Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump campaign emails, Chinese hackers still in US telecoms networks, and an abusive deepfake website plans an expansion.
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Credit to Author: Paresh Dave| Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:50:33 +0000
IARPA director Rick Muller is departing after just over a year at the R&D unit that invests in emerging technologies of potential interest to agencies like the NSA and the CIA, WIRED has learned.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:19:59 +0000
Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US border.
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Credit to Author: Carmen Valeria Escobar| Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:30:00 +0000
LGBTIQ+ organizations in El Salvador are using technology to protect themselves and create a record of the country’s ongoing authoritarian escalations against their community. It’s not without risks.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:56:04 +0000
The Scattered Spider hacking group has caused chaos among retailers, insurers, and airlines in recent months. Researchers warn that its flexible structure poses challenges for defense.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:00:39 +0000
The US Justice Department revealed the identity theft number along with one arrest and a crackdown on “laptop farms” that allegedly facilitate North Korean tech worker impersonators across the US.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:36:57 +0000
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that age verification for explicit sites is constitutional. In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan warned it burdens adults and ignores First Amendment precedent.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:21:09 +0000
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:48:39 +0000
Last month, Telegram banned black markets that sold tens of billions of dollars in crypto scam-related services. Now, as those markets rebrand and bounce back, it’s done nothing to stop them.
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Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Unmanned vehicles are increasingly becoming essential weapons of war. But with a potential conflict with China looming large, Taiwan is scrambling to build a domestic drone industry from scratch.
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