Robert McMillan writes about computer security, hackers and privacy from The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau. Previously, he was a writer at Wired, the IDG News Service and Linux Magazine, ...

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The hack notably doesn’t start the car’s engine, meaning a thief can’t drive off using nothing but their phone. However, the ...

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Models are ruthless in their pursuit of a goal, sometimes taking disastrous shortcuts. Imagine, for example, a bot tasked ...

Your device could be hacked, allowing hackers to access your personal information and do serious damage, but you may not know ...

Apple accelerated iOS 26.5.2 and macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 security fixes because AI tools can help attackers reverse-engineer patches faster than ever before.

A person walks into an office, says he is from IT and asks to sit at a computer for a quick fix. Most employees would feel relieved. Finally, someone came to solve the tech problem. That trust is ...

Hackers can steal your browser cookies to impersonate you. A security feature in Chrome aims to prevent such attacks. The feature ties your cookies to your device's own security chip. Browser cookies ...

In an unsettling sign of what’s to come, Google has uncovered evidence that hackers used an AI program to find a previously unknown software vulnerability that could have been exploited at a mass ...

A surprising number of home Wi-Fi networks are far less secure than their owners realize, and that gap can have real consequences for your privacy and personal data. Hardening your home internet isn’t ...

Millions of people use security company ADT to protect their home or business. And yet their cybersecurity may have been compromised in the latest high-profile breach from hacking group ShinyHunters.