It's been just two months since researcher Karsten Nohl demonstrated an attack he called BadUSB to a standing-room-only crowd at the Black Hat security conference...Wired From ACM News | October 2, 2014
Whistleblower Edward Snowden claims the U.S. National Security Agency is developing an autonomous cyberdefense system.Wired News From ACM TechNews | August 15, 2014
Def Con is one of the world's biggest hacker conventions, an annual gathering of security experts, cryptographers and at least a few people who could surreptitiously...Wired From ACM Careers | August 8, 2014
At this week’s Black Hat security conference, security researchers will present a new proof-of-concept malware that exploits a fundamental flaw in the USB format...Wired News From ACM TechNews | August 4, 2014
Sockpuppetry—using false identities for deception—is centuries old, but the advent of the web has made creating sockpuppets, and falling for their tricks, easier...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 30, 2014
Hackers have long used malware to enslave armies of unwitting PCs, but security researchers Rob Ragan and Oscar Salazar had a different thought: Why steal computing...Wired From ACM News | July 24, 2014
Washington DC-area residents with a hankering for lion meat lost a valuable source of the (yes, legal) delicacy last year when a restaurant called the Serbian Crown...Wired From ACM Careers | July 11, 2014
A study of tools used by law enforcment and intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance on computer and mobile phone users revealed a wide range of functions. ...Wired News From ACM TechNews | June 30, 2014
Newly developed software uses video from wearable devices such as Google Glass and smartwatches to read PIN codes typed onto an iPad from almost 10 feet away.Wired News From ACM TechNews | June 25, 2014
Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement...Wired From ACM News | June 24, 2014
Google is putting its considerable weight behind an open source technology that’s already one of the hottest new ideas in the world of cloud computing.Wired From ACM News | June 13, 2014
The B-52 bomber, one of the great stalwarts of America's military arsenal, is getting its first major communications system upgrade since the Kennedy administration...Wired From ACM News | May 23, 2014