Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
1d ago
Change Healthcare ransomware hackers already received a $22 million payment. Now a second group is demanding money, and has sent WIRED samples of what they claim is the company's stolen data. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website
US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
1d ago
A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government's behalf, including on fellow Americans. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website
DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
6d ago
Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website
It’s Time to Switch to a Privacy Browser
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
1w ago
Ad trackers are out of control. Use a browser that reins them in. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website
A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
1w ago
While some states have made data privacy gains, the US has so far been unable implement protections at a federal level. A new bipartisan proposal called APRA could break the impasse. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website
A Ghost Ship’s Doomed Journey Through the Gate of Tears
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
1w ago
Millions lost internet service after three cables in the Red Sea were damaged. Houthi rebels deny targeting the cables, but their missile attack on a cargo ship, left adrift for months, is likely to blame. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website
A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
1w ago
As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website
The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
2w ago
The thwarted XZ Utils supply chain attack was years in the making. Now, clues suggest nation-state hackers were behind the persona that inserted the malicious code. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website
The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
2w ago
To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pitfalls of relying on Chrome to protect your privacy. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website
The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI
WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More
by WIRED
2w ago
Vice President Kamala Harris says new rules for government AI deployments, including a requirement that algorithms are checked for bias, will “put the public interest first.” Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more
Visit website

Follow WIRED Security: News, Advice, and More on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR