Papua New Guinea Wants to Ban Facebook. It Shouldn't

The island nation is considering blocking Facebook for one month in order to collect information on fake profiles, pornography, and more. But the impact could be severe.

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How WIRED Lost $100,000 in Bitcoin

We mined roughly 13 Bitcoins and then ripped up our private key. We were stupid—but not alone.

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Puppy Brain Scans Could Help Pick the Best Dog Bomb Sniffers

Researchers are working to identify behavioral and neurological indicators that determine which lil puppers will grow into good bomb-sniffing doggos.

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T-Mobile Web Portal Exposed 74 Million Accounts, and and More Security News This Week

Hacking back, Trump's poor security hygiene and more of the week's top security news.

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Stealthy, Destructive Malware Infects Half a Million Routers

Cisco researchers discover a new router malware outbreak that might also be the next cyberwar attack in Ukraine.

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Facebook Is Beefing Up Its Two-Factor Authentication

The update, now available to most users, comes several months after Facebook was criticized for spamming users' two-factor authentication phone numbers.

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You Can Send Invisible Messages With Subtle Font Tweaks

Researchers have developed a new technique called FontCode that hides secrets in plain sight.

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https://www.wired.com/story/fontcode-invisible-messages-steganography

A Mugshots.com Indictment, Lost Grenades, and More Security News This Week

Critical Cisco bugs, lost grenades, and more of the week's top security news.

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https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-california-charges-owners-of-mugshotscom-with-extortion

A Location-Sharing Disaster Shows How Exposed You Really Are

The failures of Securus and LocationSmart to secure location data are the failures of an entire industry.

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https://www.wired.com/story/locationsmart-securus-location-data-privacy

Gruesome Jihadi Content Still Flourishes on Facebook and Google+

Despite improvements to algorithmic filtering, Facebook and Google+ still host scores of ISIS and related content and accounts that sometimes stay up for months.

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https://www.wired.com/story/jihadi-content-still-on-facebook-google

4 Key Takeaways From Mueller’s First Year—and What’s Next

One year in, Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump and Russia appears poised to connect all the pieces of the puzzle.

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Inside the Takedown of Scan4You, a Notorious Malware Clearinghouse

How security researchers caught the creators of counter antivirus services Scan4You.

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Senators Grill Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Christopher Wylie

Christopher Wylie testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that Cambridge Analytica specialized in "disinformation, spreading rumors, *kompromat*, and propaganda."

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Jigsaw's Project Shield Will Protect Campaigns From Online Attacks

Project Shield already defends journalists and human rights groups from DDoS attacks. Now, Jigsaw will help political campaigns out as well.

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White House Cuts Top Cybersecurity Role as Threats Loom

Former national security officials say the Trump administration's decision to eliminate top cybersecurity policy roles sends the wrong message.

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https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-cybersecurity-coordinator

The Untold Story of Robert Mueller's Time in the Vietnam War

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s job is to make sense of how Russia hacked the 2016 election. But to make sense of Mueller, you have to revisit some of the bloodiest battles of Vietnam.

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https://www.wired.com/story/robert-mueller-vietnam

EFail: Encrypted Email Has a Major, Divisive Flaw

An attack called eFail overcomes the protections of encrypted email standards PGP and S/MIME.

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https://www.wired.com/story/efail-encrypted-email-flaw-pgp-smime

Hidden Alexa Commands, Cell Phone Tracking, and More Security News This Week

Hidden Alexa commands, cell phone tracking, and more security news this week.

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https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-the-hidden-commands-only-alexa-can-year

Russia-Linked Facebook Ads Targeted a Sketchy Chrome Extension at Teen Girls

Among the Russian ads released by House Democrats this week were links promoting malicious Chrome extensions.

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https://www.wired.com/story/russia-facebook-ads-sketchy-chrome-extension

Microsoft Enabling Javascript in Excel Has Security Pros Anxious

Enabling JavaScript should make Excel more powerful, but increasing access points makes it even more of a web security nightmare than it already is.

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https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-excel-javascript

Facial Recognition Tech Is Creepy When It Works—And Creepier When It Doesn’t

It's a powerful tool, but recent incidents have shown that there's no winning with facial recognition.

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https://www.wired.com/story/facial-recognition-tech-creepy-works-or-not

The Iran Nuclear Deal Unraveling Raises Fears of Cyberattacks

For the last three years, Iran has restrained its state-sponsored hackers from disruptive attacks on the West. That ceasefire may now be over.

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https://www.wired.com/story/iran-nuclear-deal-cyberattacks

How to Keep Hackers Out of Your Facebook and Twitter Accounts

Scammers, pranksters, and bad actors all want to break into whatever social media accounts they can. Here's how to keep yours safe.

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https://www.wired.com/story/keep-hackers-out-of-facebook-and-twitter-accounts

Drone Swarms, North Korean Antivirus, and More Security News This Week

Bad drones, boobytrapped North Korean antivirus, and more of the week's top security news.

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https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-drone-swarms-are-messing-with-hostage-situations-now

Georgia Hacking Bill SB315 Gets Cybersecurity All Wrong

Georgia's SB315 discourages security research and encourages hacking back—meaning it's exactly backwards.

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https://www.wired.com/story/georgia-sb315-hacking-bill-wrong

How to Change Your Twitter Password Right Now

On World Password Day, Twitter discloses a major gaffe that left user passwords potentially vulnerable.

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https://www.wired.com/story/change-your-twitter-password-right-now

Nigerian Email Scammers Are More Effective Than Ever

By fine-tuning social engineering techniques and targeting small businesses, Nigerian scammers have kept well ahead of defenses.

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https://www.wired.com/story/nigerian-email-scammers-more-effective-than-ever

New Rowhammer Attack Hijacks Android Smartphones Remotely

Dutch researchers have pushed the mind-bending Rowhammer hacking technique one more step towards a practical attack.

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https://www.wired.com/story/rowhammer-remote-android-attack

Cambridge Analytica Shuts Down Amid Ongoing Facebook Crisis

The troubled data firm, which improperly accessed the data of up to 87 million Facebook users, has ceased operations.

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https://www.wired.com/story/cambridge-analytica-shuts-down-offices-facebook-crisis

Robert Mueller Likely Knows How This Investigation Ends

Nearly a year since his appointment as special counsel, Robert Mueller has accelerated the pace of his investigation.

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https://www.wired.com/story/robert-mueller-trump-questions-investigation