Hackers are using a devious new trick to infect your devices
Hackers have long used lookalike domain names to trick people into visiting malicious websites, but now the threat posed by this tactic could be about to ramp up significantly. That’s…
AI Cameras Are Being Deployed to Hold UK Drivers Responsible for Littering
Artificial Intelligence cameras are being installed in the United Kingdom to combat the ongoing littering problem on the region’s highways. The UK government is rolling out the cameras in a…
A new WordPress bug may have left 2 million sites vulnerable
A flaw in two WordPress custom plug-ins leaves users vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), according to a recent report. Patchstack researcher Rafie Muhammad recently discovered an XSS flaw in…
Uber’s Ex-Security Chief Leaves Court With No Jail Time for Covering Up Massive Hack
Update 05/05/23: Late on Thursday, federal judge William Orrick declared Uber’s former head of cybersecurity Joseph Sullivan would suffer no prison time for covering up a massive security breach at…
These New Yorkers Want to Stop Landlords From Using Facial Recognition
Brooklyn resident Fabian Rogers knew he had to act in 2018 when his penny-pinching landlord suddenly attempted to install a facial recognition camera in the entrance of a rent-stabilized building…
Google Rolls Out Passkeys to (Eventually) Kill Passwords
Google has announced what it calls the “beginning of the end” for passwords, rolling out a new security mechanism that it says will ultimately come to replace PWs in the…
No, 1Password wasn’t hacked – here’s what really happened
Password managers have been struggling with security breaches in recent months, with LastPass suffering a particularly bad hack as a notable example. So when 1Password users got an alert last…
Palestinians Subject to ‘Omnipresent’ Facial Recognition, Amnesty Report Finds
The Israeli military is increasingly deploying experimental new facial recognition software to monitor Palestinians and “supercharge segregation” in the West Bank, according to a new Amnesty International report released Tuesday.…
Hackers Leaked Minneapolis Students’ Psychological Reports, Allegations of Abuse
After hacking the Minneapolis public school system in March, a ransomware gang proceeded this week to leak students’ personal information to the web. Included in the tranche were the usual…
Secondhand routers may be a serious security concern
Security researchers have publicly revealed findings in a study that uncovered that more than half of the enterprise routers sold secondhand to online resellers, such as eBay, had not been…