Tag: security

• Blackwater’s Erik Prince Muscles Back Into the Mercenary Business

  August 18, 2025

  Prince has a new guns-for-hire firm to take overseas security jobs the White House doesn’t want to pay for https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/erik-prince-mercenaries-vectus-global-5a166dca more ›

• Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home

  August 9, 2025

  For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and… more ›

• I’m a Black Bouncer. This Is What Nightlife Security Is Really Like. | PUNCH

  July 12, 2025

  As a Black bouncer, this is what nightlife security is really like, and how it’s changed with national conversations about race and policing. https://punchdrink.com/articles/black-bouncer-bar-nightlife-security/?ueid=1f133878b462d1555feb56cb37f5d96b&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=From%20the%20Editor%20-%2007/12/2025&utm_term=From%20the%20Editor more ›

• Europe’s Schengen Border Software Vulnerable to Hacks, Audit Says

  July 3, 2025

  An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software and security vulnerabilities, according to emails and confidential… more ›

• Two-Factor Authentication Codes Take Insecure Path to Users

  June 17, 2025

  An investigation into the complexity of the global telecom system shows weaknesses in the transmission of secret codes sent via SMS. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-16/two-factor-authentication-codes-take-insecure-path-to-users?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDA3MjI1NywiZXhwIjoxNzUwNjc3MDU3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWFkzV1dEV0xVNjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJENTY5QzIyNzE4NUM0NkM4OTgxMjBGMUI2QTBFNDIwQSJ9.DVIEfSgG1GrhW7bcbImfrZ2LeYhkmPbTC9SlfwmVe-g&leadSource=uverify%20wall more ›

• Tensions of Modernity: Privilege, Precarity, and Colonial Nostalgia among European Security Contractors in East Africa

  May 31, 2025

  Private security work can be a brutal world of short-term contracts, exploitation, and under-regulation, where the imperative of profit is expected to trump collective notions of military brotherhood. Why then… more ›

• It’s Surprisingly Easy to Jailbreak LLM-Driven Robots

  November 15, 2024

  AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and other applications powered by large language models (LLMs) have exploded in popularity, leading a number of companies to explore LLM-driven robots. However, a new… more ›

• Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing

  August 15, 2021

  Part of it is the sheer hassle of repeatedly identifying objects — traffic lights, staircases, palm trees and buses — just so I can finish a web search. I also… more ›

• Security researcher hacks AirTag; modifies NFC URL for Lost Mode

  May 10, 2021

  A security researcher was successful in hacking the AirTag by reverse-engineering its microcontroller. This is apparently the first time an AirTag was hacked or, say, “Jailbroken”. https://the8-bit.com/airtags-hacked-for-first-time/ more ›

• U.S. Intelligence Report Warns of Global Consequences of Social Fragmentation

  April 11, 2021

  A previous version of the report, released by the Obama administration, highlighted the risk of a pandemic and the vast economic disruption it could cause — a prescient prediction in… more ›