The AI ethics nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology are launching a series of contests to get more people probing for problems in generative AI systems.
Amazon has updated its instructions for how customers should more securely implement AWS's traffic-routing service known as Application Load Balancer, but it's not clear everyone will get the memo.
Social Security numbers, physical addresses, and moreβall available online. After months of confusion, leaked information from a background-check firm underscores the long-term risks of data breaches.
A fix is coming, but data analytics giant Palantir says itβs ditching Android devices altogether because Googleβs response to the vulnerability has been troubling.
APT42, which is believed to work for Iranβs Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeted about a dozen people associated with both Trumpβs and Bidenβs campaigns this spring, according to Googleβs Threat Analysis Group.
Six vulnerabilities in ATM-maker Diebold Nixdorfβs popular Vynamic Security Suite could have been exploited to control ATMs using βrelatively simplistic attacks.β
Researchers warn that a bug in AMDβs chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computerβand that it has persisted in the companyβs processors for decades.
A team of researchers have developed a method for extracting authentication keys out of HID encoders, which could allow hackers to clone the types of keycards used to secure offices and other areas worldwide.
One hacker solved the CrowdStrike outage mystery with simple crash reports, illustrating the wealth of detail about potential bugs and vulnerabilities those key documents hold.
The Smishing Triad network sends up to 100,000 scam texts per day globally. One of those messages went to Grant Smith, who infiltrated their systems and exposed them to US authorities.
Hacker Samy Kamkar is debuting his own open source version of a laser microphoneβa spy tool that can invisibly pick up the sounds inside your home through a window, and even the text youβre typing.
A researcher found a vulnerability that would let hackers strategically downgrade a targetβs Windows version to reexpose patched vulnerabilities. Microsoft is working on fixes for the issue.
As digital threats against US water, food, health care, and other vital sectors loom large, a new project called UnDisruptable27 aims to help fix cybersecurity weaknesses where other efforts have failed.
Experts say the βnonsensicalβ policy proposal, which largely aligns with Donald Trumpβs agenda, would weaken the US agency tasked with protecting election integrity, critical infrastructure, and more.
Plus: Meta pays $1.4 million in a historic privacy settlement, Microsoft blames a cyberattack for a major Azure outage, and an artist creates a face recognition system to reveal your NYPD βcoppelganger.β