The US Navy Has Run Out of Pants
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…
Category: Wired
When War Came to Their Country, They Built a Map
Over time, Deep State has added more advanced features and quirks to the map. A toolbar in the bottom-left corner offers the option to enable…
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 US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws
At the 2023 Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas, prominent AI tech companies partnered with algorithmic integrity and transparency groups to sic thousands of attendees…
An AWS Configuration Issue Could Expose Thousands of Web Apps
A vulnerability related to Amazon Web Service’s traffic-routing service known as Application Load Balancer could have been exploited by an attacker to bypass access controls…
The Pentagon Is Planning a Drone ‘Hellscape’ to Defend Taiwan
The report adds that the US defense industrial based may not be “ currently capable of producing the quantities of drones needed for a war…
Geofence Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional—but That’s Not the End of It
The 2024 US presidential election is entering its final stretch, which means state-backed hackers are slipping out of the shadows to meddle in their own…
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…
Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App
Google’s flagship Pixel smartphone line touts security as a centerpiece feature, offering guaranteed software updates for seven years and running stock Android that’s meant to…
A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says
When Donald Trump’s presidential campaign publicly stated last week that it had been successfully targeted by Iranian hackers, the news may have initially seemed like…
Your Gym Locker May Be Hackable
Thousands of electronic lockers found in gyms, offices, and schools could be vulnerable to attacks by criminals using cheap hacking tools to access administrator keys,…
Want to Win a Bike Race? Hack Your Rival’s Wireless Shifters
Exactly how the patch will be deployed to customers isn’t quite clear either. The company writes that “riders can perform a firmware update on the…