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The Weird, Dark History of 8chan and Its Founder Fredrick Brennan
Fredrick Brennan is appalled by the notorious chat site’s links to right-wing extremism and mass shootings. Inside his tortured journey through the web’s cesspool and his attempt at redemption...
A Model Hospital Where the Devices Get Hacked—on Purpose
At this year's Defcon Medical Device Village, hackers will attack real medical devices at a pretend hospital...
Cloudflare Ditches 8chan. What Happens Now?
In an interview with WIRED, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince explains his decision to stop protecting 8chan—and where the notorious forum goes from here...
The Wrong Way to Talk About the El Paso Shooter's Manifesto
The more oxygen these manifestos get, the wider their messages spread. And no one understands that better than the people posting them...
Apple Contractors Will Stop Listening to Your Siri Recordings—For Now
Facial recognition hits minors, Facebook takes down Saudi accounts, and more security news this week...
5G Is Here—and Still Vulnerable to Stingray Surveillance
5G was supposed to offer new protections against so-called stingray surveillance devices. New research shows it's anything but...
Cops Are Offering Ring Doorbell Cameras in Exchange for Info
Amazon-owned Ring has cozied up to law enforcement, and critics say it's using police departments to help market its surveillance cameras...
'Opt Out' Is Useless. Let People Opt In
It's not so crazy to want Big Tech to ask for your data—and conversations with AI assistants—before they take it...
You'll Get Your Equifax Money. It Just Might Take a While
Despite the FTC pushing people away from an Equifax cash payout, there's a good chance you'll get all $125. Eventually...
Guardian Firewall iOS App Automatically Blocks the Trackers on Your Phone
The Guardian Firewall app gives iOS users a reprieve from the scourge of online trackers...
Russia Is Going to Up Its Game for the 2020 Elections
"You don't need to change votes to cause chaos," Senator Mark Warner tells WIRED in an exclusive interview...
John Ratcliffe Is a Dangerous Pick for Director of National Intelligence
The director of national intelligence's main job is to speak truth to power. Trump's nominee, John Ratcliffe, seems destined to do the opposite...
A Hacker Stole Data From 100 Million Capital One Customers
In a criminal complaint, the FBI detailed how a hacker allegedly stole data from 100 million people—and how she got caught...
A Critical Device Hack, China's Social Credit, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
How the West Got China's Social Credit System Wrong
It occupies a spot next to 'Black Mirror' and Big Brother in popular imagination, but China’s social credit project is far more complicated than a single, all-powerful numerical score...
A VxWorks Operating System Bug Exposes 200 Million Critical Devices
VxWorks is designed as a secure, "real-time" operating system for continuously functioning devices, like medical equipment, elevator controllers, or satellite modems...
Trump's Cyber Czar Is Back—and He Wants to Make Hackers Suffer
Former White House top cybersecurity official Tom Bossert reveals his new startup, Trinity. Its focus: "active threat inference."...
WannaCry Hero Marcus Hutchins Won't Go to Jail for Old Hacking Crimes
Russian election hacks, Amazon's police partnerships, and more security news this week...
How to Get Your Equifax Settlement Money
A settlement with the FTC means Equifax will pay victims of its breach $125 or more. Make sure it pay ups...
Facebook's Ex-Security Chief Details His 'Observatory' for Internet Abuse
Alex Stamos' Stanford-based project will try to persuade tech firms to offer academics access to massive troves of user data...
Robert Mueller's Work Is Done. Now It's Congress's Turn
In nearly six hours of testimony Wednesday, former special counsel Robert Mueller stuck to the facts...
New York's Revenge Porn Law Is a Flawed Step Forward
All but four states in the US now have a revenge porn law on the books. But advocates say precious few get it right...
Watch Robert Mueller's Testimony Live Right Here
Robert Mueller will testify before Congress Wednesday in two separate hearings. You can watch it right here, but first make sure to manage your expectations...
