Category: Wired

Russia Is Going All Out on Election Day Interference
06
Nov
2024

Russia Is Going All Out on Election Day Interference

As the 2024 US presidential election comes to a close, and with Donald Trump on the ballot once again, Russian…

Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition
05
Nov
2024

Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition

For much of this summer, a mysterious group of hackers carried out a landmark spree of major data breaches, all…

Inside the Massive Crime Industry That’s Hacking Billion-Dollar Companies
04
Nov
2024

Inside the Massive Crime Industry That’s Hacking Billion-Dollar Companies

On October 20, a hacker who calls themselves Dark X said they logged in to a server and stole the…

Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings
02
Nov
2024

Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings

With just days to go until the 2024 presidential election in the United States, WIRED reported on documents that revealed…

Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack
01
Nov
2024

Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack

The researchers also said the photo application, which helps users organize photos, provided easy access whether customers connect their NAS…

Inside Sophos' 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices
31
Oct
2024

Inside Sophos’ 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices

For years, it’s been an inconvenient truth within the cybersecurity industry that the network security devices sold to protect customers…

The Untold Story of Trump's Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela's President
31
Oct
2024

The Untold Story of Trump’s Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela’s President

On September 26, 2018, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro approached the lectern at the United Nations General Assembly in New York…

'We're a Fortress Now': The Militarization of US Elections Is Here
30
Oct
2024

‘We’re a Fortress Now’: The Militarization of US Elections Is Here

Drones, snipers, razor wire, sniffer dogs, body armor, bulletproof glass, and 24-hour armed security. This is not a list of…

Cybercriminals Pose a Greater Threat of Disruptive US Election Hacks Than Russia or China
28
Oct
2024

Cybercriminals Pose a Greater Threat of Disruptive US Election Hacks Than Russia or China

Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state-backed hackers have been active throughout the 2024 United States campaign season, compromising digital accounts associated…

Chinese Hackers Target Trump Campaign via Verizon Breach
26
Oct
2024

Chinese Hackers Target Trump Campaign via Verizon Breach

The Chinese spy operation adds to the growing sense of a melee of foreign digital interference in the election, which…

Meet ZachXBT, the Masked Vigilante Tracking Down Billions in Crypto Scams and Thefts
24
Oct
2024

Meet ZachXBT, the Masked Vigilante Tracking Down Billions in Crypto Scams and Thefts

As ZachXBT has pursued that career as a crypto vigilante, he has also kept his mask firmly in place. Online,…

Microsoft Warns Foreign Disinformation Is Hitting the US Election From All Directions
23
Oct
2024

Microsoft Warns Foreign Disinformation Is Hitting the US Election From All Directions

As November 5 draws closer, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) warned on Wednesday that malicious foreign influence operations launched…