Category: Wired

How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products
06
Sep
2023

How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products

The researchers found, in fact, that some firms appear to be taking that second option. They point to a July…

Generative AI’s Biggest Security Flaw Is Not Easy to Fix
06
Sep
2023

Generative AI’s Biggest Security Flaw Is Not Easy to Fix

It’s easy to trick the large language models powering chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. In one experiment in…

The Strange Afterlife of Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin
05
Sep
2023

The Strange Afterlife of Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin

Yveneny Prigozhin’s wartime atrocities propelled the brutal mercenary into the limelight. But Prigozhin—who was once Russian president Vladimir Putin’s chef…

How to Use Proton Sentinel to Keep Your Accounts Safe
03
Sep
2023

How to Use Proton Sentinel to Keep Your Accounts Safe

There’s a constant battle going on between software developers trying to keep their apps and platforms secure, and hackers and…

2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted Trains
02
Sep
2023

2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted Trains

A monthslong WIRED investigation published this week revealed the inner workings of the Trickbot ransomware gang, which has targeted hospitals,…

Apple's Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy
31
Aug
2023

Apple’s Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy

In December, Apple said that it was killing an effort to design a privacy-preserving iCloud photo-scanning tool for detecting child…

Google Fixes Serious Security Flaws in Chrome and Android
31
Aug
2023

Google Fixes Serious Security Flaws in Chrome and Android

August has ended the summer in style with multiple patches issued by Microsoft, Google Chrome, and its competitor Firefox to…

Unmasking Trickbot, One of the World’s Top Cybercrime Gangs
30
Aug
2023

Unmasking Trickbot, One of the World’s Top Cybercrime Gangs

“The Russian criminal problem isn’t going anywhere. In fact, now it’s probably closer with the security services than it’s ever…

The Weird, Big-Money World of Cybercrime Writing Contests
29
Aug
2023

The Weird, Big-Money World of Cybercrime Writing Contests

The criminal contests have their own rules to reduce the chance of cheating, Budd says. On Exploit, the rules say…

The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland's Railway System
27
Aug
2023

The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland’s Railway System

Since war first broke out between Ukraine and Russia in 2014, Russian hackers have at times used some of the…

The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat Message
27
Aug
2023

The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat Message

“What am I supposed to see?” Krutzler asks, staring at his screen and bouncing his knee like he has a…

This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US
26
Aug
2023

This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US

“The government needs to stop these companies from packaging and selling our personal information,” US senator Ron Wyden of Oregon…