Let Slip the Robot Dogs of War
Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000
The United States and China appear locked in a race to weaponize four-legged robots for military applications.
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A Guide to RCS, Why Apple’s Adopting It, and How It Makes Texting Better
Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 12:30:00 +0000
The messaging standard promises better security and cooler features than plain old SMS. Android has had it for years, but now iPhones are getting it too.
Read moreUkrainian Sailors Are Using Telegram to Avoid Being Tricked Into Smuggling Oil for Russia
Credit to Author: Nathaniel Peutherer| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Contract seafarers in Ukraine are turning to online whisper networks to keep themselves from being hired into Russia’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet.
Read moreRansomware Attacks Are Getting Worse
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: US lawmakers have nothing to say about an Israeli influence campaign aimed at US voters, a former LA Dodgers owner wants to fix the internet, and more.
Read moreMedical-Targeted Ransomware Is Breaking Records After Change Healthcare’s $22M Payout
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future counted 44 health-care-related incidents in the month after Change Healthcare’s payment came to light—the most it’s ever seen in a single month.
Read moreUS Leaders Dodge Questions About Israel’s Influence Campaign
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:13:26 +0000
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has joined US intelligence officials in ignoring repeated inquiries about Israel’s “malign” efforts to covertly influence US voters.
Read moreRansomware Is ‘More Brutal’ Than Ever in 2024
Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:01:49 +0000
As the fight against ransomware slogs on, security experts warn of a potential escalation to “real-world violence.” But recent police crackdowns are successfully disrupting the cybercriminal ecosystem.
Read moreApple Is Coming for Your Password Manager
Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A media executive is charged in an alleged money-laundering scheme, a ransomware attack disrupts care at London hospitals, and Google’s former CEO has a secretive drone project up his sleeve.
Read moreMicrosoft Will Switch Off Recall by Default After Security Backlash
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:11:00 +0000
After weeks of withering criticism and exposed security flaws, Microsoft has vastly scaled back its ambitions for Recall, its AI-enabled silent recording feature, and added new privacy features.
Read moreMicrosoft’s Recall Feature Is Even More Hackable Than You Thought
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:42:44 +0000
A new discovery that the AI-enabled feature’s historical data can be accessed even by hackers without administrator privileges only contributes to the growing sense that the feature is a “dumpster fire.”
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