Everything We Know About How the FBI Hacks People
When it comes to hacking, US law enforcement agents are as much the perpetrators as the ones chasing the criminal…
Security News This Week: It’s Tech Versus the Government, Yet Again
Each Saturday we round up the biggest security news stories of the week. The post Security News This Week: It’s…
4 Ways to Protect Against the Very Real Threat of Ransomware
Ransomware is a hacking plague that knows no limits. Here’s how to protect yourself and your business. The post 4…
Hacker Lexicon: SQL Injections, an Everyday Hacker’s Favorite Attack
SQL injection attacks are the workhorses of hacking incidents, tricking web sites into spilling credit card numbers and other sensitive…
Hacker Lexicon: Stingrays, the Spy Tool the Government Tried, and Failed, to Hide
A stingray is a controversial surveillance tool that impersonates a legitimate cell tower to trick mobile phones into connecting to…
So … Now the Government Wants to Hack Cybercrime Victims
Changes to rules for issuing search warrants give law enforcement expansive authority to hack computers, critics say. We parse the…
Security News This Week: The FBI Gets Creative to Avoid Disclosing Its $1M iPhone Hack
Each Saturday we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth at WIRED, but which…
The Critical Hole at the Heart of Our Cell Phone Networks
Reports show that hackers are taking advantage of problems with a backchannel in global telecommunications. The post The Critical Hole…
FBI Hints It Paid Hackers $1 Million to Get Into San Bernardino iPhone
If correct, this would mean that taxpayers shelled out more than $1 million for a solution that reportedly produced nothing…
Of Course Congress Is Clueless About Tech—It Killed Its Tutor
Congress has a STEM problem. It needs independent science and technology advisers, like it used to have. The post Of…