How Project 2025 Would Put US Elections at Risk
If anything, the military has impinged on CISA’s territory—not the other way around—out of exasperation with the civilian agency’s constrained resources, says […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
US Hands Over Russian Cybercriminals in WSJ Reporter Prisoner Swap
If it seems like there’s suddenly a whole lot more data breaches, you may be right. Part of this apparent spike is […]
A $500 Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers
As they built the RayV Lite, Beaumont and Trowell focused on two distinct laser hacking methods. One is laser fault injection, or […]
How Infostealers Pillaged the World’s Passwords
These platforms take cues in how they are designed and marketed from legitimate information and ecommerce services. Many markets and forums charge […]
A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them
KnowBe4, a US-based security vendor, revealed that it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who attempted to load malware into the company’s […]
A Hacker ‘Ghost’ Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub
A secretive network of around 3,000 “ghost” accounts on GitHub has quietly been manipulating pages on the code-hosting website to promote malware […]
How Russia-Linked Malware Cut Heat to 600 Ukrainian Buildings in Deep Winter
Lvivteploenergo didn’t respond to WIRED’s request for comment, nor did the SBU. Ukraine’s cybersecurity agency, the State Services for Special Communication and […]
The Feds Say These Are the Russian Hackers Who Attacked US Water Utilities
The week was particularly chock-full of dramatic security news. On Friday, a flawed update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform caused massive global service […]
Don’t Fall for CrowdStrike Outage Scams
The security firm CrowdStrike inadvertently caused mayhem around the world on Friday after deploying a faulty software update to the company’s Falcon […]
The US Supreme Court Kneecapped US Cyber Strategy
The Commerce Department could hit a legal snag with its proposal to require cloud companies to verify their customers’ identities and report […]