Wired Security Spoken Edition

Internal messages WIRED has viewed shed new light on the operators of one of the world's biggest botnets. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

China’s Winter Games are overshadowed by human rights problems and overreaching state surveillance. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Google has scrapped FLoC, its controversial cookie replacement. Now it’s back with Topics—but rivals and privacy experts are still nervous. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Apple awarded a $100,500 bug bounty to the researcher who discovered the latest major vulnerability in its browser. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The politically motivated attack represents a new frontier for hacktivists—and won’t be the last of its kind. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

You know those “emergency” email addresses you can use to get into your email and other accounts in case you're locked out? Make sure they're up-to-date. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Austria’s data regulator has found that the use of Google Analytics is a breach of GDPR. In the absence of a new EU-US data deal, other countries may follow. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Apple has known about the vulnerability, which also affects iPadOS 15 and Safari 15, since late November. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A data wiper posing as ransomware bears a discomfiting resemblance to the earlier wave of Russian cyberattacks that ended with NotPetya. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The flaws are now fixed, but speak to the growing concerns around interactionless attacks. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Over a dozen alleged members of the notorious ransomware group have been arrested, but the Kremlin's critics are wary of the underlying motivation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The newest security measure is still in beta. But if you want to make use of it, here's what you need to know. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The newly disclosed campaign shows how little the company has done to curb abuses of its powerful surveillance tools. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The regime had a “banner year,” thanks to skyrocketing cryptocurrency values and a new generation of vulnerable startups. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Security experts say there's little reason for the criticism from Europe’s mobile operators and US limitations over the VPN-like iCloud tool. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Your iPhone now gives you lots of transparency into what your downloads are up to. Here's what to look out for. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The critical vulnerability is buried among endless open source code, and many cyber experts are stumped. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A beta “payments” feature now lets some users of the popular encrypted messaging app send MobileCoin around the globe. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Unless you go out of your way to install the patch, your system could be exposed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

So far, Log4Shell has resulted mostly in cryptomining and a little espionage. The really bad stuff is just around the corner. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices