Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail
[ad_1] A WIRED investigation this week found that the app SweepWizard, which some US law enforcement agencies use to coordinate raids, was publicly exposing sensitive data about hundreds of police…
A Siemens S7-1500 Logic Controller Flaw Raises the Specter of Stuxnet
[ad_1] “This separate crypto core is a very rudimentary chip. It’s not like a big processor, so it doesn’t really know who it’s talking to or what’s going on in…
Russia’s Cyberwar Foreshadowed Deadly Attacks on Civilians
[ad_1] But for anyone involved in fending off Russia’s cyberattacks on Ukraine over the past eight years, Russia’s preference for civilian over military targets has long been apparent, says Viktor…
Russians Hacked JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch in Line-Skipping Scheme
[ad_1] We at WIRED are winding down for the year and gearing up for what is sure to be an eventful 2023. But 2022 isn’t going down without a fight. …
GPS Signals Are Being Disrupted in Russian Cities
[ad_1] There are relatively few large-scale monitoring efforts tracking GPS disruptions. John Wiseman, the technologist and open source enthusiast who created GPSJam, says the system works by looking at ADS-B signals…
Cuba Ransomware Gang Abused Microsoft Certificates to Sign Malware
[ad_1] Less than two weeks ago, the United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI released a joint advisory about the threat of ransomware attacks from a gang that…
Log4j’s Log4Shell Vulnerability: One Year Later, It’s Still Lurking
[ad_1] Apache had to scramble at the beginning of December 2021 to be ready to release patches for Log4Shell when it publicly disclosed the situation on December 9 of last…
Popular HR and Payroll Company Sequoia Discloses a Data Breach
[ad_1] The human resources, payroll, and benefits management company Sequoia said in disclosures to customers at the beginning of the month that it detected unauthorized access to a cloud storage…
Google Moves to Block Invasive Spanish Spyware Framework
[ad_1] The commercial spyware industry has increasingly come under fire for selling powerful surveillance tools to anyone who can pay, from governments to criminals around the world. Across the European…
Drop What You’re Doing and Update iOS, Android, and Windows
[ad_1] November saw the release of patches from the likes of Apple’s iOS, Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Windows to fix multiple security vulnerabilities. Some of these issues are pretty…
Apple Tracks You More Than You Think
[ad_1] Cybersecurity startup Corellium offered or sold its software to spyware and hacking-tool creators in multiple repressive countries, a WIRED investigation revealed this week. A previously unreported 507-page document, believed to…
Redacted Documents Are Not as Secure as You Think
[ad_1] “Even if you do the redaction, supposedly correctly, even if you remove the text, there’s a lot of latent information that is dependent on the content that was redacted,…
How to Avoid Black Friday Scams Online
[ad_1] Black Friday attracts crowds, and crowds attract scammers, and that means you need to take extra care when shopping online over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend. There’ll…
A Leak Details Apple’s Secret Dirt on Corellium, a Trusted Security Startup
[ad_1] Zach Edwards, an independent privacy and security researcher, says that “sensitive technology cannot be haphazardly sold to any company, in any country in the world.” “While Corellium is a…
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 4: Face to Face
[ad_1] The FBI agent, thinking quickly, avoided eye contact with Cazes and walked directly past him to the door. In the seconds it took for Cazes to cross the room,…
Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down
[ad_1] Following two weeks of extreme chaos at Twitter, users are joining and fleeing the site in droves. More quietly, many are likely scrutinizing their accounts, checking their security settings,…
Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode
[ad_1] The United States took to the polls this week to vote in a high-stakes midterm election. With public trust in election systems at an all-time low, the secret ballot…
Russia’s New Cyberwarfare in Ukraine Is Fast, Dirty, and Relentless
[ad_1] Since Russia launched its catastrophic full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, the cyberwar that it has long waged against its neighbor has entered a new era too—one in which…
The Hunt for the Kingpin Behind AlphaBay, Part 3: Alpha Male
[ad_1] CHAPTER 6 RAWMEO By March 2017, the always aggressive Fresno prosecutor Grant Rabenn was ready to charge Alexandre Cazes with running AlphaBay. But his more cautious colleague Paul Hemesath…
China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries
[ad_1] For years, AlphaBay ruled the dark web. If you were in the market to buy drugs or stolen credit cards, the digital bazaar was the place to turn. At…
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 1: The Shadow
[ad_1] Shortly before AlphaBay took over the dark web’s top spot, Alpha02 had changed his username on the site to merely “admin” and announced that he would no longer accept…
Your Microsoft Exchange Server Is a Security Liability
[ad_1] Childs points to two other ZDI discoveries of Exchange vulnerabilities, one in 2018 and another in 2020, that were actively exploited by hackers even after the bugs were reported…
The Uber Data Breach Conviction Shows Security Execs What Not to Do
[ad_1] “This is a unique case because there was that ongoing FTC investigation,” says Shawn Tuma, a partner in the law firm Spencer Fane who specializes in cybersecurity and data…
Are You a Victim of Crypto Crime? Good Luck Getting Help
[ad_1] Most day-to-day crime-fighting gets done at the local level, but when it comes to crypto crime, local law enforcement is not prepared to pick up the slack. Many smaller…
A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws
[ad_1] Developers of the open source Matrix messenger protocol have released an update to fix critical end-to-end encryption vulnerabilities that subvert the confidentiality and authentication guarantees that have been key…