Category: Wired

The Most Popular Digital Abortion Clinics, Ranked by Data Privacy
21
Aug
2023

The Most Popular Digital Abortion Clinics, Ranked by Data Privacy

Low Risk: Users can edit or delete data, Some Risk: Users can edit data, High Risk: Users cannot edit or…

Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here’s How It Works
| WIRED
20
Aug
2023

Google’s New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn’t Been Hacked. Here’s How It Works | WIRED

If you think about all the businesses involved in maintaining the software on your phone, from individual app developers to…

Security News This Week: US Energy Firm Targeted With Malicious QR Codes in Mass Phishing Attack
19
Aug
2023

Security News This Week: US Energy Firm Targeted With Malicious QR Codes in Mass Phishing Attack

At the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas last weekend, thousands of hackers competed in a red-team challenge to find…

HHS Launches 'Digiheals' Project to Better Protect US Hospitals From Ransomware
17
Aug
2023

HHS Launches ‘Digiheals’ Project to Better Protect US Hospitals From Ransomware

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H), a research support agency within the United States Department of Health and…

How X Is Suing Its Way Out of Accountability
15
Aug
2023

How X Is Suing Its Way Out of Accountability

On July 19, Bloomberg News reported what many others have been saying for some time: Twitter (now called X) was…

A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite 'Offers' Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight
14
Aug
2023

A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite ‘Offers’ Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight

Thousands of websites belonging to US government agencies, leading universities, and professional organizations have been hijacked over the last half…

An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is ‘Trivially’ Easy to Bypass
12
Aug
2023

An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is ‘Trivially’ Easy to Bypass

One of your Mac’s built-in malware detection tools may not be working quite as well as you think. At the…

A New Attack Reveals Everything You Type With 95 Percent Accuracy
12
Aug
2023

A New Attack Reveals Everything You Type With 95 Percent Accuracy

Of course, generative AI tools are the talk of the security industry this year. And Microsoft is no exception. In…

GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
11
Aug
2023

GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

You’ve heard the advice for years: Turn on two-factor authentication everywhere it’s offered. It’s long been clear that using only…

Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time Nobody Got Sued
10
Aug
2023

Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time Nobody Got Sued

In early August of 2008, almost exactly 15 years ago, the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas was hit with…

Leaked Yandex Code Breaks Open the Creepy Black Box of Online Advertising
10
Aug
2023

Leaked Yandex Code Breaks Open the Creepy Black Box of Online Advertising

The code also shows how Yandex can combine data from multiple services. McCrea says in one complex process, an adult’s…

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating
09
Aug
2023

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating

In September last year, a scandal blew up the world of high-stakes, livestreamed poker: In a hand at Las Vegas’…