cybersecurity

Life

How a North Korean Remote Worker Got Hired by a US Cybersecurity Firm

07.26.24

By Sammi Caramela
Tech

‘Windows for Gamers’ Rolls Dice With Your Security

05.08.23

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Much-Hyped Water Plant Hack Wasn’t a Hack, Was Actually User Error, Official Says

04.12.23

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Smart Garage Company Fixes Vulnerability by Breaking Customers’ Devices

04.07.23

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Academics Say Bots Keep Targeting Their Research on LGBTQ Health

02.15.23

By Nick Keppler
Tech

‘NO’: Grad Students Analyze, Hack, and Remove Under-Desk Surveillance Devices Designed to Track Them

12.02.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

US Government Says There’s No Reason to Worry About Election Hacking

10.05.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Cybercriminals Leak LA School Data After It Refuses to Ransom

10.03.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

How Ransomware Is Causing Chaos in American Schools

10.03.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

This Is the ‘GrayKey 2.0,’ the Tool Cops Use to Hack Phones

09.30.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

FBI Arrests Former NSA Employee For Trying to Sell Top Secret Documents

09.29.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Sony Reintroduced a PS4 Bug on PS5 Which Could Have Led to a Jailbreak

09.22.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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Tech

Scientists Are One Step Closer to Identifying a Gravity Particle

Confirming the existence of gravitons would be a massive leap toward integrating gravity into the standard model of particle physics.

09.10.24

By Luis Prada
Raygun of Australia breaks during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by CAROLINE BLUMBERG/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock.

Life

Breakdancer ‘Raygun’ Now Ranks #1 Worldwide, Despite Olympics Controversy

The World DanceSport Federation, or WDSF, put Raygun at the top of its rankings, and it’s been a controversial move, to say the least.

09.10.24

By Luis Prada
Photo by Sean Champ Smith

Tech

YouTube Reduces Recommendations of Fitness Videos for Teens

Other new options let parents monitor their kids’ activity and receive notifications about uploads.

09.10.24

By Luis Prada
Sean Combs arriving at the Costume Institute Benefit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2017. Photo by Marechal Aurore/ABACA/Shutterstock.

News

Diddy Ordered to Pay $100 Million Sexual Assault Judgment After Missing Court Hearing

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been ordered to pay $10 million a month beginning on October 1.

09.10.24

By Paige Gawley
Photo by Maciej Kulczynski/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

News

Peru Seizes Box of Endangered Frogs Used as ‘The Viagra of the Incas’

Trafficking a Lake Titicaca frog is punishable by a fine up to $14,500.

09.10.24

By Luis Prada