Security

Weird Revolving Doors Like These Could Save Your Life Someday

Doors are some seriously ancient tech but they have this problem where they can only keep people out if they’re closed. This bizarre but clever take on the “revolving door” by a company called Barbecan, on the other hand, aims to get you inside, but simultaenously keep any ne’er-do-wells out. Specifically ne’er-do-wells with bombs and…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

Watch Out: Your New Year’s Midnight Delivery Messages on Facebook Aren’t Private (Updated)

You know how Facebook added that Facebook Stories feature that lets you automatically spam all your “friends” with automatic “Happy New Year” inanities? Well, beware because they aren’t private, thanks to a security cock-up. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-spam-everyone-you-know-a-happy-new-year-messag-5971360 On the off-chance your queued messages contain something sensitive, you might want to go in there and scrub the dirty—er,…

Social Media Eric Limer

Oh God, Here Come the Private Security Drones

It was inevitable. Drones are in ever-wider use by the military, and some day they might deliver you food, but it looks like they’ll also be the private, flying-camera spies for private companies too. That’s what Japanese security company Secom is banking on with its new private security quadrotor. https://gizmodo.com/the-tacocopters-are-coming-for-real-5939895 Billed as the first security…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

How You Can Save Snapchat Videos Forever After You’ve Watched Them

Snapchat, the sexting app of choice recently cloned by Facebook, might not be as private as you think. BuzzFeed reports that video files sent using the app are actually not deleted from the phone immediately—meaning they can be copied onto a computer and watched over and over. https://gizmodo.com/poke-facebook-just-cloned-snapchat-update-hands-on-5970590 BuzzFeed describes the simple process required to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Hacker Leaks 300,000 Verizon Customer Records and Claims to Have Millions More (Updated)

Sometimes it seems like no one’s keeping your data safe; this is one of those times. A hacker just leaked 300,000 Verizon customer records, and that’s only a sample of the 3 million he claims to have gotten in his little raid. The hacker, who goes by TibitXimer, told ZDNet about his exploits this evening,…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

A virus that reprograms your pacemaker to deliver an electric shock

What’s likely to become a health threat you never expected next year? 4Chan griefers could actually deliver death or injury from the safety of their forums with a virus designed to infect medical devices. Many of these devices, such as pacemakers, can be reprogrammed wirelessly. And that means bad guys could reprogram your pacemaker (or…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Your Amazon Account Might Be Getting Scammed with False Replacement Orders and You Can’t Do Anything About It

When our dear friend Mat Honan got hacked earlier this year, it was because of gaping security flaws in Apple and Amazon’s customer service systems. It hasn’t been fixed. Amazon’s customer service has another security flaw and it’s being exploited to hijack Amazon accounts and snag false replacement orders. And the scammers don’t even need…

Commerce Casey Chan

Credit Card Skimmers Aren’t Just at ATMs Anymore

It used to be that you only had to be paranoid about credit card skimmers when using an ATM. But times have changed, and the bad guys have gotten so sophisticated that they’ve now created realistic but fake point of sale terminals that even print an authentic looking receipt while they’re collecting your credit card…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski

Accomplished Celebrity Email Hacker Gets Ten Years in Prison

Christopher Chaney has a pretty impressive list of hacks under his belt. He managed to break into the digital lives of such stars as Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Christina Aguilera, and others. But Chaney’s fun is over now, and for the next decade; he’s just been sentenced to ten years in prison for his shenanigans.…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

The Extremely Paranoid Can Slip This Ultra-Thin Bug Detector In Their Wallets

If you’re prone to participating in unscrupulous activities that might have law enforcement wanting to monitor your conversations, you can stay one step ahead with this ultra-thin bug detector that’s easy to keep on your person at all times. At less than a third of an inch thick it can be even slipped inside a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

How Old Are Your Passwords?

