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A Celebrated Cryptography-Breaking Algorithm Just Got an Upgrade

By Madison Goldberg
Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new avenues for practical experiments in cryptography and mathematics.

How 3 Million ‘Hacked’ Toothbrushes Became a Cyber Urban Legend

By Andy Greenberg, Dhruv Mehrotra
Plus: China’s Volt Typhoon hackers lurked in US systems for years, the Biden administration’s crackdown on spyware vendors ramps up, and a new pro-Beijing disinformation campaign gets exposed.

China’s Hackers Keep Targeting US Water and Electricity Supplies

By Matt Burgess, Dhruv Mehrotra
Plus: Russia was likely behind widespread GPS outages, Vault 7 leaker was sentenced, police claim to trace Monero cryptocurrency, and more.

Apple and Google Just Patched Their First Zero-Day Flaws of the Year

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Google fixes dozens of Android bugs, Microsoft rolls out nearly 50 patches, Mozilla squashes 15 Firefox flaws, and more.

23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months

By Lily Hay Newman
Plus: North Korean hackers get into generative AI, a phone surveillance tool that can monitor billions of devices gets exposed, and ambient light sensors pose a new privacy risk.

US Agencies Urged to Patch Ivanti VPNs That Are Actively Being Hacked

By Lily Hay Newman
Plus: Microsoft says attackers accessed employee emails, Walmart fails to stop gift card fraud, “pig butchering” scams fuel violence in Myanmar, and more.

A Bloody Pig Mask Is Just Part of a Wild New Criminal Charge Against eBay

By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess
Plus: Chinese officials tracked people using AirDrop, Stuxnet mole’s identity revealed, AI chatbot hacking, and more.

23andMe Blames Users for Recent Data Breach as It's Hit With Dozens of Lawsuits

By Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg
Plus: Russia hacks surveillance cameras as new details emerge of its attack on a Ukrainian telecom, a Google contractor pays for videos of kids to train AI, and more.

Google Fixes Nearly 100 Android Security Issues

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Apple shuts down a Flipper Zero Attack, Microsoft patches more than 30 vulnerabilities, and more critical updates for the last month of 2023.

Google Just Denied Cops a Key Surveillance Tool

By Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: Apple tightens anti-theft protections, Chinese hackers penetrate US critical infrastructure, and the long-running rumor of eavesdropping phones crystallizes into more than an urban legend.

McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the ‘Smoking Gun’ That Killed Their Startup

By Andy Greenberg
Kytch, the company that tried to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines, has unearthed a 3-year-old email it says proves claims of an alleged plot to undermine their business.

ChatGPT Spit Out Sensitive Data When Told to Repeat ‘Poem’ Forever

By Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg
Plus: A major ransomware crackdown, the arrest of Ukraine’s cybersecurity chief, and a hack-for-hire entrepreneur charged with attempted murder.

Google Fixes a Seventh Zero-Day Flaw in Chrome—Update Now

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Major security patches from Microsoft, Mozilla, Atlassian, Cisco, and more.

Elon Musk Is Giving QAnon Believers Hope Just in Time for the 2024 Elections

By David Gilbert
Musk’s recent use of the term “Q*Anon” is his most explicit endorsement of the movement to date. Conspiracists have since spent days dissecting its meaning and cheering on his apparent support.

Google’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Growing

By Matt Burgess
Plus: North Korean supply chain attacks, a Russian USB worm spreads internationally, and more.

Cybersecurity Industry Baffled by FBI’s Lack of Action on Ransomware Gang

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts
Plus: Hackers reveal flaws in crypto wallets holding $1 billion, a massive breach of Danish electric utilities, and more.

Signal Is Finally Testing Usernames

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron
Plus: A DDoS attack shuts down ChatGPT, Lockbit shuts down a bank, and a communications breakdown between politicians and Big Tech.

This Cheap Hacking Device Can Crash Your iPhone With Pop-Ups

By Matt Burgess
Plus: SolarWinds is charged with fraud, New Orleans police face recognition has flaws, and new details about Okta’s October data breach emerge.

