Category: Wired

Pinduoduo, a Top Chinese Shopping App, Is Laced With Malware
08
Apr
2023

Pinduoduo, a Top Chinese Shopping App, Is Laced With Malware

A United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement database WIRED obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that the…

Free VPN Amnezia Helps Users Avoid Censorship in Russia
07
Apr
2023

Free VPN Amnezia Helps Users Avoid Censorship in Russia

The Russian government has banned more than 10,000 websites for content about the war in Ukraine since Moscow launched the full-scale…

The Dangerous Weak Link in the US Food Chain
06
Apr
2023

The Dangerous Weak Link in the US Food Chain

Just-in-time logistics mean that even short-term cyberattacks can have serious consequences. Hacks that disrupt fertilizer or pesticide production can force farmers to…

ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem
04
Apr
2023

ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem

When OpenAI released GPT-3 in July 2020, it offered a glimpse of the data used to train the large language model….

A Tiny Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won
04
Apr
2023

A Tiny Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won

At a location he keeps secret, John Honovich was on his laptop, methodically scouring every link on a website for…

Massive 3CX Supply Chain Hack Targeted Cryptocurrency Firms
03
Apr
2023

Massive 3CX Supply Chain Hack Targeted Cryptocurrency Firms

Software supply chain attacks, in which hackers corrupt widely used applications to push their own code to thousands or even…

Mullvad VPN and Tor Project Create New Privacy-Focused Mullvad Browser
03
Apr
2023

Mullvad VPN and Tor Project Create New Privacy-Focused Mullvad Browser

The easiest way to use the digital anonymity service Tor is through the Tor Browser. You download and use it…

ICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools and Abortion Clinics
03
Apr
2023

ICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools and Abortion Clinics

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are using an obscure legal tool to demand data from elementary schools, news organizations,…

‘Vulkan’ Leak Offers a Peek at Russia’s Cyberwar Playbook
01
Apr
2023

‘Vulkan’ Leak Offers a Peek at Russia’s Cyberwar Playbook

Did you hear that Donald Trump got indicted this week? Of course you did. Ridiculous question. The first-ever indictment of…

Apple's iOS 16.4: Security Updates Are Better Than a Goose Emoji
31
Mar
2023

Apple’s iOS 16.4: Security Updates Are Better Than a Goose Emoji

Meanwhile, researchers at Google’s Project Zero have reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Exynos Modems made by Samsung. The four most severe—CVE-2023-24033,…

Trump’s Indictment Marks a Historic Reckoning
30
Mar
2023

Trump’s Indictment Marks a Historic Reckoning

The literally unprecedented indictment against Donald Trump marks an outright dangerous—and politically fraught—moment for the United States and serves as…

Porn ID Laws: Your State or Country May Soon Require Age Verification
30
Mar
2023

Porn ID Laws: Your State or Country May Soon Require Age Verification

For the past three months, anyone who lives in Louisiana and opens up Pornhub has been met with a new…