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Internal Emails Reveal How a Controversial Gun-Detection AI System Found Its Way to NYC

By Georgia Gee
NYC mayor Eric Adams wants to test Evolv’s gun-detection tech in subway stations—despite the company saying it’s not designed for that environment. Emails obtained by WIRED show how the company still found an in.

Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Global Spying Rampage

By Matt Burgess
US and UK officials hit Chinese hacking group APT31 with sanctions and criminal charges after they targeted thousands of businesses, politicians, and critics of China.

The ‘Emergency Powers’ Risk of a Second Trump Presidency

By Thor Benson
Every US president has the ability to invoke “emergency powers” that could give an authoritarian leader the ability to censor the internet, restrict travel, and more.

Anne Neuberger, a Top White House Cyber Official, Sees the 'Promise and Peril' in AI

By Garrett M. Graff
Anne Neuberger, the Biden administration’s deputy national security adviser for cyber, tells WIRED about emerging cybersecurity threats—and what the US plans to do about them.

How to Stop Your X Account From Getting Hacked Like the SEC's

By Lily Hay Newman
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and security firm Mandiant both had their X accounts breached, possibly due to changes to X’s two-factor authentication settings. Here’s how to fix yours.

The NSA Seems Pretty Stressed About the Threat of Chinese Hackers in US Critical Infrastructure

By Lily Hay Newman
US government officials continue to warn that the public and private sectors need to identify and root out China-backed attackers lurking in industrial control systems.

This New Tool Aims to Keep Terrorism Content Off the Internet

By David Gilbert
Small platforms without resources to handle takedown requests have been weaponized by terrorist groups that share their content online. A free new tool is coming to help clean house.

A Tricky New Way to Sneak Past Repressive Internet Censorship

By Justin Ling
With the number of internet blackouts on the rise, cybersecurity firm eQualitie figured out how to hide censored online news in satellite TV signals.

New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China

By Andy Greenberg
The hackers, who mostly targeted victims in Hong Kong, also hijacked Microsoft’s trust model to make their malware harder to detect.

Leaked Yandex Code Breaks Open the Creepy Black Box of Online Advertising

By Matt Burgess
As the international tech giant moves toward Russian ownership, the leak raises concerns about the volume of data it has on its users.

An Anti-Porn App Put Him in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance

By Dhruv Mehrotra
A court used an app called Covenant Eyes to surveil the family of a man released on bond. Now he’s back in jail, and tech misuse may be to blame.

Apple Expands Its On-Device Nudity Detection to Combat CSAM

By Lily Hay Newman
Instead of scanning iCloud for illegal content, Apple’s tech will locally flag inappropriate images for kids. And adults are getting an opt-in nudes filter too.

How to Reclaim Your Online Privacy

By Gideon Lichfield, Lauren Goode
We talk to the Signal Foundation’s Meredith Whittaker about how the surveillance economy is newer than we all might realize—and what we can do to fight back.

The Team of Sleuths Quietly Hunting Cyberattack-for-Hire Services

By Andy Greenberg
For a decade, a group called Big Pipes has worked behind the scenes with the FBI to target the worst cybercriminal “booter” services plaguing the internet.

DOJ Detected SolarWinds Breach Months Before Public Disclosure

By Kim Zetter
In May 2020, the US Department of Justice noticed Russian hackers in its network but did not realize the significance of what it had found for six months.

Google’s Authenticator App Now Lets You Sync 2FA Codes Across Devices

By Matt Burgess
You can now sync sign-in codes across devices—but they aren’t end-to-end encrypted.

Senator Warner on the Restrict Act and a US TikTok Ban

By Dell Cameron
WIRED spoke with the coauthor of the Restrict Act, a bipartisan bill to crack down on tech from six “hostile” countries.

AI-Generated Voice Deepfakes Aren’t Scary Good—Yet

By Lily Hay Newman
The threat of scammers using voice deepfakes in their cons is real, but researchers say old-school voice-impersonation attacks are still the more pressing concern.

The World’s Real ‘Cybercrime’ Problem

By Andrew Couts, Dhruv Mehrotra
From US state laws to the international stage, definitions of “cybercrime” remain vague, broad, and increasingly entrenched in our legal systems.

Autonomous Vehicles Join the List of US National Security Threats

By Justin Ling
Lawmakers are growing concerned about a flood of data-hungry cars from China taking over American streets.
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