Category: Wired

AI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect
08
Apr
2024

AI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect

You answer a random call from a family member, and they breathlessly explain how there’s been a horrible car accident….

A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
08
Apr
2024

A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress

Congress may be closer than ever to passing a comprehensive data privacy framework after key House and Senate committee leaders…

Best Privacy Browsers (2024): Brave, Safari, Ghostery, Firefox, DuckDuckGo
06
Apr
2024

Best Privacy Browsers (2024): Brave, Safari, Ghostery, Firefox, DuckDuckGo

The browser is part of a bigger project to keep internet browsing anonymous: Use Tor and you use the Tor…

Identity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years
06
Apr
2024

Identity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years

It’s been a week since the world avoided a potentially catastrophic cyberattack. On March 29, Microsoft developer Andres Freund disclosed…

A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask
04
Apr
2024

A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask

“That’s not nice, and it’s not a good norm,” says Schneider. She says that much of the US government’s slow…

The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind
03
Apr
2024

The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind

Ultimately, Scott argues that those three years of code changes and polite emails were likely not spent sabotaging multiple software…

The XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know
02
Apr
2024

The XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know

On Friday, a lone Microsoft developer rocked the world when he revealed a backdoor had been intentionally planted in XZ…

The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled
02
Apr
2024

The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled

If you still hold any notion that Google Chrome’s “Incognito mode” is a good way to protect your privacy online,…

A Ghost Ship’s Doomed Journey Through the Gate of Tears
01
Apr
2024

A Ghost Ship’s Doomed Journey Through the Gate of Tears

The ballistic missile hit the Rubymar on the evening of February 18. For months, the cargo ship had been shuttling…

You Should Update Apple iOS and Google Chrome ASAP
31
Mar
2024

You Should Update Apple iOS and Google Chrome ASAP

It’s time to check your software updates. March has seen the release of important patches for Apple’s iOS, Google’s Chrome,…

Yogurt Heist Reveals a Rampant Form of Online Fraud
30
Mar
2024

Yogurt Heist Reveals a Rampant Form of Online Fraud

The Journal’s story reveals that cargo hijacking fraud remains a serious problem—one that cost $500 million in 2023, quadruple the…

Jeffrey Epstein's Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker
28
Mar
2024

Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker

Little is known publicly about Epstein’s activities in the decade prior to his 2019 arrest. The majority of women who…