‘ArcaneDoor’ Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks
Network security appliances like firewalls are meant to keep hackers out. Instead, digital intruders are increasingly targeting them as the weak link that lets them…
Category: Wired
ShotSpotter Keeps Listening for Gunfire After Contracts Expire
“At this time, there is no contract and there is no plan to move forward with the company,” a spokesperson for the department wrote in…
Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak
For Change Healthcare and the beleaguered medical practices, hospitals, and patients that depend on it, the confirmation of its extortion payment to the hackers adds…
The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
The ability of the United States to intercept and store Americans’ text messages, calls, and emails in pursuit of foreign intelligence was not only extended…
North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Say
Some file names gave away clues about the series and episode numbers. There were also files and projects the researchers could not identify—including a “bunch…
AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now
Looking for love? Be careful what you wish for. A loose-knit community of con artists known as Yahoo Boys has begun using real-time face-swap technology…
The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK
Two of the biggest deepfake pornography websites have now started blocking people trying to access them from the United Kingdom. The move comes days after…
The Trump Jury Has a Doxing Problem
You’ve been asked to serve on the jury in the first-ever criminal prosecution of a United States president. What could possibly go wrong? The answer,…
The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived
The Yahoo Boys are experienced scammers—and they openly brag about it. Photos and videos of their conning and recruitment can be found all across social…
Big Tech Squares Off Against US Spies
A trade organization representing some of the world’s largest information technology companies—Google, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft among them—say its members are voicing strong opposition to…
Change Healthcare’s New Ransomware Nightmare Goes From Bad to Worse
Change Healthcare is facing a new cybersecurity nightmare after a ransomware group began selling what it claimed is Americans’ sensitive medical and financial records stolen…
US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
The United States Senate is poised to vote on legislation this week that, for the next two years at least, could dramatically expand the number…