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YouTube, Discord, and ‘Lord of the Rings’ Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree
For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax threats. A digital trail took them to the door of a 17-year-old in California...
Apple and Google Just Patched Their First Zero-Day Flaws of the Year
Plus: Google fixes dozens of Android bugs, Microsoft rolls out nearly 50 patches, Mozilla squashes 15 Firefox flaws, and more...
US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools
Members of Congress say the DOJ is funding the use of AI tools that further discriminatory policing practices. They're demanding higher standards for federal grants...
HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers
The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical...
How to Opt Out of Comcast’s Xfinity Storing Your Sensitive Data
One of America’s largest internet providers may collect data about your political beliefs, race, and sexual orientation to serve personalized ads...
How to Be More Anonymous Online
Being fully anonymous is next to impossible—but you can significantly limit what the internet knows about you by sticking to a few basic rules...
How to Not Get Hacked by a QR Code
QR codes can be convenient—but they can also be exploited by malicious actors. Here’s how to protect yourself...
Anduril’s New Drone Killer Is Locked on to AI-Powered Warfare
Autonomous drones are rapidly changing combat. Anduril’s new one aims to gain an edge with jet power and AI...
The CDC's Gun Violence Research Is in Danger
In a year pocked with fights over US government funding, Republicans are quietly trying to strip the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of its ability to research gun violence...
The QAnon Shaman Isn’t Even the Most Extreme Candidate in His Race for Congress
Jacob Chansley, the January 6 rioter known as the QAnon Shaman, will run for Congress in Arizona. The most remarkable thing about his campaign so far is how unremarkable it is in a state that’s embraced election conspiracies...
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...
Rumors of a ‘Global Day of Jihad’ Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation
The rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence...
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...
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...
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...
How the Most Popular Cars in the US Track Drivers
Vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, and more can collect huge volumes of data. Here’s what the companies can access...
Clop Hacking Rampage Hits US Agencies and Exposes Data of Millions
The ransomware gang Clop exploited a vulnerability in a file transfer service. The flaw is now patched, but the damage is still coming into focus...
The True Cost of a Free Telly TV
Telly TV tracks you and bombards you with ads on a dedicated second screen. It could help normalize smartphone-style surveillance in your living room...
How to Reclaim Your Online Privacy
We talk to the Signal Foundation’s Meredith Whittaker about how the surveillance economy is newer than we all might realize—and what we can do to fight back...
A Mysterious New Hacker Group, Red Stinger, Is Lurking in Ukraine’s Cyberspace
The unidentified attackers have targeted people on both sides of Russia’s war against Ukraine, carrying out espionage operations that suggest state funding...
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...
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...
Apple’s Macs Have Long Escaped Ransomware. That May Be Changing
The discovery of malicious encryptors for Apple computers could herald new risks for macOS users if the malware continues to evolve...
Pinduoduo, a Top Chinese Shopping App, Is Laced With Malware
Plus: 119 arrested during a sting on the Genesis dark-web market, the IRS aims to buy an online mass surveillance tool, and more...
The Small but Mighty Danger of Echo Chamber Extremism
Research shows that relatively few people exist in perfectly sealed-off media bubbles—but they’re still having an outsize impact on US politics...
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...
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 4: Face to Face
The team uses a secret technique to locate AlphaBay’s server. But just as the operation heats up, the agents have an unexpected run-in with their target...
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...
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...
The Power and Pitfalls of AI for US Intelligence
Artificial intelligence use is booming, but it's not the secret weapon you might imagine...
Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections
Mozilla researchers identified accounts with millions of view spreading hate speech and disinformation...
Period-Tracking and Fertility Apps Can Put Women Seeking Abortions at Risk
Apps collect sensitive data that could be subpoenaed by law enforcement or sold by data brokers...
Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly
Beyond accusations of rampant user copyright infringement, film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of more serious illegal activity...
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...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Buy Exposes a Privacy Minefield
The social network’s user data and more will soon be at the whims of the world’s richest man. Who’s worried?...
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...
Feds Allege Destructive Russian Hackers Targeted US Refineries
The Justice Department unsealed indictments against four alleged Russian hackers said to have targeted US energy infrastructure for nearly a decade...
TSA’s First Crack at Guarding Pipelines From Hackers Falls Short
Plus: Anonymous dedicates a hack to Hillary Clinton, Google researchers expose Exotic Lily, and more...
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...
Is Firefox OK?
Mozilla’s privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web...
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...
Now Is a Good Time to Update Your Recovery Email Addresses
You know those “emergency” email addresses you can use to get into your email and other accounts in case you're locked out? Make sure they're up-to-date...
NSO Group Spyware Targeted Dozens of Reporters in El Salvador
The newly disclosed campaign shows how little the company has done to curb abuses of its powerful surveillance tools...
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...
A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight
Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots—and quickly discovered something unusual...
This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops
WIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description...
What We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack
The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn't see this fiasco coming...
States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces. The Trump Administration Is Blocking Them
Federal lawyers say anti-mask laws would endanger immigration agents, citing an ICE face-recognition art project that doesn’t actually work...
When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon
As war reshapes the Gulf, the satellite infrastructure the world relies on to see conflict clearly is being delayed, spoofed, and privately controlled—and nobody is sure who is responsible...