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This Week's Bomb Scares Are a Perfect Misinformation Storm

Misinfo Brief

This Week's Bomb Scares Are a Perfect Misinformation Storm

Issie Lapowsky

How Mail Bombs Get Intercepted—And What Happens Next

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How Mail Bombs Get Intercepted—And What Happens Next

Brian Barrett

Don't Believe Everything You See About the Migrant Caravan

Misinfo Brief

Don't Believe Everything You See About the Migrant Caravan

Emily Dreyfuss

Russia Linked to Disruptive Industrial Control Malware

triton

Russia Linked to Disruptive Industrial Control Malware

Lily Hay Newman

Paper and the Case for Going Low-Tech in the Voting Booth

Elections

Paper and the Case for Going Low-Tech in the Voting Booth

Clive Thompson

Forging a Relationship With the Internet’s Most Hated Swatter

Behind the Story

Forging a Relationship With the Internet’s Most Hated Swatter

Brendan I. Koerner

It Started as an Online Gaming Prank. Then It Turned Deadly

End Game

It Started as an Online Gaming Prank. Then It Turned Deadly

Brendan I. Koerner

The Tiny Chip That Powers Up Pixel 3 Security

titan

The Tiny Chip That Powers Up Pixel 3 Security

Brian Barrett

A Dating App for Donald Trump Fans Exposed a Ton of Data

security roundup

A Dating App for Donald Trump Fans Exposed a Ton of Data

Emily Dreyfuss

To Curb Terrorist Propaganda Online, Look to YouTube. No, Really.

WIRED Opinion

To Curb Terrorist Propaganda Online, Look to YouTube. No, Really.

Rita Katz

Russian Trolls Are Still Playing Both Sides of Every Issue

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Russian Trolls Are Still Playing Both Sides of Every Issue

Garrett M. Graff

What Spammers Could Do With Your Hacked Facebook Data

privacy

What Spammers Could Do With Your Hacked Facebook Data

Lily Hay Newman

UK police are buying top secret hacking tech to break into iPhones

Apple

UK police are buying top secret hacking tech to break into iPhones

Matt Burgess

To fight fake news on WhatsApp, India is turning off the internet

Privacy

To fight fake news on WhatsApp, India is turning off the internet

Matt Burgess

Heathrow's facial recognition tech could make airports more bearable

Technology

Heathrow's facial recognition tech could make airports more bearable

Nicole Kobie

The Mysterious Return of Years-Old Chinese Malware

APT1

The Mysterious Return of Years-Old Chinese Malware

Brian Barrett

This Startup Wants You to Control Your Own Data Again

privacy

This Startup Wants You to Control Your Own Data Again

Lily Hay Newman

Robert Mueller Has Already Told You Everything You Need To Know

Wired25

Robert Mueller Has Already Told You Everything You Need To Know

Emily Dreyfuss

Kanye's Password Literally Couldn't Be Worse

security roundup

Kanye's Password Literally Couldn't Be Worse

Emily Dreyfuss

Fake Adobe Flash Installers Come With a Little Malware Bonus

malware

Fake Adobe Flash Installers Come With a Little Malware Bonus

Brian Barrett