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The Power and Pitfalls of AI for US Intelligence
Artificial intelligence use is booming, but it's not the secret weapon you might imagine...
Apple Just Killed the Password—for Real This Time
Apple’s iOS 16 and macOS Ventura will introduce passwordless login for apps and websites. It’s only the beginning...
AlphaBay Is Taking Over the Dark Web—Again
Five years after it was torn offline, the resurrected dark web marketplace is clawing its way back to the top of the online underworld...
An Actively Exploited Microsoft Zero-Day Flaw Still Has No Patch
The company continues to downplay the severity of the Follina vulnerability, which remains present in all supported versions of Windows...
DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Think
Plus: A $150 million Twitter fine, a massive leak from a Chinese prison in Xinjiang, and an ISIS plot to assassinate George W. Bush...
Proton Is Trying to Become Google—Without Your Data
The encrypted-email company, popular with security-conscious users, has a plan to go mainstream...
How to Use Windows Security to Keep Your PC Protected
Your Microsoft computer comes with built-in safety software that shields you from the worst threats. Here's how to navigate your toolkit...
DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop
DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave...
NFTs Are a Privacy and Security Nightmare
The blockchain isn’t as “anonymous” as you might think...
Stop Tracking Your Loved Ones
Tracking apps hijack your psyche. Here's how to regain control...
The Enduring Danger of Russia’s Cluster Bombs in Ukraine
A brief history and the ramifications of cluster bombs, history’s most indiscriminate weapon...
NFTs Don’t Work the Way You Might Think They Do
We bust the biggest misconceptions about what "minting" actually means...
How Police Abuse Phone Data to Persecute LGBTQ People
In many parts of the world, law enforcement uses WhatsApp chats, text messages, and photos from confiscated phones as "evidence" against persecuted groups...
Hackers Find a New Way to Deliver Devastating DDoS Attacks
Cybercriminals are exploiting a fleet of more than 100,000 misconfigured servers to knock websites offline...
How to Use Google Chrome's Enhanced Safety Mode
You get a safer, more secure browser experience, but Google gets a lot more data about you...
How to Set Up Lock Screens on All Your Devices
Your lock screen stands between your private data and unwelcome visitors—make sure you set it up correctly...
Health Sites Let Ads Track Visitors Without Telling Them
Privacy policies didn't tell the whole story about third-party tools gathering personal information from the sites of medical and genetic-testing companies...
Google Has a New Plan to Kill Cookies. People Are Still Mad
Google has scrapped FLoC, its controversial cookie replacement. Now it’s back with Topics—but rivals and privacy experts are still nervous...
The Matrix Is the Best Hacker Movie
Most people point to Sneakers or WarGames. They’re all wrong. The Wachowskis actually invented the ultimate cyber superhero...
Another Intel Chip Flaw Puts a Slew of Gadgets at Risk
The vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to the CPU to bypass the security measures protecting some of its most sensitive data...
Hackers Targeted Hong Kong Apple Devices in Widespread Attack
Visitors to pro-democracy and media sites in the region were infected with malware that could download files, steal data, and more...
Even the CIA and NSA Use Ad Blockers to Stay Safe Online
Plus: The ransomware scourge continues, a massive botnet gets wounded, and more of the week’s top security news...
An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data
The “free speech” social network also allowed unlimited access to every public post, image, and video...
Facebook's Zuckerberg Says He's Got Election Stuff Under Control
Facebook rolls out its plan to protect the US from November mayhem...
How to Keep Your Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Voice Recordings Private
Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant now all give you ways to opt out of human transcription of your voice snippets. Do it...
Myspace Employees Used to Spy on Users
Robert Mueller will testify, malware wrecks IoT, and more of the week's top security news...
Hackers Can Steal a Tesla Model S in Seconds by Cloning Its Key Fob
Weak encryption in the cars' key fobs allows all-too-easy theft, but you can set a PIN code on your Tesla to protect it...
Twitter Finally Bans Alex Jones—Over a Publicity Stunt
After years of abuse and spreading conspiracy theories, Alex Jones finally went too far for Twitter with a relatively tame rant...
The Silk Road Creator’s Life Sentence Actually Boosted Dark Web Drug Sales
A new study raises questions about the deterrence value of harsh sentencing for dark web crimes. The post The Silk Road Creator’s Life Sentence Actually Boosted Dark Web Drug Sales appeared first on WIRED...
A Big Change in NSA Spying Marks a Win for American Privacy
The NSA won't collect the emails of US citizens just because they mention a foreign target. That's a big deal. The post A Big Change in NSA Spying Marks a Win for American Privacy appeared first on WIRED...
British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted
As UK police embrace the AI revolution, a WIRED investigation reveals the messy inside story of one region’s experiment with predictive analytics...
Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed
The private events group, cofounded by Peter Thiel, says a “criminal” hacker is behind a breach that exposed members’ personal details. WIRED found no evidence a break-in was needed to access the files...
Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick
US lawmakers are alarmed that Bill Pulte, a housing official with no intelligence experience, is poised to take charge of one of the government's most powerful surveillance tools...
The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war...
The Race Is on to Keep AI Agents From Running Wild With Your Credit Cards
AI agents may soon be buying your stuff for you. The FIDO Alliance has teamed up with Google and Mastercard to try to ensure that shopping in the near future isn't a complete disaster...
California Engineer Identified in Suspected Shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
A 31-year-old engineer and self-described indie game developer is suspected of firing shots at the annual event attended by President Donald Trump, high-profile media figures, and US government officials...
It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
Plus: Major data breaches at a gym chain and hotel giant, a disruptive DDoS attack against Bluesky, dubious ICE hires, and more...
A Major Leak Spills a Chinese Hacking Contractor’s Tools and Targets
Plus: State-sponsored AI hacking is here, Google hosts a CBP face recognition app, and more of the week’s top security news...
Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data...
Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself
The easy access that scammers have to sophisticated AI tools means everything from emails to video calls can’t be trusted...
North Korea Stole Your Job
For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever...
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting...
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”...
Microsoft’s Recall AI Tool Is Making an Unwelcome Return
Microsoft held off on releasing the privacy-unfriendly feature after a swell of pushback last year. Now it’s trying again, with a few improvements that skeptics say still aren't enough...
Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants
Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. But cutting ties won’t be easy...
A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up
The UK, France, Sweden, and EU have made fresh attacks on end-to-end encryption. Some of the attacks are more “crude” than those in recent years, experts say...
‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge
Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships...
DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China
Amid ongoing fears over TikTok, Chinese generative AI platform DeepSeek says it’s sending heaps of US user data straight to its home country, potentially setting the stage for greater scrutiny...
The Worst Hacks of 2024
From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever...
Drug Dealers Have Moved on to Social Media
The marketing of illegal drugs on open platforms is “gaining prominence,” authorities note, while the number of drug transactions on the dark web has decreased in recent years...