Word about Salt Typhoon is making the news right now. As a former cybersecurity professional, it is incredible to see what is an unprecedented hack taking place, compromising every telecom provider in ...

This blog presents a short introduction for the history of telephone hacking. It also presents a book called “Exploding the Phone” providing information on how frequency signaling worked, as well as ...

You’d think that messing around with the timelines would be fun and easy – after all, we’re always hearing that the slightest change to history could change everything. But it’s not that simple, as we ...

Despite constant news about online hacks and other security breaches, few iOS owners express much worry about the safety of their devices — even in Silicon Valley. While it’s true that the vast ...

1950s ( ) The term hack begins circulating on MIT’s campus to describe a well-executed practical joke. 1963 ( ) The MIT student newspaper blames “so-called hackers”–the first pejorative use of the ...

Pwn2Own hackers use $150,000 exploit on VMware ESXi. The elite hackers attending Pwn2Own in Berlin have made hacking history by successfully deploying a zero-day exploit against VMware ESXi. Having ...

Some years ago, in the question-and-answer session after a lecture at the American Geophysical Union, I described certain geoengineering proposals as “barking mad.” The remark went rather viral in the ...

A user with the handle "ObamaCare," who has a history of leaking data such as employee databases sourced from law firms, and data acquired from colleges and casinos, posted on a hacking forum, "Xmas ...

This article was taken from the March 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

ShinyHunters group reportedly behind the hack affecting data of 200m users thought to be from before 2021 ...