Security

Starting Today, the Entire U.S./Mexico Border Is Drone-Patrolled

Yesterday, there were three Predator drones keeping watch over the Southwest Border; today, with the launch of a fourth Predator, in Texas, the entire border between the United States and Mexico is patrolled by drones. Pardon, patrolled by Robot-Americans. [DHS]

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert

Logitech Alert Security Camera Review: Surveillance Can Be Fun

The Logitech Alert motion-detecting security systems are pretty high quality cameras—15FPS/720p wide-angle lens—and convenient—they’re powered and networked over your home’s electrical system. I don’t want to be a security guard, but monitoring my own house is now fun. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-alert-security-cameras-keep-watch-from-anywhe-5602794 The Price $300 for the 750i indoor version, $350 for the 750e weather-proof outdoor version with…

Reviews Jason Chen

I Guess You Can Throw Yourself Into The Airport X-Ray Instead Of Walking Through The Metal Detector

Why jumping onto the conveyor belt for an x-ray would cross anyone’s mind is beyond me. If you’re trying to prove that you’re not carrying metal, you’ve succeeded. But you’ve also proved that you’re crazy enough to be a terrorist. And of course the cynic in me is sad that this could be fake. But…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

Microsoft: Script Kiddies And Hackers Accidentally Send Us Their Code All The Time

It’s not unusual for hackers and script kiddies to crash their Windows systems while trying to write a malicious code. It’s apparently also not unusual for them to send that malicious code right along to Microsoft when prompted. According to Microsoft senior security architect Rocky Heckman, when a “hacker’s system crashes in Windows, as with…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Navy Lost Control of Drone Over D.C. Due To “Software Issue”

Oh, here’s something. You know those “drones” that are supposed to be the “future of warfare.” A software malfunction caused the Navy to lose control of one for half an hour earlier this month, letting it joyride over Washington D.C. The charmingly named, 31-foot-long MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing unmanned aerial vehicle was…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert

America’s Most Dangerous Computer Security Breach Was Caused By a Flash Drive

In 2008, a foreign intelligence agency slipped a flash drive into a U.S. military computer, sneaking malicious code onto classified military networks: “A rogue program operating silently, poised to deliver operational plans into the hands of an unknown adversary.” Gulp. That’s how Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III described the incident in an article…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert

Tired of Malware Attacks? Move to Africa, the Safest Web Region

Despite the masses of negative publicity heaped on the continent by the famed Nigerian spam industry, Africa is actually one of the world’s safest places to go online in—featuring seven of the ten nations least attacked by malware. Virus-checker company AVG surveyed 127 million computers in 144 countries and calculated the average rate of attacks—with…

Privacy & Security Gary Cutlack

Why Won’t Russia Bust Its Hackers?

In November, 2009, U.S. authorities identified BadB, one of the internet’s most ingenious financial criminals, as 27-year-old Moscow resident Vladislav Horohorin. He was recently arrested in France. But why did Russian authorities let him operate freely in the meantime? NYT sketches out a few popular theories among security experts as to why, generally, Russia has…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert

25 Websites Hooters Won’t Let You Ogle

For reasons I’ll get into at a later date, Matt, Barrett and I are currently working from a Hooters in midtown Manhattan with free Wi-Fi. Here are 25 sites their content filter will not let us access. maxim.com fleshbot.com collegehumor.com playboy.com thesmokingjacket.com erowid.org fhm.com thebeergoggler.com egotastic.com funnyordie.com thefrisky.com youtube.com nerve.com last.fm 2girls1cup.com vimeo.com urlesque.com myspace.com…

Privacy & Security Adam Frucci

Apple May Use Heartbeat, Voice, Face, and Behavior Analysis to Detect Unauthorized iPhone Users

Apple new patent application describes methods that may enable the iPhone and iPad to “sense” the user, detecting voice prints, faces, activity patterns and even heartbeats. If unauthorized use is detected, many security measures could be activated. https://gizmodo.com/apple-wants-your-heartbeat-to-unlock-your-iphone-5532586 If the iOS device detects that the user is not authorized, it can start taking photos and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Can You Really Open A Padlock With A Bullet?

There’s something thrilling about the movie scenes in which the hero is forced to shoot open a lock in order to rescue his leading lady, but how realistic is that whole gag? The answer may surprise you. Popular Mechanics decided to put four different padlocks to the test by shooting them with a rifle from…

Privacy & Security Rosa Golijan

Virus-Busting Chips! Why Intel Paid Billions for McAfee.

