1 in 3 Americans Suffered Severe Online Harassment in 2018
Despite concerted efforts by tech giants to cut back on abhorrent behavior on their platforms, a new survey finds that severe forms […]
Tag: Security
What Happens If Russia Cuts Itself Off From the Internet
The world’s internet infrastructure has no central authority. To keep it working, everyone needs to rely on everyone else. As a result, […]
Don’t Be A “Dumb” Carrier
By next year, it is estimated that there will be 20.4 billion IoT devices, with businesses accounting for roughly 7.6 billion of […]
The Xiaomi M365 Scooter Can Be Hacked to Speed Up or Stop
[embedded content] The fleets of electric scooters that have inundated cities are alarming enough as is. Now add cybersercurity concerns to the […]
Amber Authenticate Protects Video Footage From Deepfakes and Tampering
Video has become an increasingly crucial tool for law enforcement, whether it comes from security cameras, police-worn body cameras, a bystander’s smartphone, […]
Red Hat announces container flaw CVE-2019-5736
Red Hat announced a vulnerability this morning – one that can be exploited if a user runs malicious or modified containers. The […]
Why the US Needs a Strategy for AI
In 1964, concerns about increasing automation led the federal government to establish the National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress. The […]
Cybersecurity Workers Scramble to Fix a Post-Shutdown Mess
Two weeks out from the longest government shutdown in United States history—and with the possibility of another still looming—government employees are still […]
An Apple-Hacking Teen, SIM-Swap Indictments, and More Security News This Week
It’s frankly hard, at the end of this long week, to devote much mental energy to any news that’s not Jeff Bezos […]
Twitter Still Can’t Keep Up With Its Flood of Junk Accounts, Study Finds
Since the world learned of state-sponsored campaigns to spread disinformation on social media and sway the 2016 election, Twitter has scrambled to […]