Wired Security Spoken Edition

Two judges in London have ruled WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the US on freedom of speech grounds. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A seemingly coordinated campaign playing out across X, Telegram, and state-run media blames Ukraine for the attempted assassination of Robert Fico—something for which there is no evidence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

“Yahoo Boy” cybercriminals are openly running dozens of scams across Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, YouTube, and more. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Google is introducing new AI-powered safety tools in Android 15 that can lock down your phone if thieves nab it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

NYC mayor Eric Adams wants to test Evolv’s gun-detection tech in subway stations—despite the company saying it’s not designed for that environment. Emails obtained by WIRED show how the company still found an in. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Kremlin-aligned network called Doppelganger has used faked versions of real news sites to push both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel disinformation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Outabox, an Australian firm that scanned faces for bars and clubs, suffered a breach that shows the problems with giving companies your biometric data. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program’s database that investigators have repeatedly misused. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Law enforcement officials from the US, UK, and Australia say they’ve identified and sanctioned the person behind LockBitSupp, the administrator at the heart of LockBit’s $120 million hacking rampage. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The iPhone maker has detected spyware attacks against people in more than 150 countries. Knowing if your device is infected can be tricky—but there are a few steps you can take to protect yourself. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM, have released a new AI detection model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it's trained on—that aims to spot the “shape” of Bitcoin money laundering. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Indeed and LinkedIn are incorporating more generative AI to improve the recruiting and job-hunting processes. Some recruiters are still unconvinced. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The world's most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thousands of exposed files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint at one way the reclusive country may evade international sanctions.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The company belatedly conceded both that it had paid the cybercriminals extorting it and that patient data nonetheless ended up on the dark web.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Over the weekend, president Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

One juror in former US president Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York has been excused over fears she could be identified. It could get even messier.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices