Category: Wired

A $500 Open-Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers
01
Aug
2024

A $500 Open-Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers

Beaumont describes the RayV Lite as part of a larger trend she calls the “domestication of tooling”: Devices like the…

Can ChatGPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?
31
Jul
2024

Can ChatGPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?

Open AI says this data is used to train the AI model and improve its responses, but the terms allow…

A Senate Bill Would Radically Improve Voting Machine Security
30
Jul
2024

A Senate Bill Would Radically Improve Voting Machine Security

Congress is moving closer to putting US election technology under a stricter cybersecurity microscope. Embedded inside this year’s Intelligence Authorization…

Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics
29
Jul
2024

Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics

Long-distance internet cables in France have been cut in an act of sabotage, causing disruption to internet services across the…

How Infostealers Pillaged the World’s Passwords
29
Jul
2024

How Infostealers Pillaged the World’s Passwords

These platforms take cues in how they are designed and marketed from legitimate information and ecommerce services. Many markets and…

Stop X’s Grok AI From Training on Your Tweets
27
Jul
2024

Stop X’s Grok AI From Training on Your Tweets

The fallout from CrowdStrike’s deleterious software update came into full view this week as system administrators and IT staffers scrambled…

A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them
26
Jul
2024

A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them

KnowBe4, a US-based security vendor, revealed that it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who attempted to load malware into…

Europe Is Pumping Billions Into New Military Tech
26
Jul
2024

Europe Is Pumping Billions Into New Military Tech

From €142 million to €1 billion ($1.1 billion) a year. The European Commission is pressing the accelerator on investment in…

At The 2024 Summer Olympics, AI Is Watching You
25
Jul
2024

At The 2024 Summer Olympics, AI Is Watching You

“What we’re doing in transforming CCTV cameras into a powerful monitoring tool,” says Matthias Houllier, co-founder of Wintics, one of…

This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations
24
Jul
2024

This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations

This is, incidentally, how he plans to fund the operation—the basic version of WebXray will be available to all, but…

How Russia-Linked Malware Cut Heat to 600 Ukrainian Buildings in Deep Winter
23
Jul
2024

How Russia-Linked Malware Cut Heat to 600 Ukrainian Buildings in Deep Winter

Lvivteploenergo didn’t respond to WIRED’s request for comment, nor did the SBU. Ukraine’s cybersecurity agency, the State Services for Special…

The Pentagon Wants to Spend $141 Billion on a Doomsday Machine
22
Jul
2024

The Pentagon Wants to Spend $141 Billion on a Doomsday Machine

If you’re one of the millions of Americans who live within range of its 450 intercontinental ballistic missile silos, the…