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The Small but Mighty Danger of Echo Chamber Extremism

By Thor Benson — January 20th 2023 at 15:00
Research shows that relatively few people exist in perfectly sealed-off media bubbles—but they’re still having an outsize impact on US politics.
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Welcome to the Era of Internet Blackouts

By Lily Hay Newman — January 20th 2023 at 14:00
New research from Cloudflare shows that connectivity disruptions are becoming a problem around the globe, pointing toward a troubling new normal.
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Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail

By Lily Hay Newman — January 14th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Joe Biden’s classified-documents scandal, the end of security support for Windows 7, and more.
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A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects

By Dhruv Mehrotra — January 11th 2023 at 14:12
SweepWizard, an app that law enforcement used to coordinate raids, left sensitive information about hundreds of police operations publicly accessible.
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A Siemens S7-1500 Logic Controller Flaw Raises the Specter of Stuxnet

By Lily Hay Newman — January 10th 2023 at 18:41
More than 120 models of Siemens' S7-1500 PLCs contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way.
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Slack Discloses Breach of Its Github Code Repository

By Matt Burgess — January 7th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Russian spies uncovered in Europe, face recognition leads to another wrongful arrest, a new porn ID law, and more.
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January 6 Report: 11 Details You May Have Missed

By Garrett M. Graff — January 6th 2023 at 12:00
The January 6 Committee’s 841-page report will go down as one of the most important documents in US history. These key details stand out.
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Turla, a Russian Espionage Group, Piggybacked on Other Hackers' USB Infections

By Andy Greenberg — January 5th 2023 at 20:01
The infamous, FSB-connected Turla group took over other hackers' servers, exploiting their USB drive malware for targeted espionage.
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WhatsApp Launches a Proxy Tool to Fight Internet Censorship

By Matt Burgess — January 5th 2023 at 15:59
Amid internet shutdowns in Iran, the encrypted messaging app is introducing proxy connections that can help people get online.
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The Worst Hacks of 2022

By Lily Hay Newman — December 29th 2022 at 12:00
The year was marked by sinister new twists on cybersecurity classics, including phishing, breaches, and ransomware attacks.
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Russia’s Cyberwar Foreshadowed Deadly Attacks on Civilians

By Andy Greenberg — December 28th 2022 at 12:00
The Kremlin’s aggression in Ukraine is following a dangerous playbook that began to unfold years ago.
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The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2022

By WIRED Staff — December 26th 2022 at 12:00
From SBF to the GRU, these were the most disruptive forces of online chaos this year.
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Russians Hacked JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch in Line-Skipping Scheme

By WIRED Staff — December 24th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: An offensive US hacking operation, swatters hacking Ring cameras, a Netflix password-sharing crackdown, and more.
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Iran’s Internet Blackouts Are Sabotaging Its Own Economy

By Lily Hay Newman — December 21st 2022 at 13:00
A new US State Department assessment highlights the stark economic toll of Tehran’s recent shutdowns and platform control.
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Elon Musk and the Dangers of Censoring Real-Time Flight Trackers

By Justin Ling — December 20th 2022 at 12:00
Elon Musk claims plane-tracking data is a risky privacy violation. But the world loses a lot if this information disappears—and that's already happening.
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An Alleged Russian Smuggling Ring Was Uncovered in New Hampshire

By Lily Hay Newman — December 17th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: An FBI platform got hacked, an ex-Twitter employee is sentenced for espionage, malicious Windows 10 installers circulate in Ukraine, and more.
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A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia

By Vittoria Elliott, Dell Cameron — December 14th 2022 at 00:27
The suit claims the company lacks adequate moderation to prevent widespread hate speech that has led to violence and death.
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Why the US Is Primed for Radicalization

By Thor Benson — December 12th 2022 at 12:00
A confluence of factors is leading people in the nation to gravitate toward extremist views.
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Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid

By Andy Greenberg — December 10th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: Chinese hackers stealing US Covid relief funds, a cyberattack on the Met Opera website, and more.
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Log4j’s Log4Shell Vulnerability: One Year Later, It’s Still Lurking

By Lily Hay Newman — December 10th 2022 at 12:00
Despite mitigation, one of the worst bugs in internet history is still prevalent—and being exploited.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Files Are a Feast for Conspiracy Theorists

