Hassan Took a Bike Ride. Now He’s One of the Thousands Missing in Gaza
In the early morning dark, Abeer Skaik turned to her husband, Ali Al-Qatta, and said that today would be the day they would find their…
Category: Wired
A Mysterious Numbers Station Is Broadcasting Through the Iran War
“Tavajoh! Tavajoh! Tavajoh!” a man’s voice announces, before going on to narrate a string of numbers in no apparent order, slowly and rhythmically. After nearly…
What Happens When You Can’t Get a Death Certificate in Gaza
In Gaza, registering a death was once—as in most places around the world—a relatively simple administrative task. A body was brought to a hospital, where…
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
United States law enforcement this week took down the Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets, a slate of cybercriminal tools that have infected more than…
A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine
United States congressman Jim Himes, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, is privately lobbying colleagues to preserve the FBI’s power to conduct warrantless…
The Danger Behind Meta’s Decision to Kill End-to-End Encrypted Instagram DMs
As law enforcement agencies scramble to address threats of terrorism, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking—and repressive governments around the world look to broadly expand…
US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks
The collection of millions of hacked computers known as Aisuru and Kimwolf have been used to launch some of the biggest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks…
Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI
Moxie Marlinspike, the privacy advocate who created the secure communication app Signal and its widely used open source encryption protocol, said this week that his…
Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
iPhone hacking techniques have sometimes been described almost like rare and elusive animals: Hackers have used them so stealthily and carefully against such a small…
Join Our Next Livestream: The War Machine
The defense tech industry has been supercharged under President Trump. On March 26, our panel of experts will help make sense of Big Tech’s role…
Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web
Sears department stores have largely disappeared across the United States, but the brand and its appliance repair service are still in business, complete with a…
‘100 Video Calls Per Day’: Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams
Other posts list up to 150 potential calls per day. “Filters may be used, but ensure the image is realistic. Live-action videos are permitted; wigs…