Pete welcomes international security expert Eran Fine to share his insights on the latest advancements in cybersecurity for device-level technologies. Eran discusses the fast-growing number of device-level cyberattacks that affect a wide range of industries…
A brief history of Wi-Fi security protocols from…
Enlarge / Netgear's RAX-120 router. NetgearThanks to upcoming developments in Wi-Fi, all of us connectivity-heads out there can look forward to getting familiar with new 802.11 protocols in the near future. Ars took a deep look at…
Sprint steps up fight against AT&T’s “fake 5G”…
Enlarge / Screenshot from an AT&T commercial. Sprint is warning customers not to be fooled by AT&T's "fake 5G" claims. One month after suing AT&T, Sprint took out a full-page ad in the Sunday New…
Three men cop to $21 million vishing and…
Three Romanian citizens have pleaded guilty to carrying out a scheme that used recorded messages and cellphone texts to trick thousands of people into revealing their social security numbers and bank account information, federal authorities…
A world of hurt after GoDaddy, Apple, and…
A major operational error by GoDaddy, Apple, and Google has resulted in the issuance of at least 1 million browser-trusted digital certificates that don’t comply with binding industry mandates. The number of non-compliant certificates may…
“Yelp, but for MAGA” turns red over security…
Enlarge / 63red Safe... wasn't. A new application from the "conservative news" site 63red, called 63Red Safe, is advertised as a sort of "Green Book" for the MAGA set. It lets users rate local businesses…
The “splinternet” is already here
Keith Wright is a Villanova School of Business instructor of Accounting and Information Systems, founder of Simplicity On-Demand LLC and former Senior Vice President for Global Sales Operations for SAP. There is no question that…
Tiny claws let drones perch like birds and…
Drones are useful in countless ways, but that usefulness is often limited by the time they can stay in the air. Shouldn’t drones be able to take a load off too? With these special claws…