A New Attack Reveals Everything You Type With 95 Percent Accuracy
Of course, generative AI tools are the talk of the security industry this year. And Microsoft is no exception. In fact, since 2018, the company…
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GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
You’ve heard the advice for years: Turn on two-factor authentication everywhere it’s offered. It’s long been clear that using only a username and password to…
Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time Nobody Got Sued
In early August of 2008, almost exactly 15 years ago, the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas was hit with one of the worst scandals…
Leaked Yandex Code Breaks Open the Creepy Black Box of Online Advertising
The code also shows how Yandex can combine data from multiple services. McCrea says in one complex process, an adult’s search data may be pulled…
Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating
In September last year, a scandal blew up the world of high-stakes, livestreamed poker: In a hand at Las Vegas’ Hustler Live Casino, which broadcast…
Panasonic Warns That IoT Malware Attack Cycles Are Accelerating
Internet-of-things devices have been plagued by security issues and unfixed vulnerabilities for more than a decade, fueling botnets, facilitating government surveillance, and exposing institutional networks…
A Clever Honeypot Tricked Hackers Into Revealing Their Secrets
Plenty of people tried to access the system. Over the past three years, it has captured 21 million login attempts, with more than 2,600 successful…
How to Remove Your Info From Google With the ‘Results About You’ Tool
In 2022, Google launched the “Results about you” tool to help people remove personal info from the company’s search results. With billions of searches happening…
New ‘Downfall’ Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips
Intel is releasing fixes for a processor vulnerability that affects many models of its chips going back to 2015, including some that are currently sold,…
What Doctors Wish You Knew About HIPAA and Data Security
A former Department of Homeland Security adviser and a doctor, Chris Pierson is CEO of BlackCloak, a company that specializes in personal digital protection from…
The Mystery of Chernobyl’s Post-Invasion Radiation Spikes
When Russian troops seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last year, following the invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky called it “a declaration…
Microsoft’s AI Red Team Has Already Made the Case for Itself
For most people, the idea of using artificial intelligence tools in daily life—or even just messing around with them—has only become mainstream in recent months,…