Hackers Are Poking at a MacOS Gatekeeper Flaw Apple Left Unfixed

The clock's ticking to fix a Gatekeeper bug that would let hackers slip malware onto your computer undetected...

'Sign In With Apple' Protects You in Ways Google and Facebook Don't

Apple's new single-sign-on scheme has benefits that its competitors seem unlikely to match...

Another MacOS Bug Lets Hackers Invisibly Click Security Prompts

Yet again, a bug in Apple's safeguards against "synthetic clicks" allows hackers to slip past Mojave's security restrictions on apps...

Dark Web Drug Busts Lead to 150 Arrests

Operation Dark HunTor spanned eight countries—and put the focus on sellers more than marketplaces...

Cyberpunk 2077 Maker Was Hit With Ransomware—and Won't Pay Up

CD Projekt Red's list of woes gets longer, as hackers claim to have stolen the source code for their most popular games...

DejaBlue: New BlueKeep-Style Bugs Mean You Need to Update Windows Now

Vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol continue to plague the web...

Robert Mueller's Work Is Done. Now It's Congress's Turn

In nearly six hours of testimony Wednesday, former special counsel Robert Mueller stuck to the facts...

Microsoft's BlueKeep Bug Isn't Getting Patched Fast Enough

At this rate, it will take years to fix a critical vulnerability that remains in over 900,000 Windows machines. A worm will arrive much sooner...

The False Promise of “Lawful Access” to Private Data

Opinion: As online extremism migrates to real-world violence, some suggest letting law enforcement intercept encrypted messages. But that’s a dangerous proposition...

7 Scenarios for How the Mueller Probe Might End

Reports say that the special counsel will be "wrapping up" his investigation soon. Here's what that might actually mean...

Android Users: Check This Facebook Location Privacy Setting ASAP

Android users can now stop Facebook from tracking their location when they aren't using the Facebook app...

The Elite Intel Team Still Fighting Meltdown and Spectre

One year after a pair of devastating processor vulnerabilities were first disclosed, Intel's still dealing with the fallout...

At a New York Privacy Pop-Up, Facebook Sells Itself

The one-day pop-up kiosk is meant to show that Facebook takes users’ privacy concerns seriously. It also was an opportunity to gather more data...

How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging

The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about...

What a Bloody San Francisco Street Brawl Tells Us About the Age of Citizen Surveillance

When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry. Then came another video, and another—and the story turned inside out...

Dating Apps Exposed 845 GB of Explicit Photos, Chats, and More

3somes, Gay Daddy Bear, and Herpes Dating are among the nine services that leaked the data of hundreds of thousands of users...

The Army Bans TikTok

A million-dollar email scam, a Chinese hacking campaign, and more of the week's top security news...

DNC Hackers Resurface, Zuckerberg Talks Free Speech, and More News

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The Iran Hacks Cybersecurity Experts Feared May Be Here

An uptick in potentially Iran-related hacking since the nuclear deal collapsed spells trouble for the US and allies...

Twitter Abuse Toward Women Is Rampant, Amnesty Report Says

Frustrated by Twitter's silence on abuse, Amnesty International crowdsources its own data and finds that the platform is especially toxic for black women...

A Dunkin' Donuts Hack, a Fake FedEx Site, and More Security News This Week

Scam centers, exposed massage company data, and more of the week's top security news...

How Mail Bombs Get Intercepted—And What Happens Next

Devices that might be explosives targeting Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, CNN, and more all are caught before reaching their final destinations. Here's how...

What You Should Know About Voilà, the Latest Viral Selfie App

Before you use it to cartoonify your face, consider the risks to your data...

Utah's ‘Porn Filter’ Law Passes the State Legislature

Plus: An iOS 14 jailbreak is out, Solarwinds details emerge, and more of the week's top security news...

Why the iPhone 11 Tracks Your Location Even When You Tell It Not To

Russian disinformation, a VC hack, vulnerable VPNs, and more are in the week’s top security news...

