Category: Wired

How to Automatically Delete Passcode Texts on Android and iOS
| WIRED
06
Aug
2023

How to Automatically Delete Passcode Texts on Android and iOS | WIRED

This feature has been disappearing and reappearing from Google Messages and isn’t available in every region. If you don’t see…

Security News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree
05
Aug
2023

Security News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree

Between a cascade of indictments against former US president Donald Trump, a tumultuous 2024 election season (in which Trump is…

The Senate’s AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of Privacy Past
04
Aug
2023

The Senate’s AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of Privacy Past

In short, the tentacles of US tech firms are everywhere—vaccines, food, cancer research, psilocybin centers, criminal justice reform, homelessness—the list…

Free Airline Miles, Hotel Points, and User Data Put at Risk by Flaws in Points Platform
03
Aug
2023

Free Airline Miles, Hotel Points, and User Data Put at Risk by Flaws in Points Platform

Travel rewards programs like those offered by airlines and hotels tout the specific perks of joining their club over others….

A New Attack Impacts ChatGPT—and No One Knows How to Stop It
01
Aug
2023

A New Attack Impacts ChatGPT—and No One Knows How to Stop It

“Making models more resistant to prompt injection and other adversarial ‘jailbreaking’ measures is an area of active research,” says Michael…

How AI May Be Used to Create Custom Disinformation Ahead of 2024
01
Aug
2023

How AI May Be Used to Create Custom Disinformation Ahead of 2024

“If I want to launch a disinformation campaign, I can fail 99 percent of the time. You fail all the…

Apple iOS, Google Android Patch Zero-Days in July Security Updates
31
Jul
2023

Apple iOS, Google Android Patch Zero-Days in July Security Updates

CVE-2023-26083 is an issue in Arm Mali GPU driver for Bifrost, Avalon, and Valhall chips, rated as having a moderate…

‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ Players Hit With Worm Malware
29
Jul
2023

‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ Players Hit With Worm Malware

According to TechCrunch it is unclear why the malware is spreading or what exactly the impact is on gamers. Valve,…

The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'
27
Jul
2023

The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’

The US Supreme Court has previously ordered the government to obtain search warrants before seeking information that may “chronicle a…

Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down
26
Jul
2023

Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down

Embarrassed, angry, victimized. That’s just a few of the words my friend uses to describe his recent run-in with a…

ChatGPT Plugins Pose Security Risks
25
Jul
2023

ChatGPT Plugins Pose Security Risks

Over the past eight months, ChatGPT has impressed millions of people with its ability to generate realistic-looking text, writing everything…

TETRA Radio Code Encryption Has a Flaw: A Backdoor
24
Jul
2023

TETRA Radio Code Encryption Has a Flaw: A Backdoor

In a brief email, NCSC spokesperson Miral Scheffer called TETRA “a crucial foundation for mission-critical communication in the Netherlands and…