… The agency’s remit, after all, includes some elements of helping the US government discover and patch security vulnerabilities in the software it uses, as well as sometimes exploiting those vulnerabilities in the NSA’s own operations. …
… Experts called the mislabeling “illegal.” And a new bill in Congress aims to stop the FBI’s practice of warrantlessly accessing Americans’ private communications, and end the government’s practice of buying people’s data in ways that critics say circumvents Fourth Amendment protections. …
… Discovered in March, DarkSword allows attackers to infect iPhones that simply visit a website loaded with the takeover tools embedded in it. …
… In addition to the conflict with Iran, WIRED explored combat from many angles with our War Machine package of coverage, including the saga of one teenager who went missing amid the destruction of Gaza, the Kafkaesque challenges Palestinians face when they’re unable to get a death certificate for a … …
… There are “vendors selling exploits to governments to attack people and literally kill journalists,” Donaldson told me. …
… I got over 550,000 views on it. A bunch of people started DMing me,” May says. “People started sending me information.” May, a research-obsessed paralegal, considers herself a rational person who cares deeply about the truth. …