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 fix serious issues, some of…
Category: Wired
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 been,” says John Hultquist, Google…
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 entries “must not have…
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 most sophisticated hacking techniques ever…
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 baby on it. His T-shirt…
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 told 404 Media in a…
Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Matters in a World of Fakes
For months, Etsy has become littered with a new genre of T-shirt: the Donald Trump mug shot. And they’re available in two main styles: Guity…
Trump’s Prosecution Is America’s Last Hope
Donald Trump was arrested in Georgia tonight for his role in what prosecutors christened “a wide-ranging criminal enterprise” aimed at overturning the results of the…
The Last Hour Before Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Plane Crash
At around 5:30 pm Moscow time on August 23, the Embraer Legacy 600 private business jet took to the skies. Launching from an airport near…
Why The Chainsmokers Invest in—and Party With—Niche Cybersecurity Companies
On Saturday, with Hurricane Hilary looming, Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of the DJ duo The Chainsmokers performed a concert at Los Angeles State Historic…
How to Talk to Your Kids About Social Media and Mental Health
If you give a kid a smartphone, they’re going to want a social media account. That’s not the start of a storybook. The average age…
The Internet Is Turning Into a Data Black Box. An ‘Inspectability API’ Could Crack It Open
In today’s digital world, injustice lurks in the shadows of the Facebook post that’s delivered to certain groups of people at the exclusion of others,…