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What Did I Just Read? A Conversation With the Authors of '2034'
Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis discuss their inspirations, personal experiences, and what keeps them up at night...
What Life Is Like Under Myanmar's Internet Shutdown
One couple living in Yangon explain the impact of the military coup's terrifying censorship measures...
Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data
The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70 GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists...
The SolarWinds Body Count Now Includes NASA and the FAA
Plus: Firefox blocks more tracking, how to fight a robodog, and more of the week’s top security news...
Clubhouse's Security and Privacy Lag Behind Its Huge Growth
The platform has promised to do better after a string of incidents. But the hardest part might be managing user expectations...
Hackers Tied to Russia's GRU Targeted the US Grid for Years
A Sandworm-adjacent group has successfully breached US critical infrastructure a handful of times, according to new findings from the security firm Dragos...
2034, Part V: Sailing Into Darkness
“Somewhere in that black hole was the Chinese fleet. She would be expected to find and destroy it.”...
The Woman Bulldozing Video Games’ Toughest DRM
For Empress, cracking titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Immortals Fenyx Rising is more than a pastime. It's a mission...
China Hijacked an NSA Hacking Tool—and Used It for Years
The hackers used the agency’s EpMe exploit to attack Windows devices years before the Shadow Brokers leaked the agency’s zero-day arsenal online...
A Trippy Visualization Charts the Internet's Growth
In 2003, Barrett Lyon created a map of the internet. In 2021, he did it again—and showed just how quickly it's expanded...
Sites Have a Sneaky New Way to Track You Across the Web
Plus: A LastPass rate change, Clubhouse concerns, and more of the week's top security news...
Apple Offers Its Closest Look Yet at iOS and MacOS Security
In its latest Platform Security Guide, Cupertino raised the curtain on the critical features that protect against hackers...
Feds Indict North Korean Hackers for Years of Heists
The three men are allegedly part of a group that tried to steal $1.3 billion in an extended—and ongoing—cybercrime spree...
Parler Says It’s Back
The platform was kicked off Amazon’s servers. Now it says it no longer relies on “Big Tech” for its infrastructure...
Malware Is Now Targeting Apple’s New M1 Processor
Two distinct strains of malware have already adjusted to the new silicon just months after its debut...
How to Avoid Phishing Emails and Scams
It's is a bigger threat than ever. Here are some ways you can defend yourself...
2034, Part IV: The Spratly Islands Ambush
“In a thousand years America won’t be remembered as a country, but simply as a fleeting moment.”...
France Ties Russia's Sandworm to a Multiyear Hacking Spree
A French security agency warns that the destructively minded group has exploited an IT monitoring tool from Centreon...
The Untold History of America’s Zero-Day Market
The lucrative business of dealing in code vulnerabilities is central to espionage and war planning, which is why brokers never spoke about it—until now...
A Billion-Dollar Dark Web Crime Lord Calls It Quits
The “big hack” redux, riot planning on Facebook, and more of the week’s top security news...
A Windows Defender Flaw Lurked Undetected for 12 Years
Microsoft has finally patched the bug in its antivirus program after researchers spotted it last fall...
A Barcode Scanner App With Millions of Downloads Goes Rogue
After an update in December, the app began infecting Android devices, bombarding users with ads on their default browser...
Cyberpunk 2077 Maker Was Hit With Ransomware—and Won't Pay Up
CD Projekt Red's list of woes gets longer, as hackers claim to have stolen the source code for their most popular games...
Covid-19 Vaccine Scams Spread Under Facebook's Watch
Don’t use an iTunes gift card to purchase doses of the vaccine online...
2034, Part III: One Left to Tell the Tale
“When the planes didn't attack, a silence fell over the crew. Why didn't they finish the job?”...
A Hacker Tried to Poison a Florida City's Water Supply
The attacker upped sodium hydroxide levels in the Oldsmar, Florida, water supply to extremely dangerous levels...
Government Demands for Amazon User Data Exploded in 2020
Plus: Smartmatic lawsuits, a fake WhatsApp, and more of the week’s top security news...
The Gaming Platforms That Let Streamers Profit From Hate
WIRED has found dozens of far-right and white supremacist figures monetizing their livestreams through “donation management services” Streamlabs and StreamElements...
A Coordinated Takedown Targets 'OGUser' Account Thieves
Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok have all taken action against the hacker community in recent days...
There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain
Security cameras. License plate readers. Smartphone trackers. Drones. We’re being watched 24/7. What happens when all those data streams fuse into one?...
Biden Has to Walk a Fine Line When Fighting Disinformation
The president pledged to defend the truth, but how far can he go without impinging Americans’ rights or undermining his cause?...
Why Insider ‘Zoom Bombs’ Are So Hard to Stop
Researchers have found that most calls to disrupt videoconferences originate with the participants, especially in high schools and colleges...
The Chrome Update Is Bad for Advertisers, but Good for Google
The world’s most popular browser is about to make it a lot harder for advertisers to track your online activity...
A Second SolarWinds Hack Deepens Third-Party Software Fears
It appears that not only Russia but also China targeted the company, a reminder of the many ways interconnectedness can go wrong...
2034, Part II: Blackout in Washington, DC
“So much was happening and yet they had no news. Everything had been compromised.”...
Update Your iPhone and iPad Now If You Haven't Recently
Plus: A ransomware arrest, a dating site data leak, and more of the week's top security news...
Apple Fixes One of the iPhone's Most Pressing Security Risks
By hardening iMessage in iOS 14, the company has effectively cut off what had been an increasingly popular line of attack...
Lawmakers Take Aim at Insidious Digital ‘Dark Patterns’
A new California law prohibits efforts to trick consumers into handing over data or money. A bill in Washington state copies the language...
This Encrypted Gun Registry Might Bridge a Partisan Divide
Researchers from Brown University have developed a system that could keep track of firearms while preserving privacy...
Facebook Ad Services Let Anyone Target US Military Personnel
Researchers warn that an advertising platform with categories like “Army” and “United States Air Force Security Forces” could be abused...
Fleeing WhatsApp for Privacy? Don't Turn to Telegram
Because the chat app doesn't encrypt conversations by default—or at all for group chats—security professionals often warn against it...
Cops Disrupt Emotet, the Internet's ‘Most Dangerous Malware’
A global operation has taken down the notorious botnet in a blow to cybercriminals worldwide...
North Korea Targets—and Dupes—a Slew of Cybersecurity Pros
The sweeping campaign took advantage of the collaborative spirit among researchers, with an unknown number of victims...
2034, Part I: Peril in the South China Sea
“We've got a ship in duress that hasn't sent out a distress signal. Something doesn't add up.”...
'2034: A Novel of the Next World War,' an Exclusive Excerpt
What if things escalated? What if communications were knocked out? What if cyberwar was just the start? A note about this special six-part series...
The Truth About North Korea’s Ultra-Lockdown Against Covid-19
The country has turned inward more than ever, leaving the true impact of the pandemic a mystery...
Flash Is Dead—but Not Gone
Zombie versions of Adobe’s troubled software can still cause problems in systems around the world...
The FTC Cracks Down on Bot-Wielding Ticket Scalpers
Plus: A security company creeper, Biden’s cyberteam, and the rest of this week’s security news...
Chrome and Edge Want to Help Solve Your Password Problems
The line between browsers and password managers is blurring...
Parler Finds a Reprieve in Russia—but Not a Solution
The far-right platform still hasn’t found a US-based home. Where it lands could have serious consequences for its users’ privacy...