Inside the Dark World of Doxing for Profit
Since the early 1990s, people have used doxing as a toxic way to strike digital revenge—stripping away someone’s anonymity by unmasking their identity online. But…
Category: Wired
A Flaw in Windows Update Opens the Door to Zombie Exploits
New research being presented at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas today shows that a vulnerability in Windows Update could be exploited to…
A New Plan to Break the Cycle of Destructive Critical Infrastructure Hacks
“It’s not just that the water goes out, it’s that when the sole wastewater facility in your community is down really bad things start to…
How Project 2025 Would Put US Elections at Risk
If anything, the military has impinged on CISA’s territory—not the other way around—out of exasperation with the civilian agency’s constrained resources, says Montgomery, a retired…
US Hands Over Russian Cybercriminals in WSJ Reporter Prisoner Swap
If it seems like there’s suddenly a whole lot more data breaches, you may be right. Part of this apparent spike is thanks to the…
Sensitive Illinois Voter Data Exposed by Contractor’s Unsecured Databases
Databases containing sensitive voter information from multiple counties in Illinois were openly accessible on the internet, revealing 4.6 million records that included driver’s license numbers…
He Was an FBI Informant—and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists
Listing the Atomwaffen Division and the Order of Nine Angles as a lasting influence, Butcher also disclosed the nature of MKU’s “alliance” with 764, which…
A $500 Open-Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers
Beaumont describes the RayV Lite as part of a larger trend she calls the “domestication of tooling”: Devices like the ChipWhisperer and HackRF have made…
Can ChatGPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?
Open AI says this data is used to train the AI model and improve its responses, but the terms allow the firm to share your…
A Senate Bill Would Radically Improve Voting Machine Security
Congress is moving closer to putting US election technology under a stricter cybersecurity microscope. Embedded inside this year’s Intelligence Authorization Act, which funds intelligence agencies…
Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics
Long-distance internet cables in France have been cut in an act of sabotage, causing disruption to internet services across the country. This is the second…
How Infostealers Pillaged the World’s Passwords
These platforms take cues in how they are designed and marketed from legitimate information and ecommerce services. Many markets and forums charge a subscription fee…