U.S. agencies warn AI-generated exploit scripts target Siemens S7 PLCs, with exposed, outdated devices at risk across ...

DEF CON 34 opens August 6-9, 2026, in Las Vegas as autonomous AI hacking agents shift from novelty to standard competition weapon -- the AI Village's debut HALctf competition formalizes autonomous ...

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents want to know what's in your phone—and they won't take no for an answer. Courts have long held that border cops don't have to respect the Fourth Amendment ...

More than 24,000 internet-exposed servers are leaking authentication password hashes due to a 20-year-old vulnerability in their Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) interface. For at least a third ...

A federal magistrate judge in Atlanta held an evidentiary hearing on July 20, 2026, to examine whether evidence from a 2025 airport phone search should be thrown out in the case against Samuel Tunick.

Sam Tunick allegedly gave federal agents a fake ‘duress password’ at the airport. Sam Tunick allegedly gave federal agents a fake ‘duress password’ at the airport. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s ...

The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media ...

A new study shows that the Argon2id password hashing algorithm dramatically increases the cost of offline password cracking by neutralizing much of the advantage offered by modern GPUs. The study by ...

MLB had allowed teams to add some custom applications to their dugout iPads, but the league has reversed course and banned those apps due to concerns that live data was feeding AI-powered programs, ...