Category: Wired

School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant
27
Apr
2024

School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant

Controversial gunshot-detection company ShotSpotter has deployed more than 25,000 microphones across 170 cities worldwide. This week, WIRED and South Side…

Russia Vetoed a UN Resolution to Ban Space Nukes
27
Apr
2024

Russia Vetoed a UN Resolution to Ban Space Nukes

Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons…

'ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks
24
Apr
2024

‘ArcaneDoor’ Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks

Network security appliances like firewalls are meant to keep hackers out. Instead, digital intruders are increasingly targeting them as the…

ShotSpotter Keeps Listening for Gunfire After Contracts Expire
24
Apr
2024

ShotSpotter Keeps Listening for Gunfire After Contracts Expire

“At this time, there is no contract and there is no plan to move forward with the company,” a spokesperson…

Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak
23
Apr
2024

Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak

For Change Healthcare and the beleaguered medical practices, hospitals, and patients that depend on it, the confirmation of its extortion…

The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
22
Apr
2024

The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers

The ability of the United States to intercept and store Americans’ text messages, calls, and emails in pursuit of foreign…

North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Say
22
Apr
2024

North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Say

Some file names gave away clues about the series and episode numbers. There were also files and projects the researchers…

AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now
20
Apr
2024

AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now

Looking for love? Be careful what you wish for. A loose-knit community of con artists known as Yahoo Boys has…

The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK
19
Apr
2024

The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

Two of the biggest deepfake pornography websites have now started blocking people trying to access them from the United Kingdom….

The Trump Jury Has a Doxing Problem
18
Apr
2024

The Trump Jury Has a Doxing Problem

You’ve been asked to serve on the jury in the first-ever criminal prosecution of a United States president. What could…

The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived
18
Apr
2024

The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived

The Yahoo Boys are experienced scammers—and they openly brag about it. Photos and videos of their conning and recruitment can…

Big Tech Squares Off Against US Spies
17
Apr
2024

Big Tech Squares Off Against US Spies

A trade organization representing some of the world’s largest information technology companies—Google, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft among them—say its members…