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Proxy Fight

This VPN Lets Anyone Use Your Internet Connection. What Could Go Wrong?

Matt Burgess

Eye in the Cloud

Congress Again Fails to Limit Scope of Spy Powers in New Defense Bill

Dell Cameron

Look Up

Intel Officials Warned Police That US Cities Aren’t Ready for Hostile Drones

Dell Cameron

Market High

Drug Dealers Have Moved on to Social Media

Mattha Busby

Rebrands

Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Cold Cuts

The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump

Eric Geller

Y1K3S

Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets

Andy Greenberg

Safety in Numbers

The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography

John Pavlus

Security Roundup

Microsoft’s AI Recall Tool Is Still Sucking Up Credit Card and Social Security Numbers

Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts

Don't Look Up

The New Jersey Drone Mystery May Not Actually Be That Mysterious

Lily Hay Newman

UF... Oh, No

Why the US Military Can't Just Shoot Down the Mystery Drones

Jared Keller

WIRED World

Worry About Misuse of AI, Not Superintelligence

Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor

Extremism

As the Mastermind of Far-Right ‘Active Clubs’ Goes to Prison, His Violent Movement Goes Global

Ali Winston

Deadly DIY

The ‘Ghost Gun’ Linked to Luigi Mangione Shows Just How Far 3D-Printed Weapons Have Come

Andy Greenberg

Record Deal

Poker Cheaters Allegedly Use Tiny Hidden Cameras to Spot Dealt Cards

Ben Dowsett

Police Arrest UHC CEO Shooting Suspect, App Developer Luigi Mangione

Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra, and Andrew Couts

Security Roundup

US Officials Recommend Encryption Apps Amid Chinese Telecom Hacking

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

True Crime

The Real Story of The Order

Ali Winston

Digital Rights

She Escaped an Abusive Marriage—Now She Helps Women Battle Cyber Harassment

Kanika Gupta

Seek and Destroy

A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections

Lily Hay Newman