Talitrix Prison-Monitoring System Tracks Inmates Down to Their Heart Rate
The conditions inside the Fulton County Jail system are dire. Inmates at one of the jails in Atlanta, Georgia, are sleeping on the floor in…
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9 Years After the Mt. Gox Hack, Feds Indict Alleged Culprits
Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference this week included an array of announcements about operating system releases and, of course, the company’s anticipated mixed-reality headset, Vision Pro.…
The Bizarre Reality of Getting Online in North Korea
Over the past decade, there has been an increased number of digital devices in North Korea. Around 50 to 80 percent of adults may now have…
The Bold Plan to Create Cyber 311 Hotlines
The idea for the UT-Austin project emerged from discussions in CISA’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, a group of experts from the private sector, academia, civil society,…
Apple Expands Its On-Device Nudity Detection to Combat CSAM
In December, Apple announced that it was killing a controversial iCloud photo-scanning tool the company had devised to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in…
Hacks Against Ukraine’s Emergency Response Services Rise During Bombings
The internet infrastructure company Cloudflare has offered the free web security service Project Galileo for nearly a decade, giving human rights and public interest organizations…
Inside 4chan’s Top-Secret Moderation Machine
According to the cross-section of bans provided to New York, which were issued in the days after the Buffalo mass shooting, 21 bans were imposed…
AI Is Being Used to ‘Turbocharge’ Scams
Code hidden inside PC motherboards left millions of machines vulnerable to malicious updates, researchers revealed this week. Staff at security firm Eclypsium found code within hundreds…
How AI Protects (and Attacks) Your Inbox
When Aparna Pappu, vice president and general manager of Google Workspace, spoke at Google I/O on May 10, she laid out a vision for artificial…
The Messy US Influence That’s Helping Iranians Stay Online
Digital rights activists working outside the country to support Iran say the US government’s support of circumvention tools has been valuable. “It’s certainly true that…
Kaspersky Says New Zero-Day Malware Hit iPhones—Including Its Own
“The security of iOS, once breached, makes it really challenging to detect these attacks,” says Wardle, who was formerly an NSA staffer. At the same…
Apple’s iOS 16.5 Fixes 3 Security Bugs Already Used in Attacks
Apple, Google, and Microsoft have released major patches this month to fix multiple security flaws already being used in attacks. May was also a critical…