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Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: Apple sends out an “unprecedented” number of spyware warnings, Ukraine hits a Russian ecommerce giant with cyber and drone attacks, and more.
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The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: AI bug hunting fuels Microsoft’s biggest-ever Patch Tuesday, ShinyHunters ransomware gang exploits an Oracle zero-day, and more.
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A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks that has impacted hundreds of organizations.
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Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Maddy Varner
Plus: The top US cyber agency falls into shambles, AI models develop an upsetting penchant for nuclear weapons, and more.
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Password Managers Share a Hidden Weakness

By: Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: The cybersecurity community grapples with Epstein files revelations, the US State Department plans an online anti-censorship “portal” for the world, and more.
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How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.
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Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: Apple’s Lockdown mode keeps the FBI out of a reporter’s phone, Elon Musk’s Starlink cuts off Russian forces, and more.
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Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess
A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.
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Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.
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Hackers Stole Millions of PornHub Users’ Data for Extortion

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Dell Cameron
Plus: Cisco discloses a zero-day with no available patch, Venezuela accuses the US of a cyberattack, and more.
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A Major Leak Spills a Chinese Hacking Contractor’s Tools and Targets

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: State-sponsored AI hacking is here, Google hosts a CBP face recognition app, and more of the week’s top security news.
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‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess
The agency says it found a network of some 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards—enough to knock out cell service in the NYC area. Experts say it mirrors facilities typically used for cybercrime.
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ICE Has Spyware Now

By: Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: An AI chatbot system is linked to a widespread hack, details emerge of a US plan to plant a spy device in North Korea, your job’s security training isn’t working, and more.
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DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims

Plus: China’s Salt Typhoon hackers target 600 companies in 80 countries, Tulsi Gabbard purges CIA agents, hackers knock out Iranian ship communications, and more.
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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
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How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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ICE’s Deportation Airline Hack Reveals Man ‘Disappeared’ to El Salvador

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: A DOGE operative’s laptop reportedly gets infected with malware, Grok AI is used to “undress” women on X, a school software company’s ransomware nightmare returns, and more.
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SignalGate Isn’t About Signal

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
The Trump cabinet’s shocking leak of its plans to bomb Yemen raises myriad confidentiality and legal issues. The security of the encrypted messaging app Signal is not one of them.
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$1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Plus: Apple turns off end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups in the UK after pressure to install a backdoor, and two spyware apps expose victim data—and the identities of people who installed the apps.
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