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Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports

Strike One

Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports

Caroline Haskins

The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws

Go Team

The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws

Lily Hay Newman

An AWS Configuration Issue Could Expose Thousands of Web Apps

Mutual Aid

An AWS Configuration Issue Could Expose Thousands of Web Apps

Lily Hay Newman

The Pentagon Is Planning a Drone ‘Hellscape’ to Defend Taiwan

Robot Wars

The Pentagon Is Planning a Drone ‘Hellscape’ to Defend Taiwan

Jared Keller

Geofence Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional—but That’s Not the End of It

security roundup

Geofence Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional—but That’s Not the End of It

Andrew Couts

The Slow-Burn Nightmare of the National Public Data Breach

Social Insecurity

The Slow-Burn Nightmare of the National Public Data Breach

Lily Hay Newman

Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App

Sneak Attack

Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App

Lily Hay Newman

A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says

Bipartisan Phish

A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says

Andy Greenberg

Your Gym Locker May Be Hackable

Open Sesame

Your Gym Locker May Be Hackable

Matt Burgess

Want to Win a Bike Race? Hack Your Rival’s Wireless Shifters

Geared Up

Want to Win a Bike Race? Hack Your Rival’s Wireless Shifters

Andy Greenberg

Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All

Hiding Out

Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All

Matt Burgess

The Hacker Who Hunts Video Game Speedrunning Cheaters

Quick Work

The Hacker Who Hunts Video Game Speedrunning Cheaters

Andy Greenberg

Apple Prototypes and Corporate Secrets Are for Sale Online—If You Know Where to Look

Buy Now

Apple Prototypes and Corporate Secrets Are for Sale Online—If You Know Where to Look

Lily Hay Newman

Google Researchers Found Nearly a Dozen Flaws in Popular Qualcomm Software for Mobile GPUs

Graphic Warning

Google Researchers Found Nearly a Dozen Flaws in Popular Qualcomm Software for Mobile GPUs

Lily Hay Newman

ATM Software Flaws Left Piles of Cash for Anyone Who Knew to Look

Make It Rain

ATM Software Flaws Left Piles of Cash for Anyone Who Knew to Look

Lily Hay Newman

‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

Bad to the Bone

‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

Andy Greenberg

How Hackers Extracted the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ to Clone HID Keycards

You Got Picked

How Hackers Extracted the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ to Clone HID Keycards

Andy Greenberg

Computer Crash Reports Are an Untapped Hacker Gold Mine

Downtime

Computer Crash Reports Are an Untapped Hacker Gold Mine

Lily Hay Newman

Tricky Web Timing Attacks Are Getting Easier to Use—and Abuse

Nick of Time

Tricky Web Timing Attacks Are Getting Easier to Use—and Abuse

Lily Hay Newman

Microsoft’s AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine

Inside Out

Microsoft’s AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine

Matt Burgess