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added 2023/10/27 7:51 p.m.15 views

The Destruction of Gaza’s Internet Is Complete

As Israel increases its ground operation in Gaza, the last remaining internet and mobile connections have gone dark...

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added 2023/10/25 5:40 p.m.15 views

Okta's Latest Security Breach Is Haunted by the Ghost of Incidents Past

A recent breach of authentication giant Okta has impacted nearly 200 of its clients. But repeated incidents and the company’s delayed disclosure have security experts calling foul...

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added 2023/10/12 12:00 p.m.15 views

New Clues Suggest Stolen FTX Funds Went to Russia-Linked Money Launderers

Whoever looted FTX on the day of its bankruptcy has now moved the stolen money through a long string of intermediaries—and eventually some that look Russian in origin...

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added 2023/09/11 11:00 a.m.15 views

AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous

State and local governments in the US are scrambling to harness tools like ChatGPT to unburden their bureaucracies, rushing to write their own rules—and avoid generative AI's many pitfalls...

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added 2023/09/06 1:00 p.m.15 views

How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products

Some foreign companies may be complying—potentially offering China’s spies hints for hacking their customers...

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added 2023/07/31 11:00 a.m.15 views

Apple iOS, Google Android Patch Zero-Days in July Security Updates

Plus: Mozilla fixes two high-severity bugs in Firefox, Citrix fixes a flaw that was used to attack a US-based critical infrastructure organization, and Oracle patches over 500 vulnerabilities...

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added 2023/07/14 5:00 p.m.15 views

FBI Surveillance Fears Are Uniting a Badly Broken Congress

The FBI has collected sensitive data on millions of Americans without warrants, drawing intense scrutiny from Congress and turning the agency into a punching bag across the political divide...

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added 2023/07/06 6:53 p.m.15 views

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...

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added 2023/07/05 2:37 p.m.15 views

EV Charger Hacking Poses a ‘Catastrophic’ Risk

Vulnerabilities in electric vehicle charging stations and a lack of broad standards threaten drivers—and the power grid...

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added 2023/05/13 1:00 p.m.15 views

Toyota Leaked Vehicle Data of 2 Million Customers

The FBI disables notorious Russia-linked malware, the EU edges toward a facial recognition ban, and security firm Dragos has an intrusion of its own...

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added 2023/05/09 11:00 a.m.15 views

The Team of Sleuths Quietly Hunting Cyberattack-for-Hire Services

For a decade, a group called Big Pipes has worked behind the scenes with the FBI to target the worst cybercriminal “booter” services plaguing the internet...

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added 2023/05/05 5:33 p.m.15 views

Doctors Behind Mifepristone Ban Called ‘Christians’ a Top Threat

Leaked documents reveal that the American College of Pediatricians viewed “mainstream medicine” and “nominal Christians” as its opposition...

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added 2023/04/26 7:28 p.m.15 views

A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media

The legislation would insert the government into online platforms’ age-verification efforts—a move that makes some US lawmakers queasy...

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added 2023/04/15 12:28 a.m.15 views

Montana’s Looming TikTok Ban Is a Dangerous Tipping Point

The state is poised to be the first in the US to block downloads of the popular app, which could ignite a precarious chain reaction for digital rights...

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added 2023/03/28 3:00 p.m.15 views

North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot

A spy group working for the Kim regime has been feeding stolen coins into crypto mining services in an effort to throw tracers off their trail...

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added 2023/03/25 1:00 p.m.15 views

India Shut Down Mobile Internet in Punjab Amid Manhunt for Amritpal Singh

Plus: The “Clop” gang's ransomware spree, the DC Health Link breach comes into focus, and more...

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added 2023/02/14 1:00 p.m.15 views

The More You Look for Spy Balloons, the More UFOs You’ll Find

No, there’s not a sudden influx of unidentified objects in the skies above the US—but the government is paying closer attention...

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added 2022/12/17 2:00 p.m.15 views

An Alleged Russian Smuggling Ring Was Uncovered in New Hampshire

Plus: An FBI platform got hacked, an ex-Twitter employee is sentenced for espionage, malicious Windows 10 installers circulate in Ukraine, and more...

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added 2022/12/14 12:27 a.m.15 views

A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia

The suit claims the company lacks adequate moderation to prevent widespread hate speech that has led to violence and death...

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added 2022/12/02 7:19 p.m.15 views

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...

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added 2022/11/26 2:00 p.m.15 views

Apple Tracks You More Than You Think

Plus: WikiLeaks’ website is falling apart, tax websites are sending your data to Facebook, and cops take down a big phone-number-spoofing operation...

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added 2022/11/25 12:00 p.m.15 views

Redacted Documents Are Not as Secure as You Think

Popular redaction tools don’t always work as promised, and new attacks can reveal hidden information, researchers say...

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added 2022/11/21 12:00 p.m.15 views

A Leak Details Apple's Secret Dirt on Corellium, a Trusted Security Startup

A 500-page document reviewed by WIRED shows that Corellium engaged with several controversial companies, including spyware maker NSO Group...

