Security AI Complex adversarial attacks can force generative AI services to bypass security filters and limitations The right text strings can push chatbots to break the law or teach people how to create bombs By Alfonso Maruccia, May 9, 2024, 12:44 PM
Security International cybercrime taskforce places $10 million bounty on the head of LockBit leader The Russian hacker profited more than $100 million in ransom from US and European firm By Cal Jeffrey, May 9, 2024, 10:34 AM
Security Electronics Bluetooth snooping tech lets Texas cops monitor devices at borders Even Bluetooth can be used by Big Brother against you By Zo Ahmed, May 8, 2024, 11:32 AM
Security The Web Ransomware criminals use children's phone numbers to coerce payments from parents "A psychological attack against the victim" By Rob Thubron, May 7, 2024, 2:40 PM
Tech Culture Security Economic desperation drives 500,000 Argentinians to Sam Altman's Worldcoin crypto project Would you trade your biometric data for $50 of crypto? By Rob Thubron, May 7, 2024, 8:41 AM 12 comments
Security The Web Negating all VPNs may have been possible since 2002 All operating systems except Android are vulnerable, and the only foolproof mitigation is Linux-only By Daniel Sims, May 7, 2024, 7:38 AM 12 comments
Gaming Security League of Legends receives controversial Vanguard anti-cheat, Windows 11 now requires TPM 2.0 Riot denies reports of bricked PCs and clarifies its anti-cheat strategy By Daniel Sims, May 6, 2024, 8:37 PM 15 comments
Security FBI and NCA spoofed Lockbit's seized site for some reason Some guess law enforcement is poking fun at the group, but the bigger burn is how fast LockBit got up and running again By Cal Jeffrey, May 6, 2024, 5:59 PM
Security Microsoft Microsoft's 'Zero Trust DNS' could finally rid Windows of widespread DNS vulnerabilities A much-needed boost to Windows cybersecurity By Zo Ahmed, May 6, 2024, 3:17 PM 12 comments
Security Tech Culture German police hail takedown of Europe's "largest" call center scam network in operation Pandora Ringleaders traded their headsets for handcuffs By Zo Ahmed, May 6, 2024, 6:55 AM
Microsoft Security For Microsoft, it's now security first and everything else second – just ask Satya The security overhaul follows criticisms of Microsoft "inadequate" past security practices By Zo Ahmed, May 5, 2024, 10:40 AM 11 comments
Security Google Google says passkeys are now used by over 400 million accounts, and over a billion sign-ins Passkeys are more popular and feature-rich than ever By Alfonso Maruccia, May 3, 2024, 4:49 PM
Security The Web Cybercrime doesn't pay: REvil hacker receives 13-year prison sentence and $16 million fine He played a part in extorting $700 million from more than 2,500 victims By Rob Thubron, May 3, 2024, 5:19 AM 19 comments
Security Hardware Nvidia RTX 4090 can crack complex 8-character passwords in minutes The Nvidia A100 can do it even faster By Kishalaya Kundu, May 2, 2024, 9:59 AM 14 comments
The Web Security Amazon S3 bucket with placeholder-like name leads to $1,300 in charges Facepalm: Amazon S3 buckets, part of the Amazon Web Services infrastructure, are great for storing and managing huge amounts of data at scale, but they can also become a financial and security risk if used with poor default configurations. Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, May 2, 2024, 9:02 AM
Software Security Devious "Brokewell" trojan masquerades as Chrome browser update to steal your banking data Brokewell could make you broke if it gains control of your device By Zo Ahmed, May 1, 2024, 12:04 PM
Security Google Google flexes security muscle, says it stopped 2.2 million rogue apps from hitting Play Store in 2023 A couple of crypto scammers also received some legal treatment By Zo Ahmed, May 1, 2024, 6:53 AM
Mobile Industry FCC slaps top telecom companies with $200 million in fines for selling user location data AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint continued to sell data even after warnings By Zo Ahmed, April 30, 2024, 7:43 AM 8 comments
The Web Security UK becomes first country to outlaw easily guessable default passwords on connected devices Companies that ignore the law face a $12.5 million fine By Rob Thubron, April 30, 2024, 5:19 AM 8 comments
Security The Web WordPress plugin vulnerability poses severe security risk, allows for site takeovers Millions of exploitation attempts were detected in under a month By Alfonso Maruccia, April 29, 2024, 9:54 AM
Security Software Millions of devices still vulnerable to abandoned USB worm, continues to spread globally Researchers suspect Chinese state-sponsored hackers are responsible By Zo Ahmed, April 29, 2024, 8:45 AM
Hardware Security FTC distributes $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers from privacy settlement The commission is distributing over 117,000 PayPal payments to eligible Ring owners By Zo Ahmed, April 28, 2024, 11:40 AM 10 comments
Car Tech Security US investigators link Tesla Autopilot to dozens of deaths and almost 1,000 crashes Driver inattentiveness and misunderstanding of Autopilot systems are primary causes By Daniel Sims, April 27, 2024, 9:23 AM 27 comments
Security AI Police arrest high school athletic director for deepfaking principal's voice The move was allegedly retaliation for being let go By Cal Jeffrey, April 26, 2024, 4:17 PM 7 comments
Security Mobile Nearly all Chinese keyboard apps have encryption flaws, exposing millions of users to keylogging iOS and Huawei apps found to be safe, but others could allow passive snooping By Daniel Sims, April 26, 2024, 7:39 AM