The Queen’s Funeral Sets Off the Biggest UK Police Operation Ever

Snipers on buildings. Drone no-fly zones. Temporary CCTV. The security plan is even more complex than it was for the London 2012 Olympics...

The Uber Hack’s Devastation Is Just Starting to Reveal Itself

An alleged teen hacker claims to have gained deep access to the company’s systems, but the full picture of the breach is still coming into focus...

The Shaky Future of a Post-Roe Federal Privacy Law

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act could protect people across the country. But first, it has to get past Nancy Pelosi...

Police Across US Bypass Warrants With Mass Location-Tracking Tool

Plus: An unsecured database exposed face recognition data in China, ‘Cuba’ ransomware knocks out Montenegro, and more...

A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS

An injection flaw allowed a researcher to access all files on a Mac. Apple issued a fix, but some machines may still be vulnerable...

The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal

Plus: The FCC cracks down on car warranty robocalls, Thai activists get targeted by NSO's Pegasus, and the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar continues...

Instagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups

Despite alerting Meta months ago, feminist groups say tens of thousands of fake accounts continue to bombard them on the platform...

An ISP Scam Targeted Low-Income People Seeking Government Aid

The US Federal Communications Commission says a man posing as a fake broadband service promised victims discounts on internet services and devices...

The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America

Known as ALPRs, this surveillance tech is pervasive across the US—and could soon be used by police and anti-abortion groups alike...

A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers

Researchers say the remote-access Trojan ZuoRAT is likely the work of a nation-state and has infected at least 80 different targets...

You Need to Update Windows and Chrome Right Now

Plus: Google issues fixes for Android bugs. And Cisco, Citrix, SAP, WordPress, and more issue major patches for enterprise systems...

The Post-Roe Privacy Nightmare Has Arrived

Plus: Microsoft details Russia’s Ukraine hacking campaign, Meta’s election integrity efforts dwindle, and more...

How China Hacked US Phone Networks

Plus: Russia rattles its cyber sword, a huge Facebook phishing operation is uncovered, feds take down the SSNDOB marketplace, and more...

The Tricky Business of Elon Musk Getting Twitter Fire-Hose Access

Twitter has reportedly given the billionaire access to its full stream of tweets and related user data. Is your privacy in jeopardy?...

Hackers Can Steal Your Tesla by Creating Their Own Personal Keys

A researcher found that a recent update lets anyone enroll their own key during the 130-second interval after the car is unlocked with an NFC card...

The Race to Hide Your Voice

Voice recognition—and data collection—have boomed in recent years. Researchers are figuring out how to protect your privacy...

What Do Those Pesky 'Cookie Preferences' Pop-Ups Really Mean?

We asked the engineer who invented cookies what they mean and how to handle them...

Open Source Intelligence May Be Changing Old-School War

Intelligence collected from public information online could be impacting traditional warfare and altering the calculus between large and small powers...

How GDPR Is Failing

The world-leading data law changed how companies work. But four years on, there’s a lag on cleaning up Big Tech...

US Courts Are Coming After Crypto Exchanges That Skirt Sanctions

A newly unsealed opinion is likely the first decision from a US federal court to find that cryptocurrencies can't be used to evade sanctions...

Apple Mail Now Blocks Email Tracking. Here’s What That Means

If you don’t like marketers or anyone else knowing when and where you read your email, Apple’s feature will help you reclaim some privacy...

VPN Providers Threaten to Quit India Over New Data Law

The country has ordered companies operating VPNs to collect user data and hand it over to officials—but they’re refusing to do so...

You Need to Update iOS, Android, and Chrome Right Now

Plus: Microsoft patched some 100 flaws, while Oracle issued more than 500 security fixes...

Russia's Sandworm Hackers Attempted a Third Blackout in Ukraine

The attack was the first in five years to use Sandworm's Industroyer malware, which is designed to automatically trigger power disruptions...