The Marines’ New Drone-Killer Aces Its First Test in Iran

Last week’s US strike of an Iranian drone is the first reported successful use of the Marines’ new energy weapon...

All the Ways Google Tracks You—And How to Stop It

Google knows more about you than you might think. Here's how to keep it from knowing your location, web browsing, and more...

The Challenge of America's First Online Census

Going digital could make the 2020 census more inclusive and efficient, but experts fear the Census Bureau is also opening itself up to new risks...

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Accuses Georgia Democrats of Hacking

Georgia's secretary of state is also its GOP gubernatorial candidate. And he just claimed that Democrats committed "cyber crimes."...

Congress Grills the Spy Chief, Google’s Quantum 'Victory,' and More News

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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect

Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn't see anything. But her Fitbit did...

What the Jetflicks and iStreamItAll Takedowns Mean for Piracy

In a sweeping indictment, the feds came down hard on two unauthorized streaming services that allegedly crossed a very important line...

John Ratcliffe Is a Dangerous Pick for Director of National Intelligence

The director of national intelligence's main job is to speak truth to power. Trump's nominee, John Ratcliffe, seems destined to do the opposite...

The Next Big Privacy Hurdle? Teaching AI to Forget

Opinion: The inability to forget doesn’t only impact personal privacy—it could also lead to real problems for our global security...

To Fight Deepfakes, Researchers Built a Smarter Camera

One way to tell if an image has been faked? Bake the tamper-proofing into the camera itself...

Google+ Exposed Data of 52.5 Million Users and Will Shut Down in April

A month after Google had already decided to shut down Google+, a new bug made its problems much, much worse...

Democrat Mail Bomb Scares Are a Perfect Misinformation Storm

News of apparent mail bombs targeting prominent Democrats and CNN give way to a deluge of false reports, partisan finger-pointing, and bad-faith conspiracy theories online...

Harmful 'Nudify' Websites Used Google, Apple, and Discord Sign-On Systems

Single sign-on systems from several Big Tech companies are being incorporated into deepfake generators, WIRED found. Discord and Apple have started to terminate some developers’ accounts...

AirDrop Is Leaking Email Addresses and Phone Numbers

Apple has known about the flaw since 2019 but has yet to acknowledge or fix it...

Why 'Zero Day' Android Hacking Now Costs More Than iOS Attacks

Brokers of so-called zero day exploits are paying out more for Android than iOS—which would have been unthinkable until recently...

New York's Revenge Porn Law Is a Flawed Step Forward

All but four states in the US now have a revenge porn law on the books. But advocates say precious few get it right...

Google Is Finally Making Chrome Extensions More Secure

Third-party developers don't always build extensions with security best practices in mind. Now Google is taking steps to better protect user data...

Google Takes Its First Steps Toward Killing the URL

Google wants to get rid of URLs. But first, it needs to show you why...

A 'Fortnite' Vulnerability Exposed Accounts to Takeover

Epic Games has since patched the attack, which would have allowed attackers to view account info, listen in on in-game conversations, and more...

I Bought Used Voting Machines on eBay for $100 Apiece. What I Found Was Alarming

Opinion: The fact that voter information is left on devices, unencrypted, that are then sold on the open market is malpractice...

As Ransomware Demands Boom, Insurance Keeps Paying Out

While major carriers like AXA have backed away from covering ransoms, don't expect the industry at large to break the vicious cycle...

A Ransomware Group Hit DC Police—Then Pivoted to Extortion

Warrantless searches, tracking troops, and more of the week’s top security news...

'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Is a Lesson in Military Opposites

The Resistance is outmanned and outgunned, but their adaptability wins the day...

How Apple Pay Buttons Can Make Websites Less Safe

Apple Pay itself is safe. But the way websites implement it can cause serious problems...

$700 Million Equifax Fine Is Still Too Little, Too Late

For failing to safeguard Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and more, Equifax will pay up—but not enough, experts say...