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16-Year-Old Broadcom Wi-Fi Bug Lets Attackers Take Over Routers Without a Password

AndyC 19 October 2026

16-Year-Old Broadcom Wi-Fi Bug Lets Attackers Take Over Routers Without a Password Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026 A Broadcom Wi-Fi...

Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides

AndyC 17 October 2026

Canada’s planned surveillance law is the latest grim step in a series of threats to encryption that are spreading around the world.Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty...

Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides

AndyC 17 October 2026

Canada’s planned surveillance law is the latest grim step in a series of threats to encryption that are spreading around the world.Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty...

Inbox flooded with sign-up messages? Email bombing explained

AndyC 17 October 2026

In September, reports emerged that a Virginia woman had been submerged by a flood of emails. Hundreds of automated messages poured in over a 24-hour...

Inbox flooded with sign-up messages? Email bombing explained

AndyC 17 October 2026

In September, reports emerged that a Virginia woman had been submerged by a flood of emails. Hundreds of automated messages poured in over a 24-hour...

Inbox flooded with sign-up messages? Email bombing explained

AndyC 17 October 2026

In September, reports emerged that a Virginia woman had been submerged by a flood of emails. Hundreds of automated messages poured in over a 24-hour...

Chicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists

AndyC 17 October 2026

Despite Illinois’ sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities.Photograph: Getty ImagesChicago-area law enforcement...