UK launches JCNSS inquiry into undersea cable vulnerabilities amid rising cybersecurity concerns
UK launches JCNSS inquiry into undersea cable vulnerabilities amid rising cybersecurity concerns from hostile states.
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DHS Disbands Cyber Safety Review Board, Ending One of CISA’s Few Bright Spots
The Trump administration has disbanded the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), ending one of the few bright spots at CISA.
The Journalist Who Tracked Epstein Island Visitors’ Phones (with Dhruv Mehrotra)
This week Joseph talks to Dhruv Mehrotra, a journalist and technologist at Bloomberg. Before that, Dhruv was at WIRED, where you probably saw a ton of his interesting work. Dhruv sits in a very unusual space in journalism: he is able to both write technical tools to dig through data, or collect information, or really…
Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores
Trump’s proposed 2027 budget would almost double the budget for plutonium pits, the chemical filled metal sphere inside a nuclear warhead that kicks off the explosion in a nuclear weapon. The same budget would slash almost $400 million from nuclear environmental cleanup. The budget request follows a leaked National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) memo calling…
U.S. Coast Guard Issues Landmark Cybersecurity Rule to Protect Maritime Infrastructure
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a final rule on January 17 establishing minimum cybersecurity requirements for U.S.-flagged vessels and other regulated facilities. The landmark rule aims to strengthen the…
AI Slop Is Breaking the Internet as We Know It (404 Media Live at SXSW)
We’re excited to share audio and video of our panel at SXSW, where Jason, Sam, and our friend Brian Merchant of Blood in the Machine discuss how AI slop has taken over the internet, how it is a brute-force attack against the algorithms that control what we see on social media, and what we can…
Cyber Security Market Revenue to Soar to Revenue to Soar to US$ 608.3 bn by 2033, North America holds 36.8% share
By 2033, the Cyber Security Market is expected to reach USD 608.3 billion, up from USD 215.9 billion in 2024, driven by a steady 12.2% CAGR.
Kohler’s Smart Toilet Camera Not Actually End-to-End Encrypted
Home goods company Kohler would like a bold look in your toilet to take some photos. It’s OK, though, the company has promised that all the data it collects on your “waste” will be “end-to-end encrypted.” However, a deeper look into the company’s claim by technologist Simon Fondrie-Teitler revealed that Kohler seems to have no…
Malicious npm packages target Ethereum developers’ private keys
Twenty malicious packages impersonating the Hardhat development environment used by Ethereum developers are targeting private keys and other sensitive data. […]
I Replaced My Friends With AI Because They Won’t Play Tarkov With Me
It’s a long standing joke among my friends and family that nothing that happens in the liminal week between Christmas and New Years is considered a sin. With that in mind, I spent the bulk of my holiday break playing Escape From Tarkov. I tried, and failed, to get my friends to play it with…