Before Mueller’s Testimony, Dems Demand More Election Security
Senate Democrats want to remind everyone that US elections are still at risk, and Congress could do more to protect them...
A Preview of Mueller's Testimony, an Electric Ford F-150, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
The Marines’ New Drone-Killer Aces Its First Test in Iran
Last week’s US strike of an Iranian drone is the first reported successful use of the Marines’ new energy weapon...
$700 Million Equifax Fine Is Still Too Little, Too Late
For failing to safeguard Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and more, Equifax will pay up—but not enough, experts say...
Robert Mueller's Testimony: What Congress Needs to Know
Here’s what members of Congress should know before they question the former special counsel...
Adware Is the Malware You Should Actually Be Worried About
For all the attention on sophisticated nation-state attacks, the malware that’s most likely to hit your phone is much more mundane...
Browser Extensions Scraped Data From Millions of People
Slack passwords, NSO spyware, and more of the week's top security news...
The App Creeping on Your IG Location, Jakarta’s Insurance Crisis, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
The FaceApp Privacy Panic, a Mysterious Satellite Outage, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
Europe’s Galileo Satellite Outage Serves as a Warning
The dramatic EU Galileo incident underscores the threat of satellite timing and navigation system failures...
Think FaceApp Is Scary? Wait Till You Hear About Facebook
The idea that FaceApp is somehow exceptionally dangerous threatens to obscure the real point: All apps deserve this level of scrutiny...
Why Microsoft’s BlueKeep Bug Hasn’t Wreaked Havoc—Yet
Microsoft's critical vulnerability remains unpatched in hundreds of thousands of computers, and it may already be exploited in secret...
Hackers Made an App That Kills to Prove a Point
Medtronic and the FDA left an insulin pump with a potentially deadly vulnerability on the market—until researchers who found the flaw showed how bad it could be...
How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online Accounts
All those services you signed up for but forgot about? They're a security risk. Here's how to get rid of them...
Palantir Manual Shows How Law Enforcement Tracks Families
An Apple Watch bug, a hackable hair straightener, and more security news this week...
An Amazon Phishing Scam Hits Just in Time For Prime Day
Some deals are too good to be true, even on the most made-up holiday of all...
On TikTok, Teens Meme Life360, the Safety App Ruining Their Summer
Parents can use Life360 to track their teen’s location in real time. The company can use that data to sell car insurance...
Magecart Hacker Group Hits 17,000 Domains—and Counting
Magecart hackers are casting the widest possible net to find vulnerable ecommerce sites—but their method could lead to even bigger problems...
The Window to Rein In Facial Recognition Is Closing
As Congress continues to punt on facial recognition, advocacy groups have redoubled their efforts...
Zoom Will Fix the Flaw That Let Hackers Hijack Webcams
While it at first dismissed the vulnerability, Zoom says it will release a patch Tuesday night...
A Zoom Flaw Gives Hackers Easy Access to Your Webcam
All it takes is one wrong click, and the popular video conferencing software will put you in a meeting with a stranger...
How to Protect Our Kids' Data and Privacy
Opinion: Kids today have an online presence starting at birth, which raises a host of legal and ethical concerns. We desperately need a new data protection framework...
What Is Credential Dumping?
Modern network intrusions thrive on a counterintuitive trick: stealing passwords from computers that hackers have already compromised...
China Distributes Spyware at Its Border and Beyond
Plus, Cyber Command warns about Outlook bugs, Virginia criminalizes deepfake porn, and more top security news from this week...
The Biggest Cybersecurity Crises of 2019 So Far
Ransomware attacks, supply chain hacks, escalating tensions with Iran—the first six months of 2019 have been anything but boring...
Airport Facial Recognition, How Abusers Exploit Basic Apps, and More News
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The Simple Way Apple and Google Let Domestic Abusers Stalk Victims
To prove a point about common location-sharing apps, I asked my wife to use them to spy on me...