Security News


Security Roundup
Mystery Drone Sightings Lead to FAA Ban Despite No Detected Threats
By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Andrew Couts


Rebrands
Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns
By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess


Y1K3S
Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
By Andy Greenberg

Security Roundup
Microsoft’s AI Recall Tool Is Still Sucking Up Credit Card and Social Security Numbers
By Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts


Deadly DIY
The ‘Ghost Gun’ Linked to Luigi Mangione Shows Just How Far 3D-Printed Weapons Have Come
By Andy Greenberg

Security Roundup
US Officials Recommend Encryption Apps Amid Chinese Telecom Hacking
By Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

Seek and Destroy
A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
By Lily Hay Newman

Making Moves
She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin
By Matt Burgess

Crossing a Line
FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel
By Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra


Clear Cut
Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
By Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts


WIRED World
The Pressure Is on for Big Tech to Regulate the Broken Digital Advertising Industry
By Claire Atkin


Blinded by the Light
Emergency Vehicle Lights Can Screw Up a Car’s Automated Driving System
By Aarian Marshall