We all know that one of the biggest parts of keeping your accounts secure is not only using strong passwords, but also changing them frequently. But who really does that? How old are the passwords you’ve got in rotation? Is there one in particular that sticks out as ancient? One to pass on to the…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

Ads in Internet Explorer Could Be Tracking Your Mouse

If you still use Internet Explorer, there’s more to worry about than a crappy browsing experience. Microsoft has confirmed that it’s looking in to a “mouse tracking” flaw which affects IE 6 through 10. The security problem was identified by a group called Spider.io earlier this week. It claims that versions 6 through 10 of…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

This Mega-Password Cracker Laughs at Your Puny Old Algorithms

It doesn’t matter what your super-unguessable password is. The arms race between the security and hacker communities has produced a devastating new device capable of tearing through lesser password encryption protocols in as little as six minutes. In the days before the AES and SHA-256 security protocols, Microsoft systems relied on the LM (LAN Manager)…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Amazon’s Silk Browser Can Be Hacked to Provide Free Grid Computing

Cloud computing is big business. Companies and individual users rent bandwidth from large cloud services to perform all manner of tasks, from hosting small websites to churning through large, computing-intensive tasks like modelling new drug compounds. But what if you could gain access to all that computing power for free? It turns out that you…

Commerce Hal Hodson - New Scientist

The Hardware Hackers Use to Crack Your Passwords

We often write about the ingenious new tricks developed by hackers to penetrate security systems, but rarely do we see how they go about their work. Here’s the kit they use to crack your password. At a recent security conference, called Passwords^12, researcher Jeremi Gosney showed off the kind of rig that hackers use to…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

BlackBlackerry 10 Won’t Let You Use These 106 Incredibly Dumb Passwords

BlackBerrys used to be known for bulletproof security: the go-to device for business because you could guarantee it’d stay locked down and secure. Even if no one really wants a BlackBerry anymore, RIM’s carrying on in that vein. BlackBerry 10 will stop you being an idiot, and using a whole load of dumb passwords. There…

Privacy & Security Sam Gibbs - Gizmodo UK

Researchers Find SMS Vulnerability in Twitter

Twitter users who have taken the time to set up Tweeting-by-SMS are putting themselves at risk of attacks where anybody can post to their account, according to a team of security researchers. The security flaw allows attackers to post to a user’s Twitter account with just the knowledge of the mobile number associated with the…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

The Scooby Doo Picture Frame Gag Gets a High-Tech Spying Twist

Are there any here among us who didn’t watch Scooby Doo as a kid, see a villain spying (with blinking eyes) behind a picture on the wall, and secretly wish we could do that? We may never be allowed to carve holes in our walls, but we can still make that dream come true. Mark…

Privacy & Security Brent Rose

Hacked Keycard System Brings String of Hotel Break-Ins

Earlier this year a team of researchers announced that it was possible to hack the keycard systems used in millions of hotel rooms using $50 worth of parts. Now a recent spate of hotel break-ins is being attributed to the attack. https://gizmodo.com/millions-of-hotel-room-locks-have-a-glaring-security-fl-5935808 Forbes reports that a string of hotel room thefts in Houston have been…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Are Cash Traps the New Card Skimmers?

There’s no shortage of ingenious card skimmers out on the streets to part you from your cash. But there might be a new, more direct breed of scam in town: a simple cash trap. https://gizmodo.com/you-cant-even-see-the-latest-atm-card-skimmers-5928513 Krebs on Security is reporting that a number of security experts are reporting a dramatic rise in the use of…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Weird Revolving Doors Like These Could Save Your Life Someday

Watch Out: Your New Year’s Midnight Delivery Messages on Facebook Aren’t Private (Updated)

Oh God, Here Come the Private Security Drones

How You Can Save Snapchat Videos Forever After You’ve Watched Them

Hacker Leaks 300,000 Verizon Customer Records and Claims to Have Millions More (Updated)

A virus that reprograms your pacemaker to deliver an electric shock

Your Amazon Account Might Be Getting Scammed with False Replacement Orders and You Can’t Do Anything About It

Credit Card Skimmers Aren’t Just at ATMs Anymore

Accomplished Celebrity Email Hacker Gets Ten Years in Prison

The Extremely Paranoid Can Slip This Ultra-Thin Bug Detector In Their Wallets

How Old Are Your Passwords?

Ads in Internet Explorer Could Be Tracking Your Mouse

This Mega-Password Cracker Laughs at Your Puny Old Algorithms

Amazon’s Silk Browser Can Be Hacked to Provide Free Grid Computing

The Hardware Hackers Use to Crack Your Passwords

BlackBlackerry 10 Won’t Let You Use These 106 Incredibly Dumb Passwords

Researchers Find SMS Vulnerability in Twitter

The Scooby Doo Picture Frame Gag Gets a High-Tech Spying Twist

Hacked Keycard System Brings String of Hotel Break-Ins

Are Cash Traps the New Card Skimmers?

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

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Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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