By Justin Ling — December 8th 2022 at 12:00
From QAnon influencers to @catturd, the very online right sees exactly what they want to see in the CEO’s orchestrated disclosure.
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The Dangerous Digital Creep of Britain's ‘Hostile Environment’

By Sanjana Varghese — December 6th 2022 at 13:22
The UK's use of technology to enforce its hard-line immigration policy brings the border into every facet of migrants' lives.
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China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters

By Dhruv Mehrotra — December 3rd 2022 at 14:00
Plus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this year.
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Iran’s Protests Reveal What’s Lost If Twitter Crumbles

By Matt Burgess — December 1st 2022 at 12:00
As authorities hit citizens with more violence, the social network is proving key to documenting abuses. If it breaks, a human rights lifeline may disappear.
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Google Moves to Block Invasive Spanish Spyware Framework

By Lily Hay Newman — November 30th 2022 at 20:42
The Heliconia hacking tool exploited vulnerabilities in Chrome, Windows Defender, and Firefox, according to company security researchers.
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A Peek Inside the FBI's Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet

By Mark Harris — November 28th 2022 at 12:00
Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.
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The US Has a Bomb-Sniffing Dog Shortage

By Lily Hay Newman — November 22nd 2022 at 22:34
Finding high-quality detection canines is hard enough—and the pandemic only dug a deeper hole.
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Autonomous Vehicles Join the List of US National Security Threats

By Justin Ling — November 21st 2022 at 20:51
Lawmakers are growing concerned about a flood of data-hungry cars from China taking over American streets.
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A Leak Details Apple's Secret Dirt on Corellium, a Trusted Security Startup

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — November 21st 2022 at 12:00
A 500-page document reviewed by WIRED shows that Corellium engaged with several controversial companies, including spyware maker NSO Group.
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A Destabilizing Hack-and-Leak Operation Hits Moldova

By Lily Hay Newman — November 19th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: Google’s location snooping ends in a $391 million settlement, Russian code sneaks into US government apps, and the World Cup apps set off alarms.
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Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode

By Dhruv Mehrotra — November 12th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: US midterms survive disinformation efforts, the government names the alleged Lockbit ransomware attacker, and the Powerball drawing hits a security snag.
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‘Dark Ships’ Emerge From the Shadows of the Nord Stream Mystery

By Matt Burgess — November 11th 2022 at 12:00
Satellite monitors discovered two vessels with their trackers turned off in the area of the pipeline prior to the suspected sabotage in September.
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Russia’s Sway Over Criminal Ransomware Gangs Is Coming Into Focus

By Lily Hay Newman — November 10th 2022 at 19:40
Questions about the Kremlin’s relationships with these groups remain. But researchers are finally getting some answers.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Blue Verification Is a Gift to Scammers

By Matt Burgess — November 10th 2022 at 16:25
Anyone can get a blue tick on Twitter without proving who they are. And it’s already causing a ton of problems.
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Russia’s New Cyberwarfare in Ukraine Is Fast, Dirty, and Relentless

By Andy Greenberg — November 10th 2022 at 15:15
Security researchers see updated tactics and tools—and a tempo change—in the cyberattacks Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency is inflicting on Ukraine.
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Inside the ‘Election Integrity App’ Built to Purge US Voter Rolls

By Dhruv Mehrotra — November 8th 2022 at 15:59
True the Vote’s IV3 app is meant to catch election cheaters. But it has a fundamental flaw.
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The Secret Ballot Is US Democracy’s Last Line of Defense

By Lily Hay Newman — November 7th 2022 at 21:55
Voter intimidation has cropped up in places across the nation, but the voting booth remains the one place where nobody can get to you.
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Twitter’s Ex-Election Chief Is Worried About the US Midterms

By Chris Stokel-Walker — November 7th 2022 at 12:00
Edward Perez says that “manufactured chaos” by bad actors will be even riskier thanks to Elon Musk’s own mayhem.
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TikTok Admits Staff in China Can Access Europeans’ Data

By Lily Hay Newman, Andrew Couts — November 5th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Liz Truss’ phone-hacking trouble, Cash App’s sex-trafficking problem, and the rising cost of ransomware.
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The Rise of Rust, the ‘Viral’ Secure Programming Language That’s Taking Over Tech

By Lily Hay Newman — November 2nd 2022 at 18:27
Rust makes it impossible to introduce some of the most common security vulnerabilities. And its adoption can’t come soon enough.
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When Your Neighbor Turns You In

