Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz
In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has developed an asymmetrical naval strategy that is crippling the passage of container ships. This “hemostat” uses guerrilla tactics,…
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Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
Cramming for finals is bad enough without the platform you use to do your schoolwork suddenly shutting down. Unfortunately for countless students across the US,…
Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink
In late March, Russian company Bureau 1440 brought into low orbit the first 16 broadband internet satellites of the new Rassvet constellation, already dubbed by…
The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle
Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a cyberattack against a single software…
How to Disable Google’s Gemini in Chrome
If you use Google’s Chrome browser for desktop, there’s probably a Gemini Nano AI model running on your computer right now and taking up about…
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
As AI increasingly takes over the work of modern programmers, the cybersecurity world has warned that automated coding tools are sure to introduce a new…
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Meta is beefing up its age-verification mechanisms with an AI system that analyzes images and videos on Instagram and Facebook for “visual cues,” such as…
Hackers Hate AI Slop Even More Than You Do
The complaint sounds familiar. “I’m disappointed that you are working to incorporate AI garbage into the site,” one annoyed person, posting anonymously, said in an…
DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts
The Department of Homeland Security tried to obtain a Canadian man’s location information, activity logs, and other identifying information from Google after he criticized the…
Disneyland Now Uses Face Recognition on Visitors
A gunman attempted to enter the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, last weekend, while President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other…
Dangerous New Linux Exploit Gives Attackers Root Access to Countless Computers
Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as…
OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Advanced’ Security Mode for At-Risk Accounts
For anyone who fears their ChatGPT and Codex accounts might be targeted by attackers, OpenAI announced on Thursday that it is adding an optional new…