Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack: BlackCat Hackers Quickly Returned After FBI Bust
Six days before Christmas, the US Department of Justice loudly announced a win in the ongoing fight against the scourge of ransomware: […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
How a Right-Wing Controversy Could Sabotage US Election Security
It remains unclear how many of Warner’s colleagues agree with him. But when WIRED surveyed the other 23 Republican secretaries who oversee […]
A Mysterious Leak Exposed Chinese Hacking Secrets
While the documents have now been removed from GitHub, where they were first posted, the identity and motivations of the person, or […]
Apple iOS 17.4: iMessage Gets Post-Quantum Encryption in New Update
Apple is launching its first post-quantum protections, one of the biggest deployments of the future-resistant encryption technology to date. Billions of medical […]
Anne Neuberger, a Top White House Cyber Official, Sees the ‘Promise and Peril’ in AI
The fact that in 2023 we’re rolling out mandated minimum cybersecurity practices for the first time in critical infrastructure—we’re one of the […]
How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000
While the response to Cowles’ tale has been a mix of praise and mockery, experts in online threats say it’s foolish to […]
The Hidden Injustice of Cyberattacks
Talk about the promise and the peril of artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. But for many low-income families, communities of color, […]
How 3 Million ‘Hacked’ Toothbrushes Became a Cyber Urban Legend
Documents exclusively obtained by WIRED reveal that AI surveillance software tracked thousands of people using the London Underground to detect crime or […]
I Stopped Using Passwords. It’s Great—and a Total Mess
Passkeys are here to replace passwords. When they work, it’s a seamless vision of the future. But don’t ditch your old logins […]
Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023
After a slowdown in payments to ransomware gangs in 2022, last year saw total ransom payouts jump to their highest level yet, […]