Watch a Drone Take Over a Nearby Smart TV
For all the focus on locking down laptops and smartphones, the biggest screen in millions of living rooms remains largely unsecured, even […]
Tag: Security
Hackers Could Decrypt Your GSM Phone Calls
Most mobile calls around the world are made over the Global System for Mobile Communications standard; in the US, GSM underpins any […]
A Remote-Start App Exposed Thousands of Cars to Hackers
Last winter, a hacker who goes by the handle Jmaxxz was looking for a Christmas present for his girlfriend. She’d recently flown […]
Election Systems Are Even More Vulnerable Than We Thought
Hacker summer camp is here again! You know what that means: WIRED is back in Las Vegas for the annual Black Hat […]
Hackers Take on Darpa’s $10 Million Voting Machine
For the last two years, hackers have come to the Voting Village at the DefCon security conference in Las Vegas to tear […]
This Tesla Mod Turns a Model S Into a Mobile ‘Surveillance Station’
Automatic license plate reader cameras are controversial enough when law enforcement deploys them, given that they can create a panopticon of transit […]
Teen Hacker Finds Bugs in School Software That Exposed Millions of Records
A few short decades ago, the archetypal hacker was a bored teenager breaking into his school’s network to change grades, à la […]
Inside the Hidden World of Elevator Phone Phreaking
The first time I called into an elevator, I picked up my iPhone and dialed the number—labeled on my list as the […]
Trump’s Intel Vacancies Put Americans in Danger
Sue Gordon was a name Americans were never supposed to know—the exemplar par excellence of the legion of career, nonpartisan officials who […]
How Safecrackers Can Unlock an ATM in Minutes—Without Leaving a Trace
Safecrackers of the past put a stethoscope to a safe’s panel while turning its dial, listening for the telltale murmurs of the […]