Andy Greenberg

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Writer for WIRED. Author of SANDWORM. New book, TRACERS IN THE DARK: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, out now. [email protected]
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Andy Greenberg2h ago
New book coming next year. Working title, THE GRAYSCALE: True Stories of Hackers, Outlaws and Rogues From the Digital Underground.
Show threadAndy Greenberg2d ago
Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found recent posts on Xinbi Guarantee selling handcuffs and tasers for human traffickers, as well as apparent teen sex trafficking. Elliptic also found Xinbi has done $500 million more in sales in the weeks *just since the sanctions were announced.*
Andy Greenberg2d ago

Coming up on 3 weeks since Telegram-based black market Xinbi Guarantee, which has done $21 *billion* in sales, was sanctioned by the UK gov for enabling crypto scamming and human trafficking. Yet Telegram, which could ban Xinbi at any time, is still hosting it.

https://www.wired.com/story/telegram-is-still-hosting-a-sanctioned-21-billion-crypto-scammer-black-market/

Telegram Is Still Hosting a Sanctioned $21 Billion Crypto Scammer Black Market

The UK designated Xinbi Guarantee as an enabler of crypto scammers and human trafficking weeks ago. Telegram is still hosting it in plain sight.

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Andy GreenbergApr 10
Andy GreenbergApr 9

Join me + actor/author/crypto skeptic Ben McKenzie next week for WIRED's first WIRED@NIGHT live event. We'll talk about his doc "Everyone is Lying to You for Money," crypto, scams...and whether crypto is a scam?

4/16, 6pm, Ace Hotel Brooklyn, tickets:
events.wired.com/at-night/home

Andy GreenbergApr 9

Join me + actor/author/crypto skeptic Ben McKenzie next week for WIRED's first WIRED@NIGHT live event. We'll talk about his doc "Everyone is Lying to You for Money," crypto, scams...and whether crypto is a scam?

4/16, 6pm, Ace Hotel Brooklyn, tickets:
events.wired.com/at-night/home

Andy GreenbergApr 7
As Trump threatens scorched-earth attacks on Iran, a joint advisory from US agencies warns Iran-linked hackers have hit US critical infrastructure: "In a few cases, this activity has resulted in operational disruption and financial loss." https://www.wired.com/story/iran-linked-hackers-are-sabotaging-us-energy-and-water-infrastructure/
Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure

As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure.

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Andy GreenbergApr 1
Show threadAndy GreenbergApr 1
This makes twice in one month that Apple has pushed patches for older versions of iOS in response to a sophisticated iPhone hacking technique in the wild, after backporting patches for iOS 17 devices to protect them from the Coruna iOS hacking toolkit. https://www.wired.com/story/coruna-iphone-hacking-toolkit-us-government/
A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals

A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

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Show threadAndy GreenbergApr 1
This makes twice in one month that Apple has pushed patches for older versions of iOS in response to a sophisticated iPhone hacking technique in the wild, after backporting patches for iOS 17 devices to protect them from the Coruna iOS hacking toolkit. https://www.wired.com/story/coruna-iphone-hacking-toolkit-us-government/
A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals

A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

WIRED
Andy GreenbergApr 1
Two weeks after the DarkSword iOS hacking tool was revealed, Apple is taking the rare step of pushing a security fix to older iOS 18 iPhones rather than just telling users to update to iOS 26, as it had previously done. (Which left millions of iOS 18 users vulnerable.) https://www.wired.com/story/apple-will-push-out-rare-backported-patches-to-protect-ios-18-users-from-darksword-hacking-tool/
Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool

As DarkSword spreads, Apple tells WIRED it will enable iOS 18-specific fixes for millions of iPhone owners who remain on that iOS version rather than force them to update to iOS 26.

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Andy GreenbergMar 20
Feds just took down 4 botnets, including the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets that carried out record-breaking DDOS attacks peaking at 30+ terabits per second, nearly three times the previous record. DOJ says the botnets had hijacked more than three million devices. https://www.wired.com/story/us-takes-down-botnets-used-in-record-breaking-cyberattacks/
US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks

The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had infected more than 3 million devices in total, many inside home networks, according to the US Justice Department.

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