Tag Archives: Policy
What a “converged battlefield” means to the future of air… I mean, joint warfare
Enlarge / A three-ship flight of F-22 Raptors. As one of the US Air Force’s most sophisticated fighters, it might see combat in the future not against insurgencies, but against technologically sophisticated adversaries like China or Russia. Stocktrek Images / Getty Images reader comments 122 with 61 posters participating Share this story With the war… Read More »
More than 100,000 people have had their eyes scanned for free cryptocurrency
Enlarge / People in Chile with Worldcoin’s “Orb” iris scanner. reader comments 127 with 78 posters participating, including story author Share this story More than 100,000 people have had their eyes scanned in return for a cryptocurrency called Worldcoin, as a project to distribute digital money more widely around the world accelerates. Worldcoin has distributed… Read More »
“Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 458 with 221 posters participating Share this story This is the story of the mastermind behind one of the largest “fake news” operations in the US. For two years, he ran websites and Facebook groups that spread bogus stories, conspiracy theories, and propaganda. Under him was a dedicated… Read More »
Russia arrests cybersecurity expert on treason charge
Enlarge / KAZAN, RUSSIA – JULY 9, 2020: Group-IB CEO and founder Ilya Sachkov speaks during a panel discussion with representatives of the IT industry at Innopolis’ Popov Technopark. Dmitry Astakhov | Getty Images reader comments 126 with 75 posters participating Share this story The founder of one of Russia’s largest cybersecurity companies has been… Read More »
NBC demanded that YouTube TV bundle Peacock or lose access to NBC channels
Enlarge / A giant peacock in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Getty Images | NBC reader comments 89 with 65 posters participating, including story author Share this story NBCUniversal recently asked YouTube TV to bundle Peacock, the NBC streaming service that has apparently failed to get many paying subscribers. The Comcast-owned… Read More »
He escaped the Dark Web’s biggest bust. Now he’s back
Enlarge / DeSnake is back, with big promises about keeping AlphaBay up and running this time. Illustration: Elena Lacey | Getty Images reader comments 35 with 30 posters participating Share this story Just over four years ago, the US Department of Justice announced the takedown of AlphaBay, the biggest dark web market bust in history.… Read More »
A new app helps Iranians hide messages in plain sight
Enlarge / An anti-government graffiti that reads in Farsi “Death to the dictator” is sprayed at a wall north of Tehran on September 30, 2009. Getty Images reader comments 49 with 38 posters participating Share this story Amid ever-increasing government Internet control, surveillance, and censorship in Iran, a new Android app aims to give Iranians… Read More »
Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals
reader comments 46 with 37 posters participating Share this story Telegram has exploded as a hub for cybercriminals looking to buy, sell, and share stolen data and hacking tools, new research shows, as the messaging app emerges as an alternative to the dark web. An investigation by cyber intelligence group Cyberint, together with the Financial… Read More »
President Biden to host infosec roundtable with tech giant CEOs
Enlarge / If there’s any single photo that better encapsulates the state of enterprise information security in 2021, we weren’t able to find it. reader comments 54 with 43 posters participating, including story author Share this story Unnamed sources told Bloomberg that the White House will host a meeting between President Joe Biden and some of… Read More »