Only One in 4 Americans Remembers Last Year’s Epic Jeep Hack
Blame their ridiculously short attention span on “recall fatigue.” The post Only One in 4 Americans Remembers Last Year’s Epic…
Security News This Week: WhatsApp Is Caught in Its Own Crypto War in Brazil
Each Saturday we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth at WIRED, but which…
Top iPhone Hackers Ask Court to Protect Apple From the FBI
Three of the world’s leading iPhone hackers argue in a legal brief that the FBI’s iPhone-cracking demands go too far.…
Pentagon Launches the Feds’ First ‘Bug Bounty’ for Hackers
The DoD’s “Hack the Pentagon” program could signal a new approach for defending the federal government’s networks. The post Pentagon…
Hacker Says He Can Hijack a $35K Police Drone a Mile Away
A security researcher reveals radio security flaws in a high-end quadcopter used by police departments that could be used to…
FBI’s Tor Hack Shows the Risk of Subpoenas to Security Researchers
Confirmation that the FBI subpoenaed information from Carnegie Mellon and used it in a criminal investigation should send a warning…
Google Wants to Save News Sites From Cyberattacks—For Free
It hopes to extend its so-called Project Shield DDOS attack protection to tens of thousands of websites. The post Google…
Flaws in Wireless Mice and Keyboards Let Hackers Type on Your PC
Security researchers’ “mousejacking” attack exploits vulnerable wireless devices to type on a target PC from a hundred yards away. The…
Donate Your Old USB Drives to Fight North Korean Brainwashing
The thumb drives gathering dust in your desk drawer could help to open one of the world’s most closed countries.…
It’s Been 20 Years Since This Man Declared Cyberspace Independence
John Perry Barlow stands by his Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace, the libertarian idea that lit up the Internet on…