Blockchain What the Coincheck hack means for the future of blockchain security Half a billion dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency was stolen—that’s gotten people’s attention. by Mike Orcutt 2018-02-01T12:05:00-05:00
Computing Hackers Could Blow Up Factories Using Smartphone Apps Researchers have found worrying security holes in apps companies use to control industrial processes. by Martin Giles 2018-01-11T08:00:00-05:00
Computing At Least Three Billion Computer Chips Have the Spectre Security Hole Companies are rushing out software fixes for Chipmageddon. by Martin Giles 2018-01-05T15:07:00-05:00
Silicon Valley A History of Yahoo Hacks The company’s huge billion-user security breach is the latest in a very long line. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-12-15T11:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Hardware Hacks Are Cool Again, and Software Stands to Gain by Walter Frick 2012-10-01T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Lithium-Ion Battery Inside the power source for portable electronics and electric vehicles. by Kevin Bullis 2012-06-19T00:00:00-04:00
View Why LinkedIn's Password Leak Endangers Security Across The Web Hackers can now access the many sites on which we used the same password as LinkedIn. by Christopher Mims 2012-06-06T13:10:00-04:00
View Gmail's Security Hole Could Lead to Mass Harvesting of Accounts Hackers could automate a social engineering trick that has already been proven to work. by Christopher Mims 2012-05-20T00:35:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines The Next Wave of Botnets Could Descend from the Skies Researchers are developing hacking drones that could build a wireless botnet or track someone via cell phone. by Robert Lemos 2011-09-07T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Heat from Fingertips Could Help ATM Hackers An infrared camera could record which keys you pressed. by Robert Lemos 2011-08-30T00:00:00-04:00