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A Devastating Report on the CIA's Deadly Mistakes in China

security roundup

A Devastating Report on the CIA's Deadly Mistakes in China

Lily Hay Newman

Revoking John Brennan's Clearance Hurts National Security

norms

Revoking John Brennan's Clearance Hurts National Security

Emily Dreyfuss

A Bot Panic Hits Amazon's Mechanical Turk

Machine Learning

A Bot Panic Hits Amazon's Mechanical Turk

Emily Dreyfuss

Saving Lives With Tech Amid Syria’s Endless Civil War

Every Second Counts

Saving Lives With Tech Amid Syria’s Endless Civil War

Danny Gold

Impostor 'Fortnite' Android Apps Are Already Spreading Malware

epic

Impostor 'Fortnite' Android Apps Are Already Spreading Malware

Brian Barrett

Inside the Research Lab Teaching Facebook About Its Trolls

Social Media

Inside the Research Lab Teaching Facebook About Its Trolls

Issie Lapowsky

Critical Flaw Undermines Intel CPUs' Most Secure Element

foreshadow

Critical Flaw Undermines Intel CPUs' Most Secure Element

Lily Hay Newman

How to (really) stop Google from tracking your location

Google

How to (really) stop Google from tracking your location

James Temperton

How to Stop Google From Tracking Your Location

privacy

How to Stop Google From Tracking Your Location

Emily Dreyfuss

How Hacked Water Heaters Could Trigger Mass Blackouts

iot

How Hacked Water Heaters Could Trigger Mass Blackouts

Andy Greenberg

Fax Machines Are Still Everywhere, and Wildly Insecure

just the fax

Fax Machines Are Still Everywhere, and Wildly Insecure

Lily Hay Newman

To Identify a Hacker, Treat Them Like a Burglar

attribution

To Identify a Hacker, Treat Them Like a Burglar

Louise Matsakis

A Clever Android Hack Takes Advantage of Sloppy Storage

cybersecurity

A Clever Android Hack Takes Advantage of Sloppy Storage

Brian Barrett

Hackers Found a Way to Make the Amazon Echo a Spy Bug

security

Hackers Found a Way to Make the Amazon Echo a Spy Bug

Andy Greenberg

Invisible Mouse Clicks Let Hackers Burrow Deep Into MacOS

apple

Invisible Mouse Clicks Let Hackers Burrow Deep Into MacOS

Andy Greenberg

Police Departments Need to Stop Posting Mugshots on Twitter

WIRED Opinion

Police Departments Need to Stop Posting Mugshots on Twitter

Caroline Sinders and Joan Donovan

Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked to Doctor Footage

vulnerabilities

Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked to Doctor Footage

Lily Hay Newman

Surprise, the FCC Lied About That DDoS Attack

security roundup

Surprise, the FCC Lied About That DDoS Attack

Emily Dreyfuss

At DefCon, the Biggest Election Threat Is Lack of Funding

voting machines

At DefCon, the Biggest Election Threat Is Lack of Funding

Lily Hay Newman

A Tweet About Hacking Gets a Google Engineer in Trouble

#NeverTweet

A Tweet About Hacking Gets a Google Engineer in Trouble

Louise Matsakis