The United States Defense Department has ideas about a dramatic strategy for defending Taiwan against a Chinese military offensive that would involve deploying an “unmanned hellscape" consisting of thousands of drones buzzing around the island nation. Meanwhile, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a red-team hacking competition …
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Read More »Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports
Thousands of people lined up outside Citi Field in Queens, New York, on Wednesday to watch the Mets face off with the Orioles. But outside the ticketing booth, a handful of protesters handed out flyers. They were there to protest a recent Major League Baseball program, one that’s increasingly common …
Read More »The Slow-Burn Nightmare of the National Public Data Breach
Data breaches are a seemingly endless scourge with no simple answer, but the breach in recent months of the background-check service National Public Data illustrates just how dangerous and intractable they have become. And after four months of ambiguity, the situation is only now beginning to come into focus with …
Read More »Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All
If you know where to look, plenty of secrets can be found online. Since the fall of 2021, independent security researcher Bill Demirkapi has been building ways to tap into huge data sources, which are often overlooked by researchers, to find masses of security problems. This includes automatically finding developer …
Read More »Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes
In a famous scene from the 1992 movie Sneakers, a hacker classic, the main characters park a surveillance van across the street from their target's office and point a telephoto lens through his window—only to find that their view of his computer keyboard is blocked by the surprise entrance of …
Read More »Inside the Dark World of Doxing for Profit
Since the early 1990s, people have used doxing as a toxic way to strike digital revenge—stripping away someone’s anonymity by unmasking their identity online. But in recent years, the poisonous practice has taken on new life, with people being doxed and extorted for cryptocurrency and, in the most extreme cases, …
Read More »The Controversial Kids Online Safety Act Faces an Uncertain Future
After passing the Senate nearly unanimously last week, the future of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) appears uncertain. Congress is now on a six-week recess, and reporting from Punchbowl News indicates that the House Republican leadership may not prioritize bringing the bill to the floor for a vote when …
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If it seems like there’s suddenly a whole lot more data breaches, you may be right. Part of this apparent spike is thanks to the growing popularity of infostealer malware. These types of malicious software are increasingly being used by cybercriminals to scoop up as many login credentials and other …
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