Category: Wired

The Slow-Burn Nightmare of the National Public Data Breach
16
Aug
2024

The Slow-Burn Nightmare of the National Public Data Breach

Data breaches are a seemingly endless scourge with no simple answer, but the breach in recent months of the background-check…

Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App
15
Aug
2024

Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App

Google’s flagship Pixel smartphone line touts security as a centerpiece feature, offering guaranteed software updates for seven years and running…

A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says
15
Aug
2024

A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says

When Donald Trump’s presidential campaign publicly stated last week that it had been successfully targeted by Iranian hackers, the news…

Your Gym Locker May Be Hackable
14
Aug
2024

Your Gym Locker May Be Hackable

Thousands of electronic lockers found in gyms, offices, and schools could be vulnerable to attacks by criminals using cheap hacking…

Want to Win a Bike Race? Hack Your Rival’s Wireless Shifters
14
Aug
2024

Want to Win a Bike Race? Hack Your Rival’s Wireless Shifters

Exactly how the patch will be deployed to customers isn’t quite clear either. The company writes that “riders can perform…

Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All
11
Aug
2024

Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All

If you know where to look, plenty of secrets can be found online. Since the fall of 2021, independent security…

The Hacker Who Hunts Video Game Speedrunning Cheaters
11
Aug
2024

The Hacker Who Hunts Video Game Speedrunning Cheaters

The night before Cecil’s Defcon talk, Maselewski wrote in a final email to WIRED that he believes those alleging that…

Apple Prototypes and Corporate Secrets Are for Sale Online—If You Know Where to Look
10
Aug
2024

Apple Prototypes and Corporate Secrets Are for Sale Online—If You Know Where to Look

It’s probably been a while since anyone thought about Apple’s router and network storage combo called Time Capsule. Released in…

Google Researchers Found Nearly a Dozen Flaws in Popular Qualcomm Software for Mobile GPUs
10
Aug
2024

Google Researchers Found Nearly a Dozen Flaws in Popular Qualcomm Software for Mobile GPUs

Demand for graphics processing units or GPUs has exploded in recent years as video rendering and artificial intelligence systems have…

How Hackers Extracted the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ to Clone HID Keycards
10
Aug
2024

How Hackers Extracted the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ to Clone HID Keycards

Finally, HID says that “to its knowledge,” none of its encoder keys have leaked or been distributed publicly, and “none…

‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections
09
Aug
2024

‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

In a background statement to WIRED, AMD emphasized the difficulty of exploiting Sinkclose: To take advantage of the vulnerability, a…

Flaws in Ubiquitous ATM Software Could Have Let Attackers Take Over Cash Machines
09
Aug
2024

Flaws in Ubiquitous ATM Software Could Have Let Attackers Take Over Cash Machines

There is a grand tradition at the annual Defcon security conference in Las Vegas of hacking ATMs. Unlocking them with…