Congress Has a Lo-Fi Plan to Fix the Classified Documents Mess
The fear and trepidation over accidentally letting a secret slip is also hammered into lawmakers’ intelligence staffers, who handle the classified material as further protection…
Category: Wired
Netflix’s US Password-Sharing Crackdown Isn’t Happening—Yet
After Netflix Spent years piloting different ways to crack down on password sharing, changes to its United States Help Center page this week seemed to…
Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War
Rogers’s last job for the government was leading teams within US Space Command that planned how and when to deploy defensive and offensive military space…
You Really Need to Update Firefox and Android Right Now
The Android security patch is available to Google’s Pixel devices, which have their own specific updates, and Samsung’s Galaxy range, including Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy…
The Untold Story of a Crippling Ransomware Attack
It was a Sunday morning in mid-October 2020 when Rob Miller first heard there was a problem. The databases and IT systems at Hackney Council,…
A Link to News Site Meduza Can (Technically) Land You in Russian Prison
When you run a major app, all it takes is one mistake to put countless people at risk. Such is the case with Diksha, a…
ADS-B Exchange, the Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet, Sold to Jetnet
“There’s countries we can’t go to anymore,” Stanford says of himself and a core team of administrators. In recent years, the Saudi government has tried…
Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges
For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact that in that economy, practically…
The Best Personal Safety Devices, Apps, and Alarms (2023)
If you’re a frequent camper or hiker, or are otherwise away from cell service often, most of these products aren’t going to help you in…
The Unrelenting Menace of the LockBit Ransomware Gang
LockBit emerged at the end of 2019, first calling itself “ABCD ransomware.” Since then, it has grown rapidly. The group is a “ransomware-as-a-service” operation, meaning…
India’s Public Education App Exposed Millions of Students’ Data
A security lapse in an app operated by India’s Education Ministry exposed the personally identifying information of millions of students and teachers for over a…
How to Encrypt any File, Folder, or Drive on Your System
Encrypting files, folders, and drives on your computer means that no one else can make sense of the data they contain without a particular decryption…