A Devastating Twitch Hack Sends Streamers Reeling

The data breach apparently includes source code, gamer payouts, and more...

How to Get Your Family to Actually Use a Password Manager

Whether it's about sharing your Netflix login or getting your affairs in order, here are tips for convincing your loved ones to organize and protect their accounts too...

Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp All Went Down Today

The problem relates to something called BGP routing, and it took down every part of Facebook's business...

A Simple Bug Is Leaving AirTag Users Vulnerable to an Attack

Apple has reportedly known about the exploit for months...

Help Might Finally Be on the Way to Fight SIM-Swap Attacks

Plus: A cybersecurity CEO arrest, an Apple Pay hack, and more of the week's top security news...

The Senate Is Mad as Hell at Facebook—Again

The latest hearing on Instagram and teen mental health was the depressing work of a legislature that can’t legislate...

How Google Geofence Warrants Helped Catch Capitol Rioters

A WIRED investigation has found 45 federal criminal cases that cite Google geolocation data to place suspects inside the US Capitol during the January 6 riot...

Hundreds of Scam Apps Hit Over 10 Million Android Devices

The so-called GriftHorse campaign used clever techniques to avoid detection in Google Play for nearly a year...

Why James Bond Doesn’t Use an iPhone

The fictional superspy wields Nokia devices in 'No Time To Die.' It’s an odd choice, but Apple's smartphones aren’t ideal, either...

Dune Foresaw—and Influenced—Half a Century of Global Conflict

From Afghanistan to cyberattacks, Frank Herbert’s novel anticipated and shaped warfare as we know it...

Cloudflare Is Taking a Shot at Email Security

The internet infrastructure company wants to protect your inbox from targeted threats, starting with the launch of two new tools...

How to Go Passwordless on Your Microsoft Account

You no longer need an ungainly string of characters to access your Windows PC or Xbox...

Even the CIA and NSA Use Ad Blockers to Stay Safe Online

Plus: The ransomware scourge continues, a massive botnet gets wounded, and more of the week’s top security news...

He Escaped the Dark Web's Biggest Bust. Now He's Back

DeSnake apparently eluded the DOJ's takedown of AlphaBay. The admin talked to WIRED about his return—and the resurrection of the notorious underground marketplace...

Ransomware Isn't Back. It Never Left

A recent wave of attacks belies an apparent lull toward the end of the summer...

The iOS 15 Privacy Settings You Should Change Right Now

Apple’s latest software update has a bunch of new security features. Here's how to put them to use...

How to Set Up a NAS to Securely Share Files

From file backups to movie streaming, network attached storage drives offer plenty of functions and features...

Former US Intelligence Operatives Admit They Hacked for UAE

Plus: Remote learning spyware, an AT bribery scandal, and more of the week's top security news...

Apple and Google Go Further Than Ever to Appease Russia

The tech giants have set a troubling new precedent...

Anonymous Leaked a Bunch of Data From a Right-Wing Web Host

The hacktivist collective targeted the domain registrar Epik for providing services to clients including the Texas GOP, Parler, and 8chan...

A New App Helps Iranians Hide Messages in Plain Sight

Nahoft uses encryption to turn chats into a random jumble of words, and it works even when the internet doesn’t...

You Can Now Ditch the Password on Your Microsoft Account

You no longer need a long string of characters to access Windows and Office 365...

It’s a Good Day to Update All Your Devices. Trust Us

iOS, Windows, and Chrome all have zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers are going after. Now that the fixes are here, you need to install them ASAP...

What Is Zero Trust? It Depends What You Want to Hear

The cybersecurity world’s favorite catchphrase isn’t any one product or system, but a holistic approach to minimizing damage...

How to Find the Hidden Files on Your Phone or Computer

You shouldn't mess with some of them—but there are others you should be aware of...

Biggest DDoS Attack in History Hits Russian Tech Giant Yandex

Plus: A TrickBot hacker arrest, a Fortinet VPN password leak, and more of the week's top security news...

LA Police Are Collecting Detainees' Social Media Information

According to new documents, officers ask people they stop for their Facebook and Twitter account details, and then feed the data into Palantir...

WhatsApp Fixes Its Biggest Encryption Loophole

The ubiquitous messaging service will add end-to-end encryption to backups, keeping your chats safe no matter whose cloud they're stored in...

ProtonMail Amends Its Policy After Giving Up Activist’s Data

The email service says it was unable to appeal a Swiss court’s demand to log the IP address of a French climate advocate...

A Texas Abortion ‘Whistleblower’ Site Still Can't Find a Host

Even the most extreme internet infrastructure providers have turned their backs on the website for violating their terms of service...

What Apple Can Do Next to Fight Child Sexual Abuse

The fallout from the company's recent proposal has created a new opportunity to fix how it roots out abusive material across its devices...

BrakTooth Flaws Affect Billions of Bluetooth Devices

Plus: A spyware ban, a big WhatsApp fine, and more of the week's top security news...

Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans

A sustained backlash against a new system to look for child sexual abuse materials on user devices has led the company to hit pause...

Why Ransomware Hackers Love a Holiday Weekend

Looking forward to Labor Day? So are ruthless gangs of cybercriminals...

What It'll Take to Get Power Back in New Orleans After Ida

It could take weeks to get the lights on in parts of Louisiana, but the playbook on how to do it is clear...

6 Things You Need to Do to Prevent Getting Hacked

You are your own biggest weakness, but changing just a few of your behaviors can reduce the chances that your online accounts get breached...

California Man Stole 620,000 iCloud Photos in Search of Nudes

Plus: The T-Mobile hacker, another big bad Microsoft bug, and more of the week’s top security news...

Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Nationwide

New figures from Google show a tenfold increase in the requests from law enforcement, which target anyone who happened to be in a given location at a specified time...

A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an 'Internet Apocalypse'

The undersea cables that connect much of the world would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection...

The Stealthy iPhone Hacks That Apple Still Can't Stop

After another “zero-click” attack, security experts say it's time for more extreme measures to keep iMessage users safe...

Hackers Could Up Medication Doses Through Infusion Pump Flaws

It would take a determined hacker to break into the vulnerable B. Braun products, but the impact could be devastating...

38M Records Exposed Online—Including Contact-Tracing Info

Misconfigured Power Apps from Microsoft led to more than a thousand web apps accessible to anyone who found them...

Hackers Stole Over $90M From Japan's Liquid Crypto Exchange

Plus: An Apple informant, a Census Bureau hack, and more of the week's top security news...

Google Docs Scams Still Pose a Threat

A 2017 worm caused havoc across the internet. One researcher is warning that despite new protections put in place, it could still happen again...

Apple’s Photo-Scanning Plan Sparks Outcry From Policy Groups

Civil rights activists say creating a system to scan for images of sexual abuse could threaten free speech and actually harm some children...

China Aims Its Propaganda Firehose at the BBC

The alleged digital operation has deployed hundreds of websites and social media accounts to attack the broadcaster's reporting...

The T-Mobile Breach Is Much Worse Than It Had to Be

The vast majority of victims weren’t even T-Mobile customers. Now their information is for sale on the dark web...

Millions of Web Camera and Baby Monitor Feeds Are Exposed

A vulnerability in the Kalay platform leaves countless IoT devices susceptible to hackers...

The T-Mobile Data Breach Is One You Can’t Ignore

Hackers claim to have obtained the data of 100 million people—including sensitive personal information...

Hacker Steals $610M of Cryptocurrency—and Returns Most of It

Plus: An Apple lawsuit, a VPN audit, and more of the week's top security news...