Apple, Google, and Microsoft Just Patched Some Spooky Security Flaws

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Major vulnerability fixes are now available for a number of enterprise giants, including Cisco, VMWare, Citrix, and SAP.

This Cryptomining Tool Is Stealing Secrets

By Lily Hay Newman
Plus: Details emerge of a US government social media-scanning tool that flags “derogatory” speech, and researchers find vulnerabilities in the global mobile communications network.

The 23andMe User Data Leak May Be Far Worse Than Believed

By Andrew Couts
Plus: IT workers secretly funnel money to North Korea, a court in the US upholds keyword search warrants, and WhatsApp gets a passwordless upgrade on Android

The US Congress Was Targeted With Predator Spyware

By Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: Hamas raised millions in crypto, Exxon used hacked data, and more.

Apple's Encryption Is Under Attack by a Mysterious Group

By Andrew Couts
Plus: Sony confirms a breach of its networks, US federal agents get caught illegally using phone location data, and more.

How Neuralink Keeps Dead Monkey Photos Secret

By Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra
Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of test subjects hidden.

How to Tell When Your Phone Will Stop Getting Security Updates

By David Nield
Every smartphone has an expiration date. Here’s when yours will probably come.

Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan

By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess
Plus: Stolen US State Department emails, $20 million zero-day flaws, and controversy over the EU’s message-scanning law.

Apple, Microsoft, and Google Just Fixed Multiple Zero-Day Flaws

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Mozilla patches 10 Firefox bugs, Cisco fixes a vulnerability with a rare maximum severity score, and SAP releases updates to stamp out three highly critical flaws.

The Shocking Data on Kia and Hyundai Thefts in the US

By Lily Hay Newman
Plus: MGM hackers hit more than just casinos, Microsoft researchers accidentally leak terabytes of data, and China goes on the PR offensive over cyberespionage.

Mozilla: Your New Car Is a Data Privacy Nightmare

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.

2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted Trains

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts
Plus: A major FBI botnet takedown, new Sandworm malware, a cyberattack on two major scientific telescopes—and more.

Google Fixes Serious Security Flaws in Chrome and Android

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Mozilla patches more than a dozen vulnerabilities in Firefox, and enterprise companies Ivanti, Cisco, and SAP roll out a slew of updates to get rid of some high-severity bugs.

This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US

By Dhruv Mehrotra
The US Secret Service’s relationship with the Oath Keepers gets revealed, Tornado Cash cofounders get indicted, and a UK court says a teen is behind a Lapsus$ hacking spree.

Security News This Week: US Energy Firm Targeted With Malicious QR Codes in Mass Phishing Attack

By Lily Hay Newman
New research reveals the strategies hackers use to hide their malware distribution system, and companies are rushing to release mitigations for the “Downfall” processor vulnerability on Intel chips.

A New Attack Reveals Everything You Type With 95 Percent Accuracy

By Andrew Couts, Matt Burgess
A pair of major data breaches rock the UK, North Korea hacks a Russian missile maker, and Microsoft’s Chinese Outlook breach sparks new problems.

How to Automatically Delete Passcode Texts on Android and iOS

By David Nield
Here’s one simple way to reduce your security risk while logging in.

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

By Andrew Couts
Plus: A framework for encrypting social media, Russia-backed hacking through Microsoft Teams, and the Bitfinex Crypto Couple pleads guilty.

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

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Mozilla fixes two high-severity bugs in Firefox, Citrix fixes a flaw that was used to attack a US-based critical infrastructure organization, and Oracle patches over 500 vulnerabilities.

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

By Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts
Plus: Russia tightens social media censorship, new cyberattack reporting rules for US companies, and Google Street View returns to Germany.

China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems

By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: Microsoft expands access to premium security features, AI child sexual abuse material is on the rise, and Netflix’s password crackdown has its intended effect.

Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

By Matt Burgess
German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they're years behind normal cybersecurity standards.

Nude Videos of Kids From Hacked Baby Monitors Were Sold on Telegram

By Dhruv Mehrotra
Plus: A fitness app may have leaked the location of a murdered submarine captain, the privacy risks of filing taxes online, and how Facebook data was used in an abortion trial.

