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 is seeing evidence that they…
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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 companies—ultimately breaching no fewer than…
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 Ukraine, even more so since…
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 tracked United States military and…
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 started under the first Trump…
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. Naval Forces Central Command’s Task…
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 week on DOGE’s members, activity,…
ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have seized control over…
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
At Path Network, Coristine worked as a systems engineer from April to June of 2022, according to his now-deleted LinkedIn resume. Path has at times…
The Collapse of USAID Is Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
“Our partners say that for some survivors they are in touch with inside the scam centers, even if they can somehow manage to get out,…
Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year
But in fact, both law enforcement operations may have been more successful than they appeared. AlphV, after receiving its $22 million ransom from Change Healthcare,…
Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden
Schools have faced an onslaught of cyberattacks since the pandemic disrupted education nationwide five years ago, yet district leaders across the country have employed a…