Hackers Could Use IoT Botnets to Manipulate Energy Markets
On a Friday morning in the fall of 2016, the Mirai botnet wrecked havoc on internet infrastructure, causing major website outages across... Read More
Rite Aid Used Facial Recognition in Stores for Nearly a Decade
Just over two weeks after an unprecedented hack led to the compromise of the Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Barack... Read More
9 Tips to Keep Your Cloud Storage Safe and Secure
With cloud storage now so tightly integrated into desktop and mobile operating systems, we’re all syncing more data to and from the... Read More
AI Helped Uncover Chinese Boats Hiding in North Korean Waters
Huge fleets of Chinese fishing boats have been caught stealthily operating in North Korean waters—while having their tracking systems turned off. The... Read More
Russia Tested a Space Weapon Last Week
This week, WIRED broke the news of a Russian military intelligence hacking campaign that dates all the way back to December 2018.... Read More
A Hidden Risk for Domestic Violence Victims: Family Phone Plans
For many families, joint cell phone plans are a convenient way to consolidate the cost of staying connected. Carriers love them because... Read More
How to Know If You’ve Been Hacked—and What to Do About It
Everyone is vulnerable to the threat of cybercriminals or hackers getting access to your information, but the threats aren’t equal for everyone.... Read More
Who Pulled Off the Twitter Hack?
On Wednesday, an unprecedented Twitter hack saw the accounts of Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Apple, Uber,... Read More
A New Gadget Stops Voice Assistants From Snooping on You
Achieving all of that required the researchers to overcome two challenges. The first is that most assistant traffic is encrypted. That prevents... Read More
15 Billion Stolen Logins Are Circulating on the Dark Web
After China imposed a restrictive national security law on Hong Kong, tech companies find themselves at a crossroads. Giants like Google and... Read More