Free Airline Miles, Hotel Points, and User Data Put at Risk by Flaws in Points Platform

Flaws in the Points.com platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data—and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks...

How AI May Be Used to Create Custom Disinformation Ahead of 2024

Generative AI won't just flood the internet with more lies—it may also create convincing disinformation that's targeted at groups or even individuals...

A New Attack Impacts ChatGPT—and No One Knows How to Stop It

Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame...

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...

‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ Players Hit With Worm Malware

Plus: Russia tightens social media censorship, new cyberattack reporting rules for US companies, and Google Street View returns to Germany...

The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'

The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers...

Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down

After scammers duped a friend with a hacked Twitter account and a “deal” on a MacBook, I enlisted the help of a fellow threat researcher to trace the criminals’ offline identities...

ChatGPT Has a Plug-In Problem

Third-party plug-ins boost ChatGPT’s capabilities. But security researchers say they add an extra layer of risk...

TETRA Radio Code Encryption Has a Flaw: A Backdoor

A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight. Researchers say it isn’t pretty...

China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems

Plus: Microsoft expands access to premium security features, AI child sexual abuse material is on the rise, and Netflix’s password crackdown has its intended effect...

NYPD Body Cam Data Shows the Scale of Violence Against Protesters

A landmark $13 million settlement with the City of New York is the latest in a string of legal wins for protesters who were helped by a video-analysis tool that smashes the “bad apple” myth...

Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they're years behind normal cybersecurity standards...

Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act Goes Back to Congress

A bill to prevent cops and spies from buying Americans’ data instead of getting a warrant has a fighting chance in the US Congress as lawmakers team up against surveillance overreach...

Nude Videos of Kids From Hacked Baby Monitors Were Sold on Telegram

Plus: A fitness app may have leaked the location of a murdered submarine captain, the privacy risks of filing taxes online, and how Facebook data was used in an abortion trial...

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...

How a Cloud Flaw Gave Chinese Spies a Key to Microsoft’s Kingdom

Microsoft says hackers somehow stole a cryptographic key, perhaps from its own network, that let them forge user identities and slip past cloud defenses...

Ransomware Attacks Are on the Rise, Again

Ransomware attacks tumbled in 2022, offering hope that the tide was turning against the criminal gangs behind them. Then things got a whole lot worse...

Silk Road’s Second-in-Command, Variety Jones, Gets 20 Years in Prison

Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, will spend much of the rest of his life in prison for his key role in building the world’s first dark-web drug market...

How to Use Discord’s Family Center With Your Teens

The popular communication platform launched a new child safety tool for parents. Here’s what the feature does and doesn’t include...

The Quiet Rise of Real-Time Crime Centers

Cities across the US have established RTCCs that police say protect the rights of innocent people, but critics warn of creeping surveillance...

Russia’s Notorious Troll Farm Disbands

Plus: A French bill would allow spying via phone cameras, ATM skimmers target welfare families, and Japan’s largest cargo port gets hit with ransomware...

How Threads' Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter's (and Its Rivals')

Want to try out Meta’s new social media app? Here’s more context on what personal data is collected by Threads and similar social media apps...

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...

US Spies Are Buying Americans' Private Data. Congress Has a Chance to Stop It

The National Defense Authorization Act may include new language forbidding government entities from buying Americans' search histories, location data, and more...

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...

US Supreme Court Hands Cyberstalkers a First Amendment Victory

Plus: Hackers knock out Russian military satellite communications, a spyware maker gets breached, and the SEC targets a victim company's CISO...

Apple, Google, and MOVEit Just Patched Serious Security Flaws

Plus: Microsoft fixes 78 vulnerabilities, VMWare plugs a flaw already used in attacks, and more critical updates from June...

Pornhub Accused of Illegal Data Collection

Complaints filed in the European Union claim the porn site fails to follow basic data-collection policies under GDPR...

How Your Real Flight Reservation Can Be Used to Scam You

Scammers use a booking technicality, traveler confusion, and promises of dirt-cheap tickets to offer hot deals that are anything but...

The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke

Fifty years ago, a fire ripped through the National Personnel Records Center. It set off a massive project to save crucial pieces of American history—including, I hoped, my grandfather’s...

The US Senate Wants to Rein In AI. Good Luck With That

With a poor track record on tech regulation, do lawmakers stand a chance?...

5 Ways to Make Your Instant Messaging More Secure

Make sure your chats are kept as private as you want them to be...

Update Your iPhone Right Now to Fix 2 Apple Zero Days

Plus: Discord has a child predator problem, fears rise of China spying from Cuba, and hackers try to blackmail Reddit...

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...

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...

Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Truth World’

The AI era promises a flood of disinformation, deepfakes, and hallucinated “facts.” Psychologists are only beginning to grapple with the implications...

A Newly Named Group of GRU Hackers is Wreaking Havoc in Ukraine

Plus: The arrest of an alleged Lockbit ransomware hacker, the wild tale of a problematic FBI informant, and one of North Korea’s biggest crypto heists...

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 US Navy, NATO, and NASA Are Using a Shady Chinese Company’s Encryption Chips

The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military. Yet US agencies still use one of its subsidiary’s chips, raising fears of a backdoor...

UFO Whistleblower, Meet a Conspiracy-Loving Congress

Fresh claims from a former US intelligence officer about an “intact” alien craft may get traction on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers want to believe...

The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens

A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans...

A Massive Vaccine Database Leak Exposes IDs of Millions of Indians

Personal information, including ID documents and phone numbers, have been released on Telegram...

An Anti-Porn App Put Him in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance

A court used an app called Covenant Eyes to surveil the family of a man released on bond. Now he’s back in jail, and tech misuse may be to blame...

Talitrix Prison-Monitoring System Tracks Inmates Down to Their Heart Rate

Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates' location, heartbeats, and more...

9 Years After the Mt. Gox Hack, Feds Indict Alleged Culprits

Plus: Instagram’s CSAM network gets exposed, Clop hackers claim credit for MOVEit Transfer exploit, and a $35 million crypto heist has North Korean ties...

The Bizarre Reality of Getting Online in North Korea

New testimony from defectors reveals pervasive surveillance and monitoring of limited internet connections. For millions of others, the internet simply doesn't exist...

The Bold Plan to Create Cyber 311 Hotlines

UT-Austin will join a growing movement to launch cybersecurity clinics for cities and small businesses that often fall through the cracks...

Apple Expands Its On-Device Nudity Detection to Combat CSAM

Instead of scanning iCloud for illegal content, Apple’s tech will locally flag inappropriate images for kids. And adults are getting an opt-in nudes filter too...

Hacks Against Ukraine's Emergency Response Services Rise During Bombings

Data from Cloudflare's free digital defense service, Project Galileo, illuminates new links between online and offline attacks...