake images even as lawmakers and tech companies try to crack down...
How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI
Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI. Here’s how to take back at least a little control from ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and more...
License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars
From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more...
The US Navy Is Going All In on Starlink
The Navy is testing out the Elon Musk–owned satellite constellation to provide high-speed internet access to sailors at sea. It’s part of a bigger project that’s about more than just getting online...
Ukrainian Sailors Are Using Telegram to Avoid Being Tricked Into Smuggling Oil for Russia
Contract seafarers in Ukraine are turning to online whisper networks to keep themselves from being hired into Russia’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet...
How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI
Eliot Higgins and his 28,000 forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a miraculous nose for truth—and a sharp sense of its limits—in Gaza, Ukraine, and everywhere else atrocities hide online...
The Ticketmaster Data Breach May Be Just the Beginning
Data breaches at Ticketmaster and financial services company Santander have been linked to attacks against cloud provider Snowflake. Researchers fear more breaches will soon be uncovered...
Microsoft’s New Recall AI Tool May Be a ‘Privacy Nightmare’
Plus: US surveillance reportedly targets pro-Palestinian protesters, the FBI arrests a man for AI-generated CSAM, and stalkerware targets hotel computers...
A (Strange) Interview With the Russian-Military-Linked Hackers Targeting US Water Utilities
Despite Cyber Army of Russia’s claims of swaying US “minds and hearts,” experts say the cyber sabotage group appears to be hyping its hacking for a domestic audience...
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...
The XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know
Details are starting to emerge about a stunning supply chain attack that sent the open source software community reeling...
The DOJ Puts Apple's iMessage Encryption in the Antitrust Crosshairs
Privacy and security are an Apple selling point. But the DOJ’s new antitrust lawsuit argues that Apple selectively embraces privacy and security features in ways that hurt competition—and users...
A Pornhub Chatbot Stopped Millions From Searching for Child Abuse Videos
Every time someone in the UK searched for child abuse material on Pornhub, a chatbot appeared and told them how to get help...