Category: Wired

Ransomware Is ‘More Brutal’ Than Ever in 2024
10
Jun
2024

Ransomware Is ‘More Brutal’ Than Ever in 2024

Today, people around the world will head to school, doctor’s appointments, and pharmacies, only to be told, “Sorry, our computer…

Apple Is Coming for Your Password Manager
08
Jun
2024

Apple Is Coming for Your Password Manager

That’s not all. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. Click…

Microsoft Will Switch Off Recall by Default After Security Backlash
07
Jun
2024

Microsoft Will Switch Off Recall by Default After Security Backlash

When Microsoft named its new Windows feature Recall, the company intended the word to refer to a kind of perfect,…

Microsoft's Recall Feature Is Even More Hackable Than You Thought
07
Jun
2024

Microsoft’s Recall Feature Is Even More Hackable Than You Thought

Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella has hailed the company’s new Recall feature, which stores a history of your computer desktop and…

The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever
07
Jun
2024

The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever

Since Snowflake acknowledged that accounts had been targeted, it has provided some more information about the incident. Brad Jones, Snowflake’s…

The Lords of Silicon Valley Are Thrilled to Present a ‘Handheld Iron Dome’
06
Jun
2024

The Lords of Silicon Valley Are Thrilled to Present a ‘Handheld Iron Dome’

Drones have changed war. Small, cheap, and deadly robots buzz in the skies high above the world’s battlefields, taking pictures…

How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI
06
Jun
2024

How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI

Eliot Higgins and his 28,000 forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a miraculous nose for truth—and a sharp sense…

An American Company Enabled a North Korean Scam That Raised Money for WMDs
05
Jun
2024

An American Company Enabled a North Korean Scam That Raised Money for WMDs

For years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been unraveling what it asserts is a scam perpetrated by agents of…

The Age of the Drone Police Is Here
05
Jun
2024

The Age of the Drone Police Is Here

Both individuals asked not to be named, citing privacy concerns. The west side, on the other hand, is densely populated,…

TikTok Hack Targets ‘High-Profile’ Users via DMs
05
Jun
2024

TikTok Hack Targets ‘High-Profile’ Users via DMs

TikTok says it’s currently taking steps to mitigate a cyberattack that’s targeting a number of high-profile users through direct messages,…

This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI
04
Jun
2024

This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI

Hagenah⁩ says an attacker could get a huge amount of information about their target, including insights into their emails, personal…

AI Is Your Coworker Now. Can You Trust It?
04
Jun
2024

AI Is Your Coworker Now. Can You Trust It?

Yet “it doesn’t seem very long before this technology could be used for monitoring employees,” says Elcock. Self-Censorship Generative AI…