Wired Security Spoken Edition

The Department of Justice has named and charged six men for allegedly carrying out many of the most costly cyberattacks in history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The company's flip-flopping on the policy after banning a shady New York Post story highlights the challenges facing social media in 2020. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

From arrests to surveillance, governments are using the novel coronavirus as cover for a crackdown on digital liberty. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Despite the operation's short-term effects, it sets new precedents for the scope of Cyber Command's mission. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The company has patched the vulnerabilities and paid the team of white-hat hackers $288,000. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Privacy advocates warn that the Ring Always Home Cam and Amazon One both normalize aggressive new forms of data collection. Â Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Researchers found they could stop a Tesla by flashing a few frames of a stop sign for less than half a second on an internet-connected billboard. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The latest Gboard feature needs to know as much as possible about your digital life to work—but doesn't share that data with Google. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Mike Postle claims he was the victim of an elaborate online campaign to tar him as a fraud—and he’s suing a dozen defendants. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The tool attacks a device’s UEFI firmware—which makes it especially hard to detect and destroy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Hackers spent $4 million of victims' money to buy ads for diet pills, fake designer handbags, and more. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

There’s a small but real possibility that we won’t know which party controls the Senate until 2021, thanks to a special election and a unique state requirement. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The campaigns primarily targeted countries outside the US. But the same mechanisms could be used in “hack and leak” operations like those that roiled the 2016 campaign. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

“All computers are completely shut down,” one Universal Health Services employee told WIRED. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ad trackers follow you everywhere online—but it doesn’t have to be that way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After a girl reported a suspicious TikTok profile, researchers detected aggressive adware in apps that had been downloaded 2.4 million times. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On Day 2 of WIRED’s virtual conference, hacker Matt Mitchell cautions that law enforcement routinely trawls social media to surveil protestors. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The latest update for your iPhone and iPad will make them safer than ever. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Operation Disruptor is an unprecedented international law enforcement effort, stemming from last year’s seizure of a popular underground bazaar called Wall Street Market. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

So-called single sign-on options offer a lot of convenience. But they have downsides that a good old fashioned password manager doesn't. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices