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Yesterday β€” May 19th 2024WIRED

US Official Warns a Cell Network Flaw Is Being Exploited for Spying

By Andy Greenberg
Plus: Three arrested in North Korean IT workers fraud ring, Tesla staffers shared videos from owners’ cars, and more.
Before yesterdayWIRED

The $2.3 Billion Tornado Cash Case Is a Pivotal Moment for Crypto Privacy

By Andy Greenberg
Tuesday’s verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string of cases that could make it much harder to skirt financial surveillance.

Microsoft Deploys Generative AI for US Spies

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
Plus: China is suspected in a hack targeting the UK’s military, the US Marines are testing gun-toting robotic dogs, and Dell suffers a data breach impacting 49 million customers.

A New Surveillance Tool Invades Border Towns

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron
Plus: An assassination plot, an AI security bill, a Project Nimbus revelation, and more of the week’s top security news.

Inside Ukraine’s Killer-Drone Startup Industry

By Justin Ling
Ukraine needs small drones to combat Russian forcesβ€”and is bootstrapping its own industry at home.

School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant

By Matt Burgess
Plus: Google holds off on killing cookies, Samourai Wallet founders get arrested, and GM stops driver surveillance program.

AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now

By Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts
Plus: New York’s legislature suffers a cyberattack, police disrupt a global phishing operation, and Apple removes encrypted messaging apps in China.

Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts
Plus: Apple warns iPhone users about spyware attacks, CISA issues an emergency directive about a Microsoft breach, and a ransomware hacker tangles with an unimpressed HR manager named Beth.

Identity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years

By Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts
Plus: Microsoft scolded for a β€œcascade” of security failures, AI-generated lawyers send fake legal threats, a data broker quietly lobbies against US privacy legislation, and more.

You Should Update Apple iOS and Google Chrome ASAP

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Microsoft patches over 60 vulnerabilities, Mozilla fixes two Firefox zero-day bugs, Google patches 40 issues in Android, and more.

Yogurt Heist Reveals a Rampant Form of Online Fraud

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts
Plus: β€œMFA bombing” attacks target Apple users, Israel deploys face recognition tech on Gazans, AI gets trained to spot tent encampments, and OSINT investigators find fugitive Amond Bundy.

Apple Chip Flaw Leaks Secret Encryption Keys

By Andrew Couts
Plus: The Biden administration warns of nationwide attacks on US water systems, a new Russian wiper malware emerges, and China-linked hackers wage a global attack spree.

Automakers Are Telling Your Insurance Company How You Really Drive

By Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts
Plus: The operator of a dark-web cryptocurrency β€œmixing” service is found guilty, and a US senator reveals that popular safes contain secret backdoors.

Airbnb Bans All Indoor Security Cameras

By Amanda Hoover, Matt Burgess
Starting at the end of April, Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to have security cameras inside their rental properties, citing a commitment to prioritizing guest privacy.

Russian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Codeβ€”and the Attack Isn’t Over

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
Plus: An ex-Google engineer gets arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets, hackers breach the top US cybersecurity agency, and X’s new feature exposes sensitive user data.

Hackers Behind the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Just Received a $22 Million Payment

By Andy Greenberg
The transaction, visible on Bitcoin's blockchain, suggests the victim of one of the worst ransomware attacks in years may have paid a very large ransom.

The Privacy Danger Lurking in Push Notifications

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts, Matt Burgess
Plus: Apple warns about sideloading apps, a court orders NSO group to turn over the code of its Pegasus spyware, and an investigation finds widely available security cams are wildly insecure.

Here Are the Google and Microsoft Security Updates You Need Right Now

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Mozilla patches 12 flaws in Firefox, Zoom fixes seven vulnerabilities, and more critical updates from February.

A Mysterious Leak Exposed Chinese Hacking Secrets

By Matt Burgess
Plus: Scammers try to dupe Apple with 5,000 fake iPhones, Avast gets fined for selling browsing data, and researchers figure out how to clone fingerprints from your phone screen.

How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000

By Andrew Couts
Plus: State-backed hackers test out generative AI, the US takes down a major Russian military botnet, and 100 hospitals in Romania go offline amid a major ransomware attack.

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 β€˜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, β€œpig 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 β€˜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 β€˜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 Chromeβ€”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 β€œQ*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 β€œderogatory” 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 telescopesβ€”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 β€œDownfall” 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.

β€˜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.
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