Category: Wired

Alleged ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ Leader Indicted Over Plot to Kill Jews
18
Jul
2024

Alleged ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ Leader Indicted Over Plot to Kill Jews

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn on Tuesday unsealed a sweeping felony indictment against the 20-year-old they say is the head of…

The US Supreme Court Kneecapped US Cyber Strategy
17
Jul
2024

The US Supreme Court Kneecapped US Cyber Strategy

The Commerce Department could hit a legal snag with its proposal to require cloud companies to verify their customers’ identities…

Hackers Claim to Have Leaked 1.1 TB of Disney Slack Messages
16
Jul
2024

Hackers Claim to Have Leaked 1.1 TB of Disney Slack Messages

A group calling itself “NullBulge” published a 1.1-terabyte trove of data late last week that it claims is a dump…

US Senators Secretly Work to Block Safeguards Against Surveillance Abuse
15
Jul
2024

US Senators Secretly Work to Block Safeguards Against Surveillance Abuse

The source adds that Cornyn claims the new rules threaten to grant foreign nationals greater rights than those of criminal…

AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records
14
Jul
2024

AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records

Despite the payment and deletion, some AT&T customers and those who communicated with them may still be at risk, given…

The Sweeping Danger of the AT&T Phone Records Breach
13
Jul
2024

The Sweeping Danger of the AT&T Phone Records Breach

From targeted wiretaps to bulk surveillance dragnets, phone companies have been at the center of privacy concerns for decades—and their…

Spyware Users Exposed in Major Data Breach
13
Jul
2024

Spyware Users Exposed in Major Data Breach

But that’s not all. Each week, we round up the security news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. Click on…

Pressure Grows in Congress to Treat Crypto Investigator Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed in Nigeria, as a Hostage
11
Jul
2024

Pressure Grows in Congress to Treat Crypto Investigator Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed in Nigeria, as a Hostage

When Tigran Gambaryan was first invited in February to meet with the Nigerian government in order to settle a dispute…

Notorious Hacker Kingpin ‘Tank’ Is Finally Going to Prison
11
Jul
2024

Notorious Hacker Kingpin ‘Tank’ Is Finally Going to Prison

For more than a decade, Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov—a Ukrainian who used the online hacker name “Tank”—managed to evade cops. When…

Google Is Adding Passkey Support for Its Most Vulnerable Users
10
Jul
2024

Google Is Adding Passkey Support for Its Most Vulnerable Users

The password killers known as “passkeys” are now available to users of Google’s Advanced Protection Program, which works to add…

The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy
10
Jul
2024

The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy

That public nature of the criminal transactions is all the more shocking given that Huione Guarantee is operated by Huione…

AI-Powered Super Soldiers Are More Than Just a Pipe Dream
08
Jul
2024

AI-Powered Super Soldiers Are More Than Just a Pipe Dream

The day is slowly turning into night, and the American special operators are growing concerned. They are deployed to a…