Category: Wired

A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite 'Offers' Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight
14
Aug
2023

A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite ‘Offers’ Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight

Thousands of websites belonging to US government agencies, leading universities, and professional organizations have been hijacked over the last half…

An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is ‘Trivially’ Easy to Bypass
12
Aug
2023

An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is ‘Trivially’ Easy to Bypass

One of your Mac’s built-in malware detection tools may not be working quite as well as you think. At the…

A New Attack Reveals Everything You Type With 95 Percent Accuracy
12
Aug
2023

A New Attack Reveals Everything You Type With 95 Percent Accuracy

Of course, generative AI tools are the talk of the security industry this year. And Microsoft is no exception. In…

GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
11
Aug
2023

GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

You’ve heard the advice for years: Turn on two-factor authentication everywhere it’s offered. It’s long been clear that using only…

Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time Nobody Got Sued
10
Aug
2023

Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time Nobody Got Sued

In early August of 2008, almost exactly 15 years ago, the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas was hit with…

Leaked Yandex Code Breaks Open the Creepy Black Box of Online Advertising
10
Aug
2023

Leaked Yandex Code Breaks Open the Creepy Black Box of Online Advertising

The code also shows how Yandex can combine data from multiple services. McCrea says in one complex process, an adult’s…

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating
09
Aug
2023

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating

In September last year, a scandal blew up the world of high-stakes, livestreamed poker: In a hand at Las Vegas’…

Panasonic Warns That IoT Malware Attack Cycles Are Accelerating
09
Aug
2023

Panasonic Warns That IoT Malware Attack Cycles Are Accelerating

Internet-of-things devices have been plagued by security issues and unfixed vulnerabilities for more than a decade, fueling botnets, facilitating government…

A Clever Honeypot Tricked Hackers Into Revealing Their Secrets
09
Aug
2023

A Clever Honeypot Tricked Hackers Into Revealing Their Secrets

Plenty of people tried to access the system. Over the past three years, it has captured 21 million login attempts,…

How to Remove Your Info From Google With the 'Results About You' Tool
09
Aug
2023

How to Remove Your Info From Google With the ‘Results About You’ Tool

In 2022, Google launched the “Results about you” tool to help people remove personal info from the company’s search results….

New ‘Downfall’ Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips
08
Aug
2023

New ‘Downfall’ Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips

Intel is releasing fixes for a processor vulnerability that affects many models of its chips going back to 2015, including…

What Doctors Wish You Knew About HIPAA and Data Security
08
Aug
2023

What Doctors Wish You Knew About HIPAA and Data Security

A former Department of Homeland Security adviser and a doctor, Chris Pierson is CEO of BlackCloak, a company that specializes…