Russia’s Notorious Troll Farm Disbands

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts
Plus: A French bill would allow spying via phone cameras, ATM skimmers target welfare families, and Japan’s largest cargo port gets hit with ransomware.

US Supreme Court Hands Cyberstalkers a First Amendment Victory

By Lily Hay Newman
Plus: Hackers knock out Russian military satellite communications, a spyware maker gets breached, and the SEC targets a victim company's CISO.

Apple, Google, and MOVEit Just Patched Serious Security Flaws

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Microsoft fixes 78 vulnerabilities, VMWare plugs a flaw already used in attacks, and more critical updates from June.

Update Your iPhone Right Now to Fix 2 Apple Zero Days

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
Plus: Discord has a child predator problem, fears rise of China spying from Cuba, and hackers try to blackmail Reddit.

A Newly Named Group of GRU Hackers is Wreaking Havoc in Ukraine

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts
Plus: The arrest of an alleged Lockbit ransomware hacker, the wild tale of a problematic FBI informant, and one of North Korea’s biggest crypto heists.

9 Years After the Mt. Gox Hack, Feds Indict Alleged Culprits

By Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg
Plus: Instagram’s CSAM network gets exposed, Clop hackers claim credit for MOVEit Transfer exploit, and a $35 million crypto heist has North Korean ties.

AI Is Being Used to ‘Turbocharge’ Scams

By Matt Burgess
Plus: Amazon’s Ring was ordered to delete algorithms, North Korea’s failed spy satellite, and a rogue drone “attack” isn’t what it seems.

Apple's iOS 16.5 Fixes 3 Security Bugs Already Used in Attacks

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Microsoft patches two zero-day flaws, Google’s Android and Chrome get some much-needed updates, and more.

Netflix’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Has Hit the US

By Lily Hay Newman
TikTok user data is exposed to Chinese ByteDance employees, a screen recording app goes rogue in Google Play, and privacy groups want Slack to expand encryption.

A TikTok ‘Car Theft’ Challenge Is Costing Hyundai $200 Million

By Andrew Couts
Plus: The FBI gets busted abusing a spy tool, an ex-Apple engineer is charged with corporate espionage, and collection of airborne DNA raises new privacy risks.

Toyota Leaked Vehicle Data of 2 Million Customers

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
The FBI disables notorious Russia-linked malware, the EU edges toward a facial recognition ban, and security firm Dragos has an intrusion of its own.

Russian ‘Ghost Ships’ Identified Near the Nord Stream Blasts

By Matt Burgess
Plus: Apple and Google plan to stop AirTag stalking, Meta violated the FTC’s privacy order, and how to tell if your car is tracking you.

Apple, Google, and Microsoft Just Fixed Zero-Day Security Flaws

By Kate O'Flaherty
Firefox gets a needed tune-up, SolarWinds squashes two high-severity bugs, Oracle patches 433 vulnerabilities, and more updates you should make now.

The Tragic Fallout From a School District’s Ransomware Breach

By Andy Greenberg
Plus: Cyber Command’s disruption of Iranian election hacking, an exposé on child sex trafficking on Meta’s platforms, and more.

Security Roundup: Leak of Top-Secret US Intel Risks a New Wave of Mass Surveillance

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
Plus: Hackers claim to have stolen 10 TB from Western Digital, a new spyware has emerged, and WhatsApp gets a fresh security feature.

Pinduoduo, a Top Chinese Shopping App, Is Laced With Malware

By Lily Hay Newman
Plus: 119 arrested during a sting on the Genesis dark-web market, the IRS aims to buy an online mass surveillance tool, and more.

‘Vulkan’ Leak Offers a Peek at Russia’s Cyberwar Playbook

By Andrew Couts, Andy Greenberg
Plus: A major new supply chain attack, Biden’s spyware executive order, and a hacking campaign against Exxon’s critics.

Apple's iOS 16.4: Security Updates Are Better Than New Emoji

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Microsoft Outlook and Android patch serious flaws, Chrome and Firefox get fixes, and much more.
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