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…
Turla, a Russian Espionage Group, Piggybacked on Other Hackers’ USB Infections
[ad_1] The Russian cyberespionage group known as Turla became infamous in 2008 as the hackers behind agent.btz, a virulent piece of malware that spread through US Department of Defense systems,…
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…
Hacktivism Is Back and Messier Than Ever
[ad_1] During its brutal war in Ukraine, Russian troops have burnt cities to the ground, raped and tortured civilians, and committed scores of potential war crimes. On November 23, lawmakers across Europe overwhelmingly labeled…
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2022
[ad_1] Russian soldiers poured into Ukraine, accompanied by a wave of cyberattacks across the country. A major cryptocurrency exchange imploded and declared bankruptcy, vaporizing billions of dollars from that digital…
Russia Has Turned Eastern Ukraine Into a Giant Minefield
[ad_1] Living among mines then has a well-documented deleterious effect on a country’s psychological health. Research shows that just the knowledge that you are in an area contaminated with explosives can lead…
An Alleged Russian Smuggling Ring Was Uncovered in New Hampshire
[ad_1] As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, navigation system monitors reported this week that they’ve detected a rise in GPS disruptions in Russian cities, ever since Ukraine began mounting…
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…
A Tale of Two Nuclear Plants Reveals Europe’s Energy Divide
[ad_1] A forest of wind turbines rises out of the fields on both sides of the highway running east out of Vienna. But at the border with Slovakia, which stretches…
‘Dark Ships’ Emerge From the Shadows of the Nord Stream Mystery
[ad_1] The first gas leaks on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea were detected in the early hours of September 26, pouring up to 400,000 tons of…
Russia’s Sway Over Criminal Ransomware Gangs Is Coming Into Focus
[ad_1] Russia-based ransomware gangs are some of the most prolific and aggressive, in part thanks to an apparent safe harbor the Russian government extends to them. The Kremlin doesn’t cooperate…
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…
Russia Is Ramping Up Nuclear War Propaganda
[ad_1] For months, pro-Kremlin media has struck a bellicose tone, proposing that President Vladimir Putin take the extraordinary step of launching a nuclear strike against Ukraine. Across Russian state TV…
The Election That Saved the Internet From Russia and China
[ad_1] While Bogdan-Martin’s win was significant, the down-ballot races also seemed to indicate a rejection of this expanded ITU mandate. A Russian incumbent lost his spot on the ITU’s radio…
Ukraine’s Biggest Nuclear Plant Needs a Safety Zone
[ad_1] Until Ukraine and Russia reach an agreement, the plant remains in danger. “There’s no question: There should not be any military operations at the plant or in the vicinity…
A Pro-China Disinfo Campaign Is Targeting US Elections—Badly
[ad_1] In an attempt to shift that blame, Dragonbridge’s influence campaign went so far as to create spoofed posts from Intrusion Truth, a mysterious pseudonymous Twitter account that has previously…
Ukraine Enters a Dark New Era of Drone Warfare
[ad_1] While Ukraine has already had some success in intercepting these drones, the country is still scrambling to respond to Russia’s new strategy. The military was able to shoot down…
Ukraine Could Never Afford to Bet on Starlink
[ad_1] The recent row over SpaceX’s Starlink and its role in helping Ukraine defend itself from a rapacious Russian invasion seems to grow only more urgent, especially as the Russian…
War Is an Ecological Disaster—but Ukraine Can Build Back Greener
[ad_1] Wartime contamination is happening indirectly as well, Denisov says. During normal operations, coal mines in Donbas, for instance, have to pump water out to keep from flooding. But when…
How the World Will Know If Russia Is Preparing to Launch a Nuclear Attack
[ad_1] This week, NATO is conducting its regular, long-planned nuclear strike exercise known as “Steadfast Noon” to practice deploying fighter jets used to carry nuclear weapons. And Russia is expected…
How Iodine Pills Can—and Can’t—Help Against Radiation
[ad_1] As unease about Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling grows, along with concerns about the safety of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, officials in Kyiv are distributing iodine pills to help protect…
The Hunt for Wikipedia’s Disinformation Moles
[ad_1] This network mapping may also identify a particular strategy used by bad actors of splitting their edit histories between a number of accounts to evade detection. The editors put…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Bails on Starlink Funding for Ukraine
[ad_1] Users of the cryptocurrency exchange Celsius are in danger. Last week, as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, the company submitted a 14,500-page document that appears to contain the full…
Binance Hackers Minted $569M in Crypto—Then It Got Complicated
[ad_1] As A Swatting spree spreads across the US, in which false reports of active shooters send police charging into schools, WIRED investigated more than 90 of the incidents and…
The Fight to Cut Off the Crypto Fueling Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
[ad_1] As Russian troops have flooded into Ukraine’s borders for the past eight months—and with an ongoing mobilization of hundreds of thousands more underway—the Western world has taken drastic measures…