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How police caught the UK's most notorious porn ransomware baron

Crime

How police caught the UK's most notorious porn ransomware baron

By Matt Burgess

Breaking Down the Hacking Case Against Julian Assange

wikileaks

Breaking Down the Hacking Case Against Julian Assange

By Andy Greenberg

All you need to know about Julian Assange's potential US extradition

Crime

All you need to know about Julian Assange's potential US extradition

By Matt Reynolds

Google's Making It Easier to Safeguard Sensitive Data Troves

cloud

Google's Making It Easier to Safeguard Sensitive Data Troves

By Lily Hay Newman

How Android Fought an Epic Botnet—and Won

chamois

How Android Fought an Epic Botnet—and Won

By Lily Hay Newman

New data shows London's property boom is a money laundering horror

Crime

New data shows London's property boom is a money laundering horror

By Chris Stokel-Walker

The Robocall Crisis Will Never Be Totally Fixed

nuisance

The Robocall Crisis Will Never Be Totally Fixed

By Lily Hay Newman

Security News This Week: Facebook Won't Stop Being Sketchy

Roundup

Security News This Week: Facebook Won't Stop Being Sketchy

By Emily Dreyfuss

Facebook Let Cybercrime Groups Operate in Plain Sight

moderation

Facebook Let Cybercrime Groups Operate in Plain Sight

By Andy Greenberg

The grim reality of life under Gangs Matrix, London's controversial predictive policing tool

Crime

The grim reality of life under Gangs Matrix, London's controversial predictive policing tool

By Peter Yeung

Right to Repair Is Now a National Issue

WIRED Opinion

Right to Repair Is Now a National Issue

By Nathan Proctor

Google Play Store Has a Malware Problem (Again)

security roundup

Google Play Store Has a Malware Problem (Again)

By Emily Dreyfuss

Want Apple Card’s Security Benefits? Just Use Apple Pay

Shopping

Want Apple Card’s Security Benefits? Just Use Apple Pay

By Lily Hay Newman

Mastercard Wades Into Murky Waters With Its New Digital ID

Privacy

Mastercard Wades Into Murky Waters With Its New Digital ID

By Lily Hay Newman

Jared Kushner Used WhatsApp for White House Business

security roundup

Jared Kushner Used WhatsApp for White House Business

By Emily Dreyfuss

Cyber criminals are targeting HR departments to steal your salary

Crime

Cyber criminals are targeting HR departments to steal your salary

By Katia Moskvitch

Why it's so hard to blame a rise in UK knife crime on police cuts

Crime

Why it's so hard to blame a rise in UK knife crime on police cuts

By Will Bedingfield

How the internet made it easier for all of us to be criminals, or victims

Crime

How the internet made it easier for all of us to be criminals, or victims

By Julia Shaw

More than 100,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse were removed from the web in 2018

Crime

More than 100,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse were removed from the web in 2018

By James Temperton

Police use of AI is on the rise – but transparency isn't keeping up

Policing

Police use of AI is on the rise – but transparency isn't keeping up

By Tom Gash