Apple Vision Pro’s Eye Tracking Exposed What People Type
The Vision Pro uses 3D avatars on calls and for streaming. These researchers used eye tracking to work out the passwords and PINs people typed with their avatars.
Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
Hackers Threaten to Leak Planned Parenthood Data
Plus: Kaspersky’s US business sold, Nigerian sextortion scammers jailed, and Europe’s controversial encryption plans return.
YubiKeys Are a Security Gold Standard—but They Can Be Cloned
Security researchers have discovered a cryptographic flaw that leaves the YubiKey 5 vulnerable to attack.
Russia’s Most Notorious Special Forces Unit Now Has Its Own Cyber Warfare Team
Unit 29155 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency—a team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings—has branched out into brazen hacking operations with targets across the world.
Taylor Swift Concert Terror Plot Was Thwarted by Key CIA Tip
Plus: China-linked hackers infiltrate US internet providers, authorities crack down on a major piracy operation, and a ransomware gang claims attacks during the Paris Olympics.
Powerful Spyware Exploits Enable a New String of ‘Watering Hole’ Attacks
Suspected Russian hackers have compromised a series of websites to utilize sophisticated spyware exploits that are eerily similar to those created by NSO Group and Intellexa.
Notorious Iranian Hackers Have Been Targeting the Space Industry With a New Backdoor
In addition to its long-standing password spraying attacks, Microsoft says Iran-backed hacker group Peach Sandstorm—or APT 33—has developed custom malware dubbed “Tickler.”
The US Navy Has Run Out of Pants
Plus: The US intelligence community formally blames Iran for Trump campaign hack, aircraft-tracking platform FlightAware says a “configuration error” exposed sensitive user data, and more.
Apple iOS 17.4: iMessage Gets Post-Quantum Encryption in New Update
Useful quantum computers aren’t a reality—yet. But in one of the biggest deployments of post-quantum encryption so far, Apple is bringing the technology to iMessage.
Anne Neuberger, a Top White House Cyber Official, Is Staying Surprisingly Optimistic
Anne Neuberger, the Biden administration’s deputy national security adviser for cyber, tells WIRED about emerging cybersecurity threats—and what the US plans to do about them.