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added 2022/11/13 11:38 p.m.15 views

The Hunt for the FTX Thieves Has Begun

Mysterious crooks took hundreds of millions of dollars from FTX just as it collapsed. Crypto-tracing blockchain analysis may provide an answer...

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added 2022/11/11 12:00 p.m.15 views

‘Dark Ships’ Emerge From the Shadows of the Nord Stream Mystery

Satellite monitors discovered two vessels with their trackers turned off in the area of the pipeline prior to the suspected sabotage in September...

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added 2022/10/28 10:55 p.m.15 views

If Musk Starts Firing Twitter's Security Team, Run

What's next for the social network is anyone's guess—but here's what to watch as you wade through the privacy and security morass...

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added 2022/10/18 11:00 a.m.15 views

How the World Will Know If Russia Is Preparing to Launch a Nuclear Attack

While tensions over a possible nuclear attack on Ukraine remain high, experts say surveillance will likely catch Russia if it plans to do the unthinkable...

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added 2022/10/15 1:00 p.m.15 views

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Bails on Starlink Funding for Ukraine

Plus: Hackers hit the Mormon Church, Signal plans to ditch SMS for Android, and a Fat Bear election erupts in scandal...

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added 2022/10/10 1:00 p.m.15 views

Windows 11 Now Offers Automatic Phishing Protection

You’re safer than ever—here’s how...

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added 2022/09/25 11:00 a.m.15 views

VPN Providers Flee India as a New Data Law Takes Hold

Many companies have pulled physical servers from the country as a mandate to collect customer data goes into effect...

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added 2022/09/21 11:00 a.m.15 views

Shadowy Russian Cell Phone Companies Are Cropping Up in Ukraine

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

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added 2022/08/13 7:33 p.m.15 views

Flaw in the VA Medical Records Platform May Put Patients at Risk

The Veterans Affairs’ VistA software has a vulnerability that could let an attacker “masquerade as a doctor,” a security researcher warns...

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added 2022/08/03 1:00 p.m.15 views

A New Attack Easily Knocked Out a Potential Encryption Algorithm

SIKE was a contender for post-quantum-computing encryption. It took researchers an hour and a single PC to break it...

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added 2022/06/17 11:00 a.m.15 views

Here’s Why You’re Still Stuck in Robocall Hell

Despite major progress fighting spam and scams, the roots of the problem go far deeper than your phone company’s defenses...

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added 2022/06/04 12:00 p.m.15 views

Your Tim Hortons Coffee App Knew Where You Were at All Times

The Canada-based company illegally collected “vast amounts of location data,” such as every time a person entered or left their home, workplace, or another coffee shop...

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added 2022/05/28 1:00 p.m.15 views

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...

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added 2022/05/24 9:00 a.m.15 views

The Surveillance State Is Primed for Criminalized Abortion

A new report lays out existing US police surveillance capabilities that can easily be repurposed to monitor pregnant people...

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added 2022/04/27 1:00 p.m.15 views

North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones to Access Forbidden Media

A new report suggests that a small but vibrant group of smartphones hackers may be challenging the world's most digitally restrictive regime...

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added 2022/04/25 4:08 p.m.15 views

The US Saw a Spike in Child Sexual Abuse URLs in 2021

CSAM hosting in the United States rose 64 percent last year, putting the country second in the world, a new report found...

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added 2022/04/22 11:00 a.m.15 views

A $3 Billion Silk Road Seizure Will Erase Ross Ulbricht's Debt

In a twist, a massive trove of stolen bitcoins will repay the dark web market creator's $183 million restitution...

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added 2022/04/12 2:44 p.m.15 views

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...

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added 2022/04/09 1:00 p.m.15 views

TSA’s Terrorist Watch List Comes for Amtrak Passengers

Plus: Microsoft seizes Russian GRU domains, Cash App’s data breach, and Obama’s disinfo admission...

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added 2022/04/06 11:00 a.m.15 views

Europe Is Building a Huge International Facial Recognition System

Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people’s faces...

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added 2022/02/28 8:33 p.m.15 views

An ‘Unhinged’ Putin Threatens Dangerous Escalation in Ukraine

With no off-ramp in sight, Russia’s leader has put the country’s nuclear forces on alert...

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added 2022/02/19 2:00 p.m.15 views

Russia Was Behind DDoS Attacks Against Ukraine, US Officials Say

Plus: A crypto crime crackdown, Roblox ripoffs, and more of the week’s top security news...

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added 2022/02/06 12:00 p.m.15 views

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...

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added 2022/02/02 4:43 p.m.15 views

North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet

Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands...

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added 2022/02/01 12:00 p.m.15 views

Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Gang

Internal messages WIRED has viewed shed new light on the operators of one of the world's biggest botnets...

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added 2022/01/13 1:00 p.m.15 views

North Korean Hackers Stole Nearly $400M in Crypto Last Year

The regime had a “banner year,” thanks to skyrocketing cryptocurrency values and a new generation of vulnerable startups...

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added 2021/11/29 9:11 p.m.15 views

A Hacking Spree Against Iran Spills Out Into the Real World

Hackers have targeted the country's trains, gas stations, and airline infrastructure, as cyber conflict with Israel continues to escalate...

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