The Senate Bill That Has Big Tech Scared

The proposal would stop the biggest platforms from giving themselves an advantage over the little guys. Who's afraid of a little competition?...

A Mysterious Satellite Hack Has Victims Far Beyond Ukraine

The biggest hack since Russia’s war began knocked thousands of people offline. The spillover extends deep into Europe...

A Developer Altered Open Source Software to Wipe Files in Russia

The author of a popular application pushed out an update containing malicious code in an effort to sabotage computers in the country...

Conti Leak: A Ransomware Gang's Chats Expose Its Crypto Plans

Leaked files from cybercrime group Conti show it started building a crypto payment platform, a social network—and even had plans for a casino...

Chinese Spies Hacked a Livestock App to Breach US State Networks

Vulnerabilities in animal tracking software USAHERDS and Log4j gave the notorious APT41 group a foothold in multiple government systems...

Critical Bugs Expose Hundreds of Thousands of Medical Devices

The so-called Access:7 vulnerabilities are the latest high-profile IoT security fumble...

DDoS Attempts Hit Russia as Ukraine Conflict Intensifies

Plus: Hacker recruits, NFT thefts, and more of the week’s top security news...

An Optical Spy Trick Can Turn Any Shiny Object Into a Bug

Anything from a metallic Rubik’s cube to an aluminum trash can inside a room could give away your private conversations...

A Teen Took Control of Teslas by Hacking a Third-Party App

Plus: Open source sabotage, Ukrainian website hacks, and more of the week's top security news...

How to Read Your iOS 15 App Privacy Report

Your iPhone now gives you lots of transparency into what your downloads are up to. Here's what to look out for...

A Canadian Teen Was Arrested in a $36.5M SIM-Swap Heist

Plus: An FBI email hack, a cam site data leak, and more of the week's top security news...

Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops

Stockholm’s official app was a disaster. So annoyed parents built their own open source version—ignoring warnings that it might be illegal...

An Apparent Ransomware Hack Puts the NRA in a Bind

The group behind the reported attack is under sanctions from the US Treasury, which means a payout could come with penalties for the victim...

How to Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account

If you've finally hit your breaking point, here's how to say goodbye to Mark Zuckerberg's empire...

A Simple Bug Is Leaving AirTag Users Vulnerable to an Attack

Apple has reportedly known about the exploit for months...

The Wisconsin GOP Lost $2.3 Million in an Email Scam

Trump's website gets hacked, a ransomware group calls it quits, and more of the week's top security news...

'Watch Dogs: Legion' Tackles Surveillance Without Humanity

The game envisions a near future full of techno-dystopian surveillance, but it doesn't have much to say about the people it affects...

Encryption-Busting EARN IT Act Advances in Senate

Plus: A massive crime bust in Europe, a warning from US Cyber Command, and more of the week's top security news...

How Google Chrome Spent a Decade Making the Web More Secure

Ten years after Chrome debuted, a look back at how the browser redefined security online...

The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar

In this excerpt from WIRED Book Club pick The Yahoo Boys, journalist Carlos Barragán traces one scammer’s journey from flop to fortune...

How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyberspies

A new report traces the history of the early wave of Chinese hackers who became the backbone of the state's espionage apparatus...

US Customs and Border Protection Plans to Photograph Everyone Exiting the US by Car

A CBP spokesperson tells WIRED that the agency plans to expand its program for real-time face recognition at the border, potentially aiding Trump administration efforts to track people who self-deport...

Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America

The Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department’s “blacklist,” has hired a new lobbying firm with direct ties to the Trump administration, a WIRED investigation has found...

Facebook and Instagram Ads Push Gun Silencers Disguised as Car Parts

A network of Facebook pages has been advertising “fuel filters” that are actually meant to be used as silencers, which are heavily regulated by US law. Even US military officials are concerned...

The Paper Passport Is Dying

Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new digital travel documents. The paper passport’s days are numbered—despite new privacy risks...

Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug

Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will—the latest in a plague of web bugs that’s affected a dozen carmakers...