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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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
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.”...
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...
A Site Published Every Face From Parler's Capitol Riot Videos
Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face from the 827 videos taken from the insurrection on January 6...
The SolarWinds Hackers Used Tactics Other Groups Will Copy
The supply chain threat was just the beginning...
Trump’s Worst, Most Bizarre Statements About ‘the Cyber’
Over the course of his presidency, he managed to be consistently wrong, outrageous, and dangerous in equal measure. We look back at his most notorious remarks...
Former DOD Head: The US Needs a New Plan to Beat China on AI
In an interview with WIRED, former secretary of defense Ash Carter discussed how to build morality into AI—and make sure other countries do too...
The FBI Has Made Over 100 Arrests Related to the Capitol Riot
Plus: A dark web takedown, a bitcoin scam, and more of the week's top security news...
The Race Is On to Identify and Stop Inauguration Rioters
As tech companies scramble to tackle the extreme far-right, police and law enforcement are encasing Washington, DC, in a ring of steel...
Big Tech Can’t Ban Its Way Out of This
Platforms are scrambling to avoid being used by right-wing extremists targeting the inauguration. But the seeds of this crisis were sown long ago...
Ex-CISA Head Chris Krebs: ‘Impeachment Is the Right Mechanism’
In an interview with WIRED, the famously fired DHS official shared insights on election security, disinformation, SolarWinds—and what to do about Trump...
Hackers Used Zero-Days to Infect Windows and Android Devices
Google researchers say the campaign, which booby-trapped sites to ensnare targets, was carried out by a “highly sophisticated actor.”...
I Am Not a Soldier, but I Have Been Trained to Kill
A sprawling tactical industry is teaching American civilians how to fight like Special Ops forces. By preparing for violence at home, are they calling it into being?...
How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone's Encryption
New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools...
An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data
The “free speech” social network also allowed unlimited access to every public post, image, and video...
The SolarWinds Hackers Shared Tricks With a Russian Spy Group
Security researchers have found links between the attackers and Turla, a sophisticated team suspected of operating out of Moscow’s FSB intelligence agency...
The SolarWinds Investigation Ramps Up
Plus: Covid-19 contact tracing privacy, a Nissan source code leak, and more of the week's top security news...
WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years
A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place since 2016...
Post-Riot, the Capitol Hill IT Staff Faces a Security Mess
Wednesday's insurrection could have exposed congressional data and devices in ways that have yet to be appreciated...
The Race to Preserve the DC Mob's Digital Traces
The pro-Trump mob that stormed the US Capitol livestreamed their actions. As social media platforms scramble to remove dangerous content, what will become of all that footage?...
Ticketmaster Pays Up for Hacking a Rival Company
Employees admitted to using stolen passwords and URL guessing to access confidential data...
Activists Publish a Vast Trove of Ransomware Victims' Data
WikiLeaks successor DDoSecrets has amassed a controversial new collection of corporate secrets and is sharing them in the name of transparency...
The UK Denies Assange's Extradition, Citing Suicide Risk
The ruling is based not on whether the WikiLeaks founder violated the Espionage Act, but on the implications of subjecting him to the US carceral state...
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2020
This year saw plenty of destructive hacking and disinformation campaigns—but amid a pandemic and a historic election, the consequences have never been graver...
Ransomware Is Headed Down a Dire Path
2020 was a great year for ransomware gangs. For hospitals, schools, municipal governments, and everyone else, it’s going to get worse before it gets better...
How Your Digital Trails Wind Up in the Police’s Hands
Phone calls. Web searches. Location tracks. Smart speaker requests. They’ve become crucial tools for law enforcement, while users often are unaware...
The Worst Hacks of 2020, a Surreal Pandemic Year
From ransomware schemes to supply chain attacks, this year melded classic hacks with extraordinary circumstances...