The US CBP confirms implementing software to verify e-passports in June 2022, nearly 16 years after the US started issuing passports with RFID chips
until now. Story by @lilyhnewman https://www.wired.com/...
A look at the Rust programming language after 12 years, evolving from side project to robust ecosystem, as developers praise its security, ease, and performance
Rust makes it impossible to introduce some of the most common security vulnerabilities. And its adoption can't come soon enough. Tweets: @nathanielmott Tweets: Nathaniel Mott / @nathanielmott : You s...
Google researchers detail “Half-Double”, a new Rowhammer attack technique they say will be difficult to mitigate as future generations of DRAM chips get smaller
A full fix for the “Half-Double” technique will require rethinking how memory semiconductors are designed. Tweets: @ucsdjacobs , @gadgetlab , and @wired Tweets: UCSD Engineering / @ucsdjacobs : As chi...
Interviews with three women working at NSA and Cyber Command highlight the progress made in gender equality in recent years and the work that still remains
WIRED spoke with three women working in cybersecurity in the US intelligence committee about the progress of recent years and the work that remains. Tweets: @lilyhnewman , @k8em0 , @zackwhittaker , @t...
A look at Facebook's “Red Team X”, an internal hacking team founded in 2020, which probes 3rd-party tech Facebook uses for hardware and software vulnerabilities
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Tweets: @johnjhacking , @gadgetlab , @lilyhnewman , and @ajxchapman Tweets: John Jackson / @johnjhacking : Jealous. This is what I need to be doing for a living. https://www...
A look at Facebook's “Red Team X”, an internal hacking team founded in 2020, which probes 3rd-party tech Facebook uses for hardware and software vulnerabilities
The internal hacking team has spent the last year looking for vulnerabilities in the products the company uses … Tweets: @johnjhacking , @gadgetlab , @lilyhnewman , and @jenmartinez Tweets: John Jacks...
Profile of Maddie Stone, who leads Google's Project Zero team that studies and neuters actively exploited Android malware
The Project Zero reverse engineer shuts down some of the world's most dangerous exploits—along with antiquated hacker stereotypes. — EVEN WITH A knee injury, Maddie Stone is formidable. Tweets: @how...
Election tech giant ES&S and security firm Synack partner to let security professionals, vetted by Synack, conduct penetration testing on some ES&S products
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Tweets: @synack , @weems , @lilyhnewman , and @caseyjohnellis Tweets: @synack : “By throwing [@essvote's new model of electronic poll book] to the wolves, ES&S can learn abo...
Internet security group Shadowserver receives $600K over 3 years from Trend Micro and a $400K donation from Internet Society, says it can now operate into 2021
Ten weeks ago, Shadowserver's main source of funding dried up. Now, it's back on level footing. Tweets: @internetsociety , @wired , and @shadowserver Tweets: @internetsociety : We are delighted to su...
Researchers discuss ShinyHunters, a hacking group that is hawking what it claims is ~200M stolen records on the dark web since May 1 from at least 13 companies
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Tweets: @teachemtechy and @lilyhnewman Tweets: Techy / @teachemtechy : I was featured giving some commentary on ShinyHunters, who is following a similar playbook to gnosticp...