Security News

DeepLocker: When malware turns artificial intelligence into a weapon
2018-08-08 12:18

In the future, your face could become the trigger for the execution of malware.

Google Won't Use Artificial Intelligence for Weapons
2018-06-07 20:26

Google announced Thursday it would not use artificial intelligence for weapons or to "cause or directly facilitate injury to people," as it unveiled a set of principles for these technologies. read more

Facebook as an Election Weapon, From Obama to Trump
2018-03-23 19:20

The use of Facebook data to target voters has triggered global outrage with the Cambridge Analytica scandal. But the concept is nothing new: Barack Obama made extensive use of the social network...

Reverse Engineering the Cuban Sonic Weapon
2018-03-22 14:43

Interesting analysis and speculation....

Russian Scientists Arrested for Using Nuclear Weapon Facility to Mine Bitcoins
2018-02-10 12:03

Two days ago when infosec bods claimed to have uncovered what's believed to be the first case of a SCADA network (a water utility) infected with cryptocurrency-mining malware, a batch of...

Kremlin's New Cyber Weapons Spark Fears and Fantasies
2017-12-18 16:07

From Donald Trump's election to Brexit and the Catalan crisis, accusations that the Kremlin is meddling in Western domestic affairs have heightened fears over Russian hackers, trolls and...

Vault 8: WikiLeaks starts releasing source code of alleged CIA cyber weapons
2017-11-10 19:29

WikiLeaks is starting a new series of leaks, dubbed Vault 8, containing source code and materials allegedly stolen from the CIA. The Vault 8 leaks will ostensibly cover “source code and analysis...

Russia Raises Tensions in Baltic Region With Testing of Cyber Weapons
2017-10-06 02:15

"Russia has opened a new battlefront with NATO," claims the Wall Street Journal. "Russia may have tested cyber warfare on Latvia," says Reuters. These are two reports about two separate incidents...

Tech Leaders Warn Against "Pandora's Box" of Robotic Weapons (Security Week)
2017-08-21 14:23

Elon Musk is leading demands for a global ban on killer robots, warning technological advances could revolutionise warfare and create new "weapons of terror" that target innocent people. read more