Security, Spoken

Two months ago, the FBI “disrupted” the BlackCat ransomware group. They're already back—and their latest attack is causing delays at pharmacies across the US. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When two former Meta employees dug into why the website of Iowa’s Clayton County Register was spewing dubious posts about stocks, they uncovered a network of sites slinging seemingly AI-made content. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Useful quantum computers aren’t a reality—yet. But in one of the biggest deployments of post-quantum encryption so far, Apple is bringing the technology to iMessage. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US Congress was preparing to vote on a key foreign surveillance program. Then a wild Russian threat appeared. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is still mostly supported by ads but its new subscription-only chatbot, Gemini Advanced, is a major new addition to the company's burgeoning services business. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will take more than just chips. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LockBit’s website, infrastructure, and data have been seized by law enforcement—striking a huge blow against one of the world's most prolific ransomware groups. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A surprise disclosure of a national security threat by the House Intelligence chair was part of an effort to block legislation that aimed to limit cops and spies from buying Americans' private data. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cyberattacks and criminal scams can impact anyone. But communities of color and other marginalized groups are often disproportionately impacted and lack the support to better protect themselves. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prominent advocates for the rights of pregnant people are urging members of Congress to support legislation that would ban warrantless access to sensitive data as the White House fights against it. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance program, worrying members devoted to reforming Section 702. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New research finds that Israel’s attacks on Gaza damaged hospitals and other medical facilities at the same rate as other buildings, potentially in violation of international law. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a test at one station, Transport for London used a computer vision system to try and detect crime and weapons, people falling on the tracks, and fare dodgers, documents obtained by WIRED show. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Passkeys are here to replace passwords. When they work, it’s a seamless vision of the future. But don’t ditch your old logins just yet. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a slowdown in payments to ransomware gangs in 2022, last year saw total ransom payouts jump to their highest level yet, according to a new report from crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A UK High Court will settle a long-running debate over whether Craig Wright really is Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin. Monday’s opening arguments laid the groundwork for both sides. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An indictment against three Americans suggests that at least some of the culprits behind the theft of an FTX crypto fortune may be in custody. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax threats. A digital trail took them to the door of a 17-year-old in California. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US spy agencies purchased Americans' phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aerial drones have changed the war in Ukraine. Now, both Russia's and Ukraine's militaries are deploying more unmanned ground robots—and the two are colliding. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NSO Group, creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware, is spending millions on lobbying in Washington while taking advantage of the Israel-Hamas war to paint itself as essential for global security. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Amazon-owned home surveillance company says it is shuttering a feature in its Neighbors app that allows police to request footage from users. But it’s not shutting out the cops entirely. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices