He Was an FBI Informant—and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists
Listing the Atomwaffen Division and the Order of Nine Angles as a lasting influence, Butcher also disclosed the nature of MKU’s “alliance” with 764, which…
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A $500 Open-Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers
Beaumont describes the RayV Lite as part of a larger trend she calls the “domestication of tooling”: Devices like the ChipWhisperer and HackRF have made…
Can ChatGPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?
Open AI says this data is used to train the AI model and improve its responses, but the terms allow the firm to share your…
A Senate Bill Would Radically Improve Voting Machine Security
Congress is moving closer to putting US election technology under a stricter cybersecurity microscope. Embedded inside this year’s Intelligence Authorization Act, which funds intelligence agencies…
Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics
Long-distance internet cables in France have been cut in an act of sabotage, causing disruption to internet services across the country. This is the second…
How Infostealers Pillaged the World’s Passwords
These platforms take cues in how they are designed and marketed from legitimate information and ecommerce services. Many markets and forums charge a subscription fee…
Stop X’s Grok AI From Training on Your Tweets
The fallout from CrowdStrike’s deleterious software update came into full view this week as system administrators and IT staffers scrambled to get digital systems back…
A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them
KnowBe4, a US-based security vendor, revealed that it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who attempted to load malware into the company’s network. KnowBe4 CEO…
Europe Is Pumping Billions Into New Military Tech
From €142 million to €1 billion ($1.1 billion) a year. The European Commission is pressing the accelerator on investment in weapons and defense technologies. From…
At The 2024 Summer Olympics, AI Is Watching You
“What we’re doing in transforming CCTV cameras into a powerful monitoring tool,” says Matthias Houllier, co-founder of Wintics, one of four French companies that won…
This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations
This is, incidentally, how he plans to fund the operation—the basic version of WebXray will be available to all, but Libert will offer a specialized…
How Russia-Linked Malware Cut Heat to 600 Ukrainian Buildings in Deep Winter
Lvivteploenergo didn’t respond to WIRED’s request for comment, nor did the SBU. Ukraine’s cybersecurity agency, the State Services for Special Communication and Information Protection, declined…