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Microsoft Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows Hacks

At Long Last

Microsoft Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows Hacks

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

AI Toys for Kids Talk About Sex, Drugs, and Chinese Propaganda

Security Roundup

AI Toys for Kids Talk About Sex, Drugs, and Chinese Propaganda

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers

Listen Up

Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers

Dell Cameron

Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data

Loopholes

Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data

David Gilbert

2 Men Linked to China’s Salt Typhoon Hacker Group Likely Trained in a Cisco ‘Academy’

Connect the Dots

2 Men Linked to China’s Salt Typhoon Hacker Group Likely Trained in a Cisco ‘Academy’

Andy Greenberg

A Complete Guide to the Jeffrey Epstein Document Dumps

Catch & Release

A Complete Guide to the Jeffrey Epstein Document Dumps

Maddy Varner

The US Won't Sanction China for Salt Typhoon Hacking

Security Roundup

The US Won't Sanction China for Salt Typhoon Hacking

Andy Greenberg

Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database

Explicit Problems

Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database

Matt Burgess

‘Signalgate’ Inspector General Report Wants Just One Change to Avoid a Repeat Debacle

Life Choices

‘Signalgate’ Inspector General Report Wants Just One Change to Avoid a Repeat Debacle

Lily Hay Newman

Cloudflare Has Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July 1

The Big Interview

Cloudflare Has Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July 1

Lily Hay Newman

FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After January 6

Busted

FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After January 6

Dell Cameron and David Gilbert

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

Speak Freely

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

Andy Greenberg

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE

Fishy Business

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE

Caroline Haskins

Russia Wants This Mega Missile to Intimidate the West, but It Keeps Crashing

Duds

Russia Wants This Mega Missile to Intimidate the West, but It Keeps Crashing

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs

Egg-o-nomics

Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs

Maddy Varner

Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI

Outsourcing

Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI

Joseph Cox

The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens

Lock It Down

The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens

JP Aumasson and Lily Hay Newman

Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon

Roses Are Red

Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon

Matthew Gault

The Best VPNs for iPhone

Buying Guide

The Best VPNs for iPhone

Jacob Roach

The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’

Look Busy

The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’

Matt Burgess