Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000
The widespread use of mines has left Ukrainians scrambling to find ways to clear the explosives. New efforts to develop mine-clearing technology may help them push back Russia’s invading forces.
Read more
Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: State-backed hackers test out generative AI, the US takes down a major Russian military botnet, and 100 hospitals in Romania go offline amid a major ransomware attack.
Read more
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 20:30:55 +0000
A surprise disclosure of a national security threat by the House Intelligence chair was part of an effort to block legislation that aimed to limit cops and spies from buying Americans’ private data.
Read more
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:05:42 +0000
Prominent advocates for the rights of pregnant people are urging members of Congress to support legislation that would ban warrantless access to sensitive data as the White House fights against it.
Read more
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says.
Read more
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:15:40 +0000
Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance program, worrying members devoted to reforming Section 702.
Read more
Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:34:34 +0000
New research finds that Israel’s attacks on Gaza damaged hospitals and other medical facilities at the same rate as other buildings, potentially in violation of international law.
Read more
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: China’s Volt Typhoon hackers lurked in US systems for years, the Biden administration’s crackdown on spyware vendors ramps up, and a new pro-Beijing disinformation campaign gets exposed.
Read more
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:55:08 +0000
In a test at one station, Transport for London used a computer vision system to try and detect crime and weapons, people falling on the tracks, and fare dodgers, documents obtained by WIRED show.
Read more
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000
After a slowdown in payments to ransomware gangs in 2022, last year saw total ransom payouts jump to their highest level yet, according to a new report from crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis.
Read more