The news of Intel’s very expensive McAfee purchase raises one obvious question: why is security software worth over $7 billion to a chip maker? Intel has been short on specifics, but it’s becoming clear that virus-killing silicon is coming. Computer security with hardware roots isn’t new for Intel, but it’s stuck in last-gen tech that…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Intel Grabbing McAfee for $7.7 Billion

Intel is set to acquire venerable security firm McAfee for a whopping $7.7 billion. Intel claims the deal will lead to safer computing through security measures that integrate their hardware, rather than a strictly-software approach. [Business Insider]

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Thirty-Year-Old Encryption Formula Can Resist Quantum-Computing Attacks That Defeat All Common Codes

The core advantage of quantum computing — the ability to compute for many possible outcomes at the same time and therefore crunch data much more quickly than classical computers — also creates a problem for data security. Once the first high-powered quantum computers are functioning, they’ll be able to quickly saw through many of our…

Privacy & Security Adam Harris

What It’s Like To Suddenly See Your Bank Account at Negative $900,000 Thanks to PayPal

This morning, 24-year-old web developer Derek Lanphier started seeing fraudulent charges on his PayPal account, adding up to about $3,000. Then, moments later, his bank account balance was at -$888,871.91. As he says, “I pooped myself a little.” Lanphier, who works for marketing company PopLabs, was clearly the victim of an big time phish—he suspects…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert

iPhone Spy USB Stick Slurps Up Deleted Data from Any iPhone

Here’s an unsettling product: the iPhone Spy Stick. It’s a USB stick that, when plugged into an iPhone, can recover all sorts of info that you thought you deleted. Everything from texts to photos to internet history is accessible by this bad boy. Just take a look: Recover and view deleted: * Text messages *…

Tech News Adam Frucci

X-Ray Security Scans Go Interactive

Airport security staff can spend their entire day staring at two-dimensional, static X-ray scans. Soon, however, they may be able to interact with these images, rotating a scanned object on the screen and even analysing its chemical composition. It can be difficult to identify objects from the 2D images generated by X-ray scanners, says Paul…

Privacy & Security Duncan Graham-Rowe - NewScientist

The Top Ten Most Dangerous Things You Can Do Online

Researchers at Internet security service provider CyberDefender looked at some of the most dangerous things you can do online and explained how to protect yourself if you’re not quite ready to give up things like Internet porn completely. Checking the “Keep me signed in” box on public PCs How to protect yourself: NEVER, ever, check…

Privacy & Security Achal Khetarpal - CyberDefender

Your Greasy Fingers Are Giving Up Your Android Passcode

We’d seen this for ourselves earlier this year, but now it’s been proven by science: grease marks, touchscreens and swiped passcodes do not a secure Android phone make. https://gizmodo.com/swipe-gesture-passwords-maybe-arent-such-a-good-idea-5474130 In “Smudge Attacks on Smartphone Touch Screens”—which must have been more fun to name than to write—University of Pennsylvania researchers tested how easily passwords could be…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Mailbox-Housed Drone Delivers Adorably Secured Perimeters

Would I rather a security drone that blasts laser rockets? Who wouldn’t! But one that makes its home in a little mailbox-shaped house ain’t half bad either. That’s the joy of the Scandicraft, which automatically leaves its station when there’s a perimeter breach to shoot live video (and just air out a little bit, you…

Privacy & Security Brian Barrett

Starting Today, the Entire U.S./Mexico Border Is Drone-Patrolled

Logitech Alert Security Camera Review: Surveillance Can Be Fun

I Guess You Can Throw Yourself Into The Airport X-Ray Instead Of Walking Through The Metal Detector

Microsoft: Script Kiddies And Hackers Accidentally Send Us Their Code All The Time

Navy Lost Control of Drone Over D.C. Due To “Software Issue”

America’s Most Dangerous Computer Security Breach Was Caused By a Flash Drive

Tired of Malware Attacks? Move to Africa, the Safest Web Region

Why Won’t Russia Bust Its Hackers?

25 Websites Hooters Won’t Let You Ogle

Apple May Use Heartbeat, Voice, Face, and Behavior Analysis to Detect Unauthorized iPhone Users

Can You Really Open A Padlock With A Bullet?

Virus-Busting Chips! Why Intel Paid Billions for McAfee.

Intel Grabbing McAfee for $7.7 Billion

Thirty-Year-Old Encryption Formula Can Resist Quantum-Computing Attacks That Defeat All Common Codes

What It’s Like To Suddenly See Your Bank Account at Negative $900,000 Thanks to PayPal

iPhone Spy USB Stick Slurps Up Deleted Data from Any iPhone

X-Ray Security Scans Go Interactive

The Top Ten Most Dangerous Things You Can Do Online

Your Greasy Fingers Are Giving Up Your Android Passcode

Mailbox-Housed Drone Delivers Adorably Secured Perimeters

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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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