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Cyberattacks and Hacks

A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages

Security Roundup

A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages

Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg

This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic

God Mode

This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts

Having a Blast

Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts

Matt Burgess

A DHS Data Hub Exposed Sensitive Intel to Thousands of Unauthorized Users

Oversharing

A DHS Data Hub Exposed Sensitive Intel to Thousands of Unauthorized Users

Andy Greenberg

Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo Inbox Revealed

Security Roundup

Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo Inbox Revealed

Lily Hay Newman and Dell Cameron

Apple’s Big Bet to Eliminate the iPhone’s Most Targeted Vulnerabilities

Safety First

Apple’s Big Bet to Eliminate the iPhone’s Most Targeted Vulnerabilities

Lily Hay Newman

US Investment in Spyware Is Skyrocketing

Dark Money

US Investment in Spyware Is Skyrocketing

Vas Panagiotopoulos

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

WIRED Q&A

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

Dell Cameron

ICE Has Spyware Now

Security Roundup

ICE Has Spyware Now

Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Lily Hay Newman

Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn

Candid Camera

Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn

Andy Greenberg

DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims

Security Roundup

DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims

Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Dell Cameron

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

Bad Code

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds

Dark Patterns

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Russia Is Cracking Down on End-to-End Encrypted Calls

Security Roundup

Russia Is Cracking Down on End-to-End Encrypted Calls

Lily Hay Newman

The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived

Keeping PACER

The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived

Lily Hay Newman

Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Gray Market for Video Game Cheats

Playing Dirty

Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Gray Market for Video Game Cheats

Matt Burgess

How to Protect Yourself From Portable Point-of-Sale Scams

Stay Safe

How to Protect Yourself From Portable Point-of-Sale Scams

Diego Barbera

The US Court Records System Has Been Hacked

Security Roundup

The US Court Records System Has Been Hacked

Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts

Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World

Forward Looking

Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World

Lily Hay Newman

Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds

Cracking the Code

Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds

Andy Greenberg