How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers

A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ ...
Natchez Democrat

Cybersecurity firm to assess county computer systems in Natchez with help of Homeland Security

Citing rising cyber threats and recent ransomware incidents in Mississippi, county supervisors approve free Homeland Security-backed risk review of their computer systems.

Perplexity AI Browser Flaw Could Let Calendar Invites Access Local Files

Researchers say a vulnerability in Perplexity’s Comet AI browser could expose local files and credentials through malicious ...
Computer Weekly

Zero-day in Android phone chips under active attack

Google and Qualcomm have tag-teamed a serious vulnerability in the chipsets used in Android mobile devices, which has been ...

Cisco warns of max severity Secure FMC flaws giving root access

Cisco has released security updates to patch two maximum-severity vulnerabilities in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software.

All the Ways Big Tech Fuels ICE and CBP

A WIRED analysis shows that ICE and CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, ...
Computer Weekly

CrowdStrike touts agentic SOC to tackle security woes

By embedding AI agents across its platform, CrowdStrike is looking to help security teams automate repetitive security tasks, ...
Security Boulevard

The Verification Imperative: How One Framework Is Reshaping Trust in Financial Code

The software that moves money, processes trades, and manages accounts is among the most scrutinized code on earth. Yet even in highly regulated financial ...

Your Car Tire Pressure Sensors Pose An Unexpected Privacy Threat, Study Finds

Who would've thought that the humble and not-very-high-tech tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) would be identified as vulnerability gateway?

Hacker mass-mails HungerRush extortion emails to restaurant patrons

Customers of restaurants using the HungerRush point-of-sale (POS) platform say they received emails from a threat actor attempting to extort the company, warning that restaurant and customer data ...

Perplexity launches 'Computer' AI agent that coordinates 19 models, priced at $200 a month

Perplexity launches Computer, a $200-per-month AI agent that orchestrates 19 models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google — ...