Category: Wired

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency
20
Feb
2025

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old engineer with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) known as “Big Balls,” is now…

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage
19
Feb
2025

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

For more than a decade now, Russian cyberwarfare has used Ukraine as a test lab for its latest hacking techniques,…

Elon Musk's DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know
19
Feb
2025

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know

After months of congressional wrangling that saw the elimination of Ervin’s proposed independent privacy oversight board, President Gerald Ford signed…

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess
15
Feb
2025

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

As well as being insecure, the DOGE website heavily leans on X, the social media platform owned by Musk. DOGE’s…

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
15
Feb
2025

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has…

The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis
13
Feb
2025

The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis

UTA’s Wang notes that while she hasn’t assessed whether scammers are using generative AI to produce romance scam scripts, she…

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
13
Feb
2025

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

When the Chinese hacker group known as Salt Typhoon was revealed last fall to have deeply penetrated major US telecommunications…

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks
12
Feb
2025

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks

Over the last decade, the Kremlin’s most aggressive cyberwar unit, known as Sandworm, has focused its hacking campaigns on tormenting…

This Ad-Tech Company Is Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel
12
Feb
2025

This Ad-Tech Company Is Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel

Last year, a media investigation revealed that a Florida-based data broker, Datastream Group, was selling highly sensitive location data that…

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
10
Feb
2025

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Over the years, the programs have been effective. For instance, a four-year partnership between the US and the Philippines, which…

The Rise of the Drone Boats
10
Feb
2025

The Rise of the Drone Boats

A Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System launches munitions from a MARTAC T-38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vehicle, attached to U.S….

UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data
08
Feb
2025

UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data

As Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency rampage through United States federal institutions, WIRED reported extensively this…