By Thor Benson — November 1st 2022 at 11:00
Authoritarian societies depend on people ratting each other out for activities that were recently legal—and it's already happening in the US.
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The Election That Saved the Internet From Russia and China

By Justin Ling — October 30th 2022 at 11:00
Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership.
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China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries

By Matt Burgess — October 29th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The New York Post gets hacked, a huge stalkerware network is exposed, and the US claims China interfered with its Huawei probe.
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A Pro-China Disinfo Campaign Is Targeting US Elections—Badly

By Andy Greenberg — October 26th 2022 at 14:00
The suspected Chinese influence operation had limited success. But it signals a growing threat from a new disinformation adversary.
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Hot on the Trail of a Mass-School-Shooting Hoaxer

By Dhruv Mehrotra — October 24th 2022 at 11:00
For months, an anonymous caller has terrorized communities around the US by reporting false shooting threats. We know how they did it. The question is, why?
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The Quiet Insurrection the January 6 Committee Missed

By Matt Laslo — October 23rd 2022 at 11:00
A former congressman who helped the House select committee investigate the Capitol attack says the US is losing sight of the big picture.
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TikTok’s Security Threat Comes Into Focus

By Lily Hay Newman — October 22nd 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A Microsoft cloud leak exposed potential customers, new IoT security labels come to the US, and details emerge about Trump’s document stash.
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Ukraine Enters a Dark New Era of Drone Warfare

By Morgan Meaker — October 21st 2022 at 11:00
A series of deadly attacks using Iranian “suicide drones” shows Russia is shifting gears in the conflict.
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How the World Will Know If Russia Is Preparing to Launch a Nuclear Attack

By Lily Hay Newman — October 18th 2022 at 11:00
While tensions over a possible nuclear attack on Ukraine remain high, experts say surveillance will likely catch Russia if it plans to do the unthinkable.
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The $1 Billion Alex Jones Effect

By Chris Stokel-Walker — October 13th 2022 at 16:33
The Infowars host now knows the cost of “free speech”—but does the landmark judgment signal a crackdown on disinformation?
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How to Protect Yourself If Your School Uses Surveillance Tech

By Pia Ceres — October 10th 2022 at 11:00
Colleges and K-12 campuses increasingly monitor student emails, social media, and more. Here’s how to secure your (or your child’s) privacy.
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Binance Hackers Minted $569M in Crypto—Then It Got Complicated

By Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg — October 8th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The US warns of a mysterious military contractor breach, a "poisoned" version of the Tor Browser is tracking Chinese users, and more.
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The Fight to Cut Off the Crypto Fueling Russia's Ukraine Invasion

By Andy Greenberg — October 7th 2022 at 11:00
Blockchain investigators have uncovered at least $4 million—and counting—in cryptocurrency donations to Russia’s violent militia groups.
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Microsoft Exchange Server Has a Zero-Day Problem

By Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra — October 1st 2022 at 13:00
Plus: CIA failures allegedly got US informants killed, a former NSA worker is charged under the Espionage Act, and more.
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The Challenge of Cracking Iran’s Internet Blockade

By Lily Hay Newman — September 30th 2022 at 21:16
People around the world are rallying to subvert Iran's internet shutdown, but actually pulling it off is proving difficult and risky.
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The Race to Find the Nord Stream Saboteurs

By Matt Burgess — September 28th 2022 at 20:00
Damage to the pipeline that runs between Russia and Germany is being treated as deliberate. Finding out what happened may not be straightforward.
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The ITU's Secretary-General Election Could Shape the Internet's Future

By Justin Ling — September 26th 2022 at 11:00
UN countries are preparing to pick a new head of the International Telecommunications Union. Who wins could shape the open web's future.
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Iran’s Internet Shutdown Hides a Deadly Crackdown

By Matt Burgess — September 23rd 2022 at 15:23
Amid protests against the killing of Mahsa Amini, authorities have cut off mobile internet, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The death toll continues to rise.
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A New Linux Tool Aims to Guard Against Supply Chain Attacks

By Lily Hay Newman — September 22nd 2022 at 14:46
Security firm Chainguard has created a simple, open source way for organizations to defend the cloud against some of the most insidious attacks.
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Shadowy Russian Cell Phone Companies Are Cropping Up in Ukraine

By Matt Burgess — September 21st 2022 at 11:00
But as Ukrainians retake ground, some of the firms are erasing their online presence.
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