Category: Wired

Powerful Spyware Exploits Enable a New String of 'Watering Hole' Attacks
29
Aug
2024

Powerful Spyware Exploits Enable a New String of ‘Watering Hole’ Attacks

In recent years, elite commercial spyware vendors like Intellexa and NSO Group have developed an array of powerful hacking tools…

Google, Apple, and Discord Let Harmful AI 'Undress' Websites Use Their Sign-On Systems
29
Aug
2024

Google, Apple, and Discord Let Harmful AI ‘Undress’ Websites Use Their Sign-On Systems

Major technology companies, including Google, Apple, and Discord, have been enabling people to quickly sign up to harmful “undress” websites,…

Notorious Iranian Hackers Have Been Targeting the Space Industry With a New Backdoor
28
Aug
2024

Notorious Iranian Hackers Have Been Targeting the Space Industry With a New Backdoor

The Iranian government-backed hacking group known as APT 33 has been active for more than 10 years, conducting aggressive espionage…

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's Arrest Linked to Sweeping Criminal Investigation
27
Aug
2024

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s Arrest Linked to Sweeping Criminal Investigation

French prosecutors gave preliminary information in a press release on Monday about the investigation into Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who…

Pavel Durov's Arrest Leaves Telegram Hanging in the Balance
26
Aug
2024

Pavel Durov’s Arrest Leaves Telegram Hanging in the Balance

“Civil society has had a complicated relationship with Telegram over the years,” says Natalia Kapriva, a lawyer at the digital…

The US Navy Has Run Out of Pants
24
Aug
2024

The US Navy Has Run Out of Pants

The United States Defense Department has ideas about a dramatic strategy for defending Taiwan against a Chinese military offensive that…

When War Came to Their Country, They Built a Map
23
Aug
2024

When War Came to Their Country, They Built a Map

Over time, Deep State has added more advanced features and quirks to the map. A toolbar in the bottom-left corner…

Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports
21
Aug
2024

Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports

Thousands of people lined up outside Citi Field in Queens, New York on Wednesday to watch the Mets face off…

The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws
21
Aug
2024

The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws

At the 2023 Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas, prominent AI tech companies partnered with algorithmic integrity and transparency groups…

An AWS Configuration Issue Could Expose Thousands of Web Apps
21
Aug
2024

An AWS Configuration Issue Could Expose Thousands of Web Apps

A vulnerability related to Amazon Web Service’s traffic-routing service known as Application Load Balancer could have been exploited by an…

The Pentagon Is Planning a Drone ‘Hellscape’ to Defend Taiwan
19
Aug
2024

The Pentagon Is Planning a Drone ‘Hellscape’ to Defend Taiwan

The report adds that the US defense industrial based may not be “ currently capable of producing the quantities of…

Geofence Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional—but That’s Not the End of It
17
Aug
2024

Geofence Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional—but That’s Not the End of It

The 2024 US presidential election is entering its final stretch, which means state-backed hackers are slipping out of the shadows…