Porn Sites Still Won’t Take Down Nonconsensual Deepfakes

The videos are racking up millions of views. Meanwhile, for victims, the legal options aren’t keeping up with the technology...

How to Protect the Data on Your Laptop

Your laptop is a treasure trove of personal and sensitive information—make sure it's as secure as it can be...

A Spate of Arrests Sends the Piracy World Reeling

Plus: ATM hacks, the Belarus internet shutdown, and more of the week's top security news...

A Tesla Employee Thwarted an Alleged Ransomware Plot

Elon Musk confirmed Thursday night that a ransomware gang had approached a Gigafactory employee with alleged promises of a big payout...

How WeChat Censored the Coronavirus Pandemic

In China, the messaging platform blocked thousands of keywords related to the virus, a new report reveals...

How to Vote by Mail and Make Sure It Counts

There's a lot going on with the USPS right now. Here's a complete state-by-state guide to how to get your ballot—and when it's due...

Firefox Launched a New Android App to Lure Users From Chrome

Mozilla has rewritten the app to rely on its own infrastructure rather than Google’s. But will its privacy and UI tweaks convince people to make the switch?...

Ransomware Has Gone Corporate—and Gotten More Cruel

The DarkSide operators are just the latest group to adopt a veneer of professionalism—while at the same time escalating the consequences of their attacks...

A New Botnet Is Covertly Targeting Millions of Servers

FritzFrog has been used to try and infiltrate government agencies, banks, telecom companies, and universities across the US and Europe...

Facebook Finally Cracks Down on QAnon

Plus: A top-secret iPod, Carnival ransomware, and more of the week’s top security news...

A Former Uber Exec's Indictment Is a Warning Shot

Prosecutors allege that former Uber security chief Joseph Sullivan covered up a major breach, in the first high-profile case of its kind...

‘DiceKeys’ Creates a Master Password for Life With One Roll

A new kit leaves your cryptographic destiny up to 25 cubes in a plastic box...

5 Password Manager Perks You Might Not Be Using

These tools don't just keep your accounts safe and secure. Here's how you can use them to streamline your whole online experience...

How Four Brothers Allegedly Fleeced $19 Million From Amazon

The scheme involved 7,000 $94 toothbrushes, according to law enforcement...

Steve Bannon, a $25M Border Wall Campaign, and a GoFundMe Gone Bad

We Build the Wall raised millions. Now the DOJ says its operators—including the former Trump aide—skimmed hundreds of thousands off the top...

How Financial Apps Get You to Spend More and Question Less

You should never invest without fully understanding the risks, but tax prep and stock trading services often obfuscate the things you really need to know...

The Attack That Broke Twitter Is Hitting Dozens of Companies

“Phone spear phishing” attacks have been on the rise since a bitcoin scam took over the social media platform in July...

Tired of Gmail? Try a Privacy-First Email Provider

Your inbox holds plenty of sensitive information. Here are some alternatives that put your correspondence under lock and key...

9 Apps to Boost Your Phone's Security and Privacy

Android and iOS are getting better about protecting your data and device. But if you're looking for an extra line of defense, these can help...

The NSA and FBI Expose Fancy Bear's Sneaky Hacking Tool

Plus: TikTok tracking, Russian SIMs, and more of this week's top security news...

ATM Hackers Have Picked Up Some Clever New Tricks

So-called jackpotting attacks have gotten increasingly sophisticated—while cash machines have stayed pretty much the same...

ISIS Allegedly Ran a Covid-19 PPE Scam Site

The Justice Department says that an agent of the terrorist organization operated FaceMaskCenter.com, in part of a series of cryptocurrency-related complaints...

An Alexa Bug Could Have Exposed Your Voice History to Hackers

Amazon has patched the flaw, but its discovery underscores the importance of locking down your voice assistant interactions...

How Facebook and Other Sites Manipulate Your Privacy Choices

Social media platforms repeatedly use so-called dark patterns to nudge you toward giving away more of your data...

The Furious Hunt for the MAGA Bomber

Scarred by trauma and devoted to Trump, a man began mailing explosives to the president’s critics on the eve of an election. Inside the race to catch him...

Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election

Human rights organizations have blamed the Belarusian government for widespread outages...

Over a Billion Android Devices Are at Risk of Data Theft

Qualcomm has released a fix for the flaws in its Snapdragon chip, which attackers might exploit to monitor location or render the phone unresponsive...

A British AI Tool to Predict Violent Crime Is Too Flawed to Use

A government-funded system known as Most Serious Violence was built to predict first offenses but turned out to be wildly inaccurate...

Flaws Could Have Exposed Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Hackers

Researchers found troubling bugs in open-source libraries used by financial institutions...

The NSA's Tips to Keep Your Phone From Tracking You

Plus: A Canon ransomware hack, a nasty Twitter bug, and more of the week's top security news...

Intel Is Investigating How Confidential Data Ended Up Online

The leak contains information that the company makes available to partners and customers under NDA. A researcher says it came from a breach...

Hackers Flood Reddit With Pro-Trump Takeovers

By apparently compromising moderator accounts, the attackers were able to post MAGA materials all over at least 70 popular subreddits...

Chinese Hackers Have Pillaged Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry

A campaign called Operation Skeleton Key has stolen source code, software development kits, chip designs, and more...

The Quest to Liberate $300,000 of Bitcoin From an Old Zip File

The story of a guy who wouldn't let a few quintillion possible decryption keys stand between him and his cryptocurrency...

How the US Can Prevent the Next 'Cyber 9/11'

In an interview with WIRED, former national intelligence official Sue Gordon discusses Russian election interference and other digital threats to democracy...

The Feds Want These Teams to Hack a Satellite—From Home

Meet the hackers who, this weekend, will try to commandeer an actual orbiter as part of a Defcon contest hosted by the Air Force and the Defense Digital Service...

The Subtle Tricks Shopping Sites Use to Make You Spend More

Through deceptive designs known as “dark patterns,” online retailers try to nudge you toward purchases you wouldn’t otherwise make...

Dutch Hackers Found a Simple Way to Mess With Traffic Lights

By reverse engineering apps intended for cyclists, security researchers found they could cause delays in at least 10 cities from anywhere in the world...

Voting Machine Makers Are Finally Playing Nice With Hackers

After years of secrecy, one major election tech company is giving more hackers a look under the hood...

Trump's TikTok Drama Is a Distraction

As the White House zeroes in on a single app, some experts say more pressing issues are going by the wayside...

iOS 14’s Best Privacy Feature? Catching Data-Grabbing Apps

Apple's new operating system hasn't been released to the public yet, but its new permission notifications are already shaming developers into cleaning up their acts...

An ’80s File Format Enabled Stealthy Mac Hacking

The now-patched vulnerability would have let hackers target Microsoft Office using Symbolic Link—a file type that hasn't been in common use in over 30 years...

Decades-Old Email Flaws Could Let Attackers Mask Their Identities

Researchers found 18 exploits that take advantage of inconsistencies in the email plumbing most people never think about...

Hackers Could Use IoT Botnets to Manipulate Energy Markets

With access to just 50,000 high-wattage smart devices, attackers could make a bundle off of causing minor fluctuations...

Hackers Are Building an Army of Cheap Satellite Trackers

NyanSat is an open source ground station that lets you listen in on low-orbit transmissions for about $100 worth of gear...

Incognito Mode May Not Work the Way You Think It Does

Every browser has a private mode—but the privacy it offers has a limit...

Rite Aid Used Facial Recognition in Stores for Nearly a Decade

A SubStack email mess, a Nintendo leak, and more of the week's top security news...

The Garmin Hack Was a Warning

As ransomware groups turn their attention to bigger game, expect more high-profile targets to fall...

How the Alleged Twitter Hackers Got Caught

Bitcoin payments and IP addresses led investigators to two of the alleged perpetrators in just over two weeks...

Children Stream on Twitch—Where Potential Predators Find Them

A WIRED investigation found dozens of channels belong to children apparently under 13 and anonymous chat participants sending inappropriate messages their way...