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,…
Category: Wired
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…
The US Government Has a Microsoft Problem
These incidents occurred as security experts were increasingly criticizing Microsoft for failing to promptly and adequately fix flaws in its products. As by far the…
How Israel Is Defending Against Iran’s Drone Attack
On Saturday, Iran launched more than 200 drones and cruise missiles at Israel. As the drones made their way across the Middle East en route…
Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit
The Victus Haze mission is more complicated than Victus Nox, involving two prime contractors, two spacecraft, and two rocket launches from different spaceports, all timed…
Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users
After months of delays, the US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend a controversial warrantless wiretap program for two years. Known as Section…
House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program
A controversial US wiretap program that was days from expiration cleared a major hurdle on its way to being reauthorized. After months of delays, false…
Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible
For months, Change Healthcare has faced an immensely messy, months-long ransomware debacle that has left hundreds of pharmacies and medical practices across the United States…
DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers
Under the hood, things are more complex. Greg Fiorentino, a product director at DuckDuckGo, says when you enter your personal data into the system, it’s…