Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images Hacker vs. machine at DEF CON: Thousands of security researchers vie to outsmart AI in Las Vegas The first-of-its-kind hacking contest will challenge security researchers to infiltrate and potentially compromise AI chatbots. Aug 10, 2023 By Elias Groll
The Microsoft logo is visible through a grid of its French headquarters on Jan. 25, 2023 in Issy-les-Moulineaux. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) Can a White House initiative compel tech companies to write safer code? Software liability reform is a centerpiece of the Biden's recent national cybersecurity strategy. Implementing it will be a challenge. Mar 31, 2023 By Elias Groll
Getty Images Car hackers discover vulnerabilities that could let them hijack millions of vehicles Security researchers spent months diving into vehicles and found multiple vulnerabilities impacting everything from safety to personal data. Jan 6, 2023 By Christian Vasquez
Co-Founder at Patreon Jack Conte. (Photo by Ismael Quintanilla/Getty Images for SXSW) Patreon security team layoffs cause backlash in creator community A former Patreon employee told CyberScoop that after the layoffs "there are no qualified security personnel" at the company. Sep 9, 2022 By Tonya Riley
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco speaks during the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Police Executives Forum on May 6, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger-Pool/Getty Images) DOJ changes to CFAA guidance are overhyped, lawyers say The Department of Justice's guidance on when and how to charge defendants for violating CFAA remains ambiguous, lawyers say. Jun 7, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
The Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) DOJ revises computer fraud prosecution standards to ease off ‘good-faith’ research The policy revision instructs prosecutors not to target good-faith security research under the historically fraught law. May 19, 2022
(Getty Images) New details emerge on prolific Conti-linked cybercrime group Google's Threat Analysis Group is calling the hackers Exotic Lily, and it says they employed relatively novel tactics. Mar 17, 2022
Ethernet cables are seen running from the back of a wireless router in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2019. (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Sandworm-linked botnet has another piece of hardware in its sights The CyclopsBlink malware is now targeting internet routers from hardware maker ASUS, Trend Micro researchers said. Mar 17, 2022 By Joe Warminsky
Getty Images Researchers show how to tamper with medication in popular infusion pumps using software flaws The research illustrates the challenge of securing devices conceived decades ago from 21st-century digital threats. Aug 24, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) Mozi botnet gets stealthier in infecting Huawei network gateways and other gear Botnets are hard to sink, Part Infinity. Aug 20, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas