Category: Wired

US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools
29
Jan
2024

US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools

The United States Department of Justice has failed to convince a group of US lawmakers that state and local police…

23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months
27
Jan
2024

23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months

Police took a digital rendering of a suspect’s face, generated using DNA evidence, and ran it through a facial recognition…

Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks
27
Jan
2024

Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks

For more than a year, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has been hunting the person whom experts say…

The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans' Data Without a Warrant
26
Jan
2024

The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant

United States officials fought to conceal details of arrangements between US spy agencies and private companies tracking the whereabouts of…

Big-Name Targets Push Midnight Blizzard Hacking Spree Back Into the Limelight
26
Jan
2024

Big-Name Targets Push Midnight Blizzard Hacking Spree Back Into the Limelight

Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) both recently disclosed that they suffered corporate email breaches at the hands of Russia’s “Midnight…

How a Group of Israel-Linked Hackers Has Pushed the Limits of Cyberwar
25
Jan
2024

How a Group of Israel-Linked Hackers Has Pushed the Limits of Cyberwar

Predatory Sparrow is distinguished most of all by its apparent interest in sending a specific geopolitical message with its attacks,…

Ring Will Stop Giving Cops a Free Pass on Warrantless Video Requests
25
Jan
2024

Ring Will Stop Giving Cops a Free Pass on Warrantless Video Requests

Reached for comment, Markey’s office directed WIRED to the senator’s statement posted to X, in which he called the shuttering…

Notorious Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Quietly Plotting a Comeback
24
Jan
2024

Notorious Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Quietly Plotting a Comeback

Then Hamas attacked Israel. Since then, NSO has been in a position to tangibly demonstrate the value of tools like…

HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers
24
Jan
2024

HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers

Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed the company’s controversial practice of bricking printers when users load them with third-party…

Apple iOS 17.3: How to Turn on iPhone's New Stolen Device Protection
22
Jan
2024

Apple iOS 17.3: How to Turn on iPhone’s New Stolen Device Protection

Apple today launched a new tool for iPhones to help reduce what a thief with your phone and passcode can…

Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It
22
Jan
2024

Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It

In 2017, detectives at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department working a cold case got an idea, one…

Fujitsu Bugs That Sent Innocent People to Prison Were Known ‘From the Start’
20
Jan
2024

Fujitsu Bugs That Sent Innocent People to Prison Were Known ‘From the Start’

The FT article also said the Post Office, which used prosecution powers available to private corporations in the UK, obtained…