Pig Butchering Scams Are Going High Tech

Scammers in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to AI, deepfakes, and dangerous malware in a way that makes their pig butchering operations even more convincing...

The FBI Still Hasn’t Cracked NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Phone

Plus: Harvard students pack Meta’s smart glasses with privacy-invading face-recognition tech, Microsoft and the DOJ seize Russian hackers’ domains, and more...

Notorious Evil Corp Hackers Targeted NATO Allies for Russian Intelligence

UK law enforcement and international partners have released new details about the cybercriminal gang Evil Corp, including its use of the Lockbit ransomware platform and ties to Russian intelligence...

Iranian Hackers Tried to Give Hacked Trump Campaign Emails to Dems

Plus: The FBI dismantles the largest-ever China-backed botnet, the DOJ charges two men with a $243 million crypto theft, Apple’s MacOS Sequoia breaks cybersecurity tools, and more...

‘Terrorgram’ Charges Show US Has Had Tools to Crack Down on Far-Right Terrorism All Along

The federal indictment of two alleged members of the Terrorgram Collective, a far-right cell accused of inspiring “lone wolf” attacks, reveals the US is now using a “forgotten” legal strategy...

Apple Intelligence Promises Better AI Privacy. Here’s How It Actually Works

Private Cloud Compute is an entirely new kind of infrastructure that, Apple’s Craig Federighi tells WIRED, allows your personal data to be “hermetically sealed inside of a privacy bubble.”...

What You Need to Know About Grok AI and Your Privacy

xAI’s generative AI tool, Grok AI, is unhinged compared to its competitors. It’s also scooping up a ton of data that people post on X. Here’s how to keep your posts out of Grok—and why you should...

Inside the Dark World of Doxing for Profit

From tricking companies into handing over victims’ personal data to offering violence as a service, the online doxing ecosystem is not just still a problem—it’s getting more extreme...

A New Plan to Break the Cycle of Destructive Critical Infrastructure Hacks

As digital threats against US water, food, health care, and other vital sectors loom large, a new project called UnDisruptable27 aims to help fix cybersecurity weaknesses where other efforts have failed...

Sensitive Illinois Voter Data Exposed by Contractor’s Unsecured Databases

Social Security numbers, death certificates, voter applications, and other personal data were accessible on the open internet, highlighting the ongoing challenges in election security...

A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them

KnowBe4 detailed the incident in a recent blog post as a warning for other potential targets...

The US Supreme Court Kneecapped US Cyber Strategy

After the Supreme Court limited the power of federal agencies to craft regulations, it’s likely up to Congress to keep US cybersecurity policy intact...

AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records

A security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset of call and text records of “nearly all” AT&T customers has been wiped—but some risks may remain...

Spyware Users Exposed in Major Data Breach

Plus: The Heritage Foundation gets hacked over Project 2025, a car dealership software provider seems to have paid $25 million to a ransomware gang, and authorities disrupt a Russian bot farm...

Google Is Adding Passkey Support for Its Most Vulnerable Users

Google is bringing the password-killing “passkey” tech to its Advanced Protection Program users more than a year after rolling them out broadly...

Russians Love YouTube. That’s a Problem for the Kremlin

YouTube remains the only major US-based social media platform available in Russia. It’s become "indispensable" to everyday people, making a ban tricky. Journalists and dissidents are taking advantage...

How Donald Trump Could Weaponize US Surveillance in a Second Term

Donald Trump has vowed to go after political enemies, undocumented immigrants, and others if he wins. Experts warn he could easily turn the surveillance state against his targets...

Teslas Can Still Be Stolen With a Cheap Radio Hack—Despite New Keyless Tech

Ultra-wideband radio has been heralded as the solution for “relay attacks” that are used to steal cars in seconds. But researchers found Teslas equipped with it are as vulnerable as ever...

How Israel Defended Against Iran's Drone and Missile Attack

The Iron Dome, US allies, and long-range interceptor missiles all came into play...

The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways

As Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat...

SpaceX Launched Military Satellites Designed to Track Hypersonic Missiles

The prototype satellites hitched a ride on a Falcon 9 rocket...

A Backroom Deal Looms Over Section 702 Surveillance Fight

Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance program, worrying members devoted to reforming Section 702...

2054, Part V: From Tokyo With Love

“Had this all been contrived? Had his life become a game in which everyone knew the rules but him?” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel...

London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime

In a test at one station, Transport for London used a computer vision system to try and detect crime and weapons, people falling on the tracks, and fare dodgers, documents obtained by WIRED show...

