Category: Wired

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy
26
Sep
2024

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy

At the start of September, Nour was having an ordinary evening at home in Beirut—eating pumpkin seeds and watching Netflix—when…

Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug
26
Sep
2024

Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug

In January 2023, they published the initial results of their work, an enormous collection of web vulnerabilities affecting Kia, Honda,…

Russia-Backed Media Outlets Are Under Fire in the US—but Still Trusted Worldwide
24
Sep
2024

Russia-Backed Media Outlets Are Under Fire in the US—but Still Trusted Worldwide

In Latin America alone, RT’s channels run 24/7, and reported 18 million viewers in 2018. African Stream, which was also…

Iranian Hackers Tried to Give Hacked Trump Campaign Emails to Dems
21
Sep
2024

Iranian Hackers Tried to Give Hacked Trump Campaign Emails to Dems

The week was dominated by news that thousands of pagers, walkie-talkies and other devices were exploding across Lebanon on Tuesday…

First Israel’s Exploding Pagers Maimed and Killed. Now Comes the Paranoia
19
Sep
2024

First Israel’s Exploding Pagers Maimed and Killed. Now Comes the Paranoia

“They don’t trust their smartphones, so they reach back to these more archaic devices, and those blow up. What’s next?”…

Your Phone Won’t Be the Next Exploding Pager
19
Sep
2024

Your Phone Won’t Be the Next Exploding Pager

Amid ongoing violent conflict with Israel, Hezbollah’s digital communications and activities are also under constant barrage from Israeli hackers. In…

Walkie-Talkies Explode in New Attack on Hezbollah
18
Sep
2024

Walkie-Talkies Explode in New Attack on Hezbollah

With Hezbollah and Lebanon still reeling from a coordinated wave of pager explosions on Tuesday that killed at least 12…

Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?
18
Sep
2024

Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?

Capture the flag hacking contests at security conferences generally serve two purposes: to help participants develop and demonstrate computer hacking…

The Mystery of Hezbollah’s Deadly Exploding Pagers
17
Sep
2024

The Mystery of Hezbollah’s Deadly Exploding Pagers

This pager runs on two AAA batteries, which, like any battery, could be induced to explode, but likely not with…

Apple’s New Passwords App May Solve Your Login Nightmares
16
Sep
2024

Apple’s New Passwords App May Solve Your Login Nightmares

Apple’s latest iPhone software update, iOS 18, arrives today and includes a new app: Passwords. For the first time, Apple…

Security News This Week: A Creative Trick Makes ChatGPT Spit Out Bomb-Making Instructions
14
Sep
2024

Security News This Week: A Creative Trick Makes ChatGPT Spit Out Bomb-Making Instructions

After Apple’s product launch event this week, WIRED did a deep dive on the company’s new secure server environment, known…

‘Terrorgram’ Charges Show US Has Had Tools to Crack Down on Far-Right Terrorism All Along
13
Sep
2024

‘Terrorgram’ Charges Show US Has Had Tools to Crack Down on Far-Right Terrorism All Along

Allison’s commitment to neo-fascism and white supremacy appears to have run deep—“I won’t quit til I’m dead. my only goal…