Category: Wired

Congress Has a Lo-Fi Plan to Fix the Classified Documents Mess
03
Feb
2023

Congress Has a Lo-Fi Plan to Fix the Classified Documents Mess

The fear and trepidation over accidentally letting a secret slip is also hammered into lawmakers’ intelligence staffers, who handle the…

Netflix’s US Password-Sharing Crackdown Isn’t Happening—Yet
03
Feb
2023

Netflix’s US Password-Sharing Crackdown Isn’t Happening—Yet

After Netflix Spent years piloting different ways to crack down on password sharing, changes to its United States Help Center…

Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War
01
Feb
2023

Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War

Rogers’s last job for the government was leading teams within US Space Command that planned how and when to deploy…

You Really Need to Update Firefox and Android Right Now
31
Jan
2023

You Really Need to Update Firefox and Android Right Now

The Android security patch is available to Google’s Pixel devices, which have their own specific updates, and Samsung’s Galaxy range, including…

The Untold Story of a Crippling Ransomware Attack
30
Jan
2023

The Untold Story of a Crippling Ransomware Attack

It was a Sunday morning in mid-October 2020 when Rob Miller first heard there was a problem. The databases and…

A Link to News Site Meduza Can (Technically) Land You in Russian Prison
28
Jan
2023

A Link to News Site Meduza Can (Technically) Land You in Russian Prison

When you run a major app, all it takes is one mistake to put countless people at risk. Such is…

ADS-B Exchange, the Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet, Sold to Jetnet
27
Jan
2023

ADS-B Exchange, the Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet, Sold to Jetnet

“There’s countries we can’t go to anymore,” Stanford says of himself and a core team of administrators. In recent years,…

Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges
26
Jan
2023

Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges

For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact…

The Best Personal Safety Devices, Apps, and Alarms (2023)
26
Jan
2023

The Best Personal Safety Devices, Apps, and Alarms (2023)

If you’re a frequent camper or hiker, or are otherwise away from cell service often, most of these products aren’t…

The Unrelenting Menace of the LockBit Ransomware Gang
24
Jan
2023

The Unrelenting Menace of the LockBit Ransomware Gang

LockBit emerged at the end of 2019, first calling itself “ABCD ransomware.” Since then, it has grown rapidly. The group…

India’s Public Education App Exposed Millions of Students’ Data
23
Jan
2023

India’s Public Education App Exposed Millions of Students’ Data

A security lapse in an app operated by India’s Education Ministry exposed the personally identifying information of millions of students…

How to Encrypt any File, Folder, or Drive on Your System
22
Jan
2023

How to Encrypt any File, Folder, or Drive on Your System

Encrypting files, folders, and drives on your computer means that no one else can make sense of the data they…