The Mystery of the $400 Million FTX Heist May Have Been Solved

An indictment against three Americans suggests that at least some of the culprits behind the theft of an FTX crypto fortune may be in custody...

‘Stablecoins’ Enabled $40 Billion in Crypto Crime Since 2022

A new report from Chainalysis finds that stablecoins like Tether, tied to the value of the US dollar, were used in the vast majority of crypto-based scam transactions and sanctions evasion in 2023...

What It’s Like to Use Apple’s Lockdown Mode

If you're at high risk of being targeted by mercenary spyware, or just don't mind losing iOS features for extra security, the company's restricted mode is surprisingly usable...

Congress Clashes Over the Future of America’s Section 702 Spy Program

Competing bills moving through the House of Representatives both reauthorize Section 702 surveillance—but they pave very different paths forward for Americans’ privacy and civil liberties...

The Binance Crackdown Will Be an 'Unprecedented' Bonanza for Crypto Surveillance

Binance’s settlement requires it to offer years of transaction data to US regulators and cops, exposing the company—and its customers—to a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.”...

A New Attack Reveals Everything You Type With 95 Percent Accuracy

A pair of major data breaches rock the UK, North Korea hacks a Russian missile maker, and Microsoft’s Chinese Outlook breach sparks new problems...

Don't Join Threads—Make Instagram's 'Twitter Killer' Join You

Meta’s Twitter alternative promises that it will work with decentralized platforms, giving you greater control of your data. You can hold the company to that—if you don't sign up...

Inside the Dangerous Underground Abortion Pill Market Growing on Telegram

As states further limit access to abortion care in the US, a gray market for medication is filling the void. Buyers beware...

Docs Show FBI Pressures Cops to Keep Phone Surveillance Secrets

Newly released documents highlight the bureau's continued secrecy around cell-site simulators—spying tech that everyone already assumes exists...

Kaspersky Says New Zero-Day Malware Hit iPhones—Including Its Own

On the same day, Russia’s FSB intelligence service launched wild claims of NSA and Apple hacking thousands of Russians...

Hacker Group Names Are Now Absurdly Out of Control

Pumpkin Sandstorm. Spandex Tempest. Charming Kitten. Is this really how we want to name the hackers wreaking havoc worldwide?...

WhatsApp Launches a Proxy Tool to Fight Internet Censorship

Amid internet shutdowns in Iran, the encrypted messaging app is introducing proxy connections that can help people get online...

Android Phone Makers’ Encryption Keys Stolen and Used in Malware

Device manufacturers use “platform certificates” to verify an app’s authenticity, making them particularly dangerous in the wrong hands...

Google Moves to Block Invasive Spanish Spyware Framework

The Heliconia hacking tool exploited vulnerabilities in Chrome, Windows Defender, and Firefox, according to company security researchers...

Twitter’s Ex-Election Chief Is Worried About the US Midterms

Edward Perez says that “manufactured chaos” by bad actors will be even riskier thanks to Elon Musk’s own mayhem...

China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries

Plus: The New York Post gets hacked, a huge stalkerware network is exposed, and the US claims China interfered with its Huawei probe...

Hot on the Trail of a Mass-School-Shooting Hoaxer

For months, an anonymous caller has terrorized communities around the US by reporting false shooting threats. We know how they did it. The question is, why?...

How to Protect Yourself If Your School Uses Surveillance Tech

Colleges and K-12 campuses increasingly monitor student emails, social media, and more. Here’s how to secure your or your child’s privacy...

A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws

The messenger protocol had gained popularity for its robust security, but vulnerabilities allowed attackers to decrypt messages and impersonate users...

Shadowy Russian Cell Phone Companies Are Cropping Up in Ukraine

But as Ukrainians retake ground, some of the firms are erasing their online presence...

Careless Errors in Hundreds of Apps Could Expose Troves of Data

Researchers found that mobile applications contain keys that could provide access to both user information and private files from unconnected apps...

Apple Fixed a Serious iOS Security Flaw—Have You Updated Yet?

Plus: Chrome patches another zero-day flaw, Microsoft closes up 100 vulnerabilities, Android gets a significant patch, and more...

Big Takeaways From the FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid

The fact that a search of Donald Trump's Florida home was even necessary says a lot...

A Phone Carrier That Doesn’t Track Your Browsing or Location

The new Pretty Good Phone Privacy service for Android hides the data linking you to your mobile device...

Chinese Police Exposed 1B People's Data in Unprecedented Leak

Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone's new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week's top security news...

How to Password Protect Any File

Put a digital lock on your most important data...