Security

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:30:22 +0000

At the world’s biggest human-computer interaction conference, researchers threatened by Trump’s travel ban use telepresence robots to bridge the divide.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 19:30:10 +0000

A widespread adware infection hides the ability to inflict far worse than spammy browser tweaks.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 11:00:32 +0000

University of Washington researchers put sensors in 15 ridesharing cars, and uncovered new evidence of how stingrays are being used and how to detect them.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2017 23:24:55 +0000

Vladimir Putin says “patriotic” Russian hackers may meddle in elections, but he’s just creating more noise.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 19:23:40 +0000

It’s not easy keeping billions of devices safe from phishing attacks. Here’s how Google pulls it off.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 17:12:52 +0000

An appellate court puts the final seal on Ulbricht’s life sentence, rejecting arguments about corrupt investigators and the injustice of his harsh sentence.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 00:40:11 +0000

The Pentagon successfully tested its interceptor missile defense against an ICBM, but that doesn’t mean the US is ready for a strike.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 11:00:53 +0000

A new “shadowban” leaves Pokémon Go bot runners stuck in a sea of Pidgeys.