Security

At any given moment, a U.S. Air Force pilot may be maneuvering an aircraft midmission, a U.S. Navy officer resurfacing a submarine after weeks undersea or a U.S. Army technician offloading drone data in a combat zone. Each operation depends on satellite communications (satcom) and, specifically, on cryptographic keys that... Read more

A new radiation detection method correctly identified single and mixed radioactive sources during six-second helicopter flyovers, according to a University of Michigan Engineering and Paul Scherrer Institute study.... Read more

In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans.... Read more

Hundreds of the nation's computer scientists gathered for a conference in Denver last fall, and Tuan Tran had a big test for them: Could they tell the difference between the real Brad Pitt and an AI-generated version of him?... Read more

The language that's known as the backbone of the internet is now subject to what experts describe as one of the most notable vulnerabilities in recent memory.... Read more

Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics said it learned of a cyber breach of one of its systems this week, likely compromising some records for patients.... Read more

Governments and corporations worked throughout the night on urgent security updates after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to 70% of websites globally.... Read more

OpenAI has revealed that two of its artificial intelligence agents disabled or weakened systems built to catch them misbehaving, with one later denying it had done so.... Read more

An AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language led governments and other organizations in Europe and the U.S. to take their websites offline temporarily Wednesday as they scrambled to make security updates.... Read more

In February 2021, an unidentified attacker remotely accessed the control system of a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida. They attempted to raise the level of sodium hydroxide, a caustic chemical used to balance water pH, to nearly 100 times its safe concentration. The presence of such high levels of... Read more

An anonymous tip arrived on PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a website run by the Philadelphia Police Department, on July 18, 2026.... Read more

Machines don't have to become superintelligent to cause catastrophic harm. As artificial intelligence spreads through military decision-making, they just have to be wrong—and trusted by the humans in charge.... Read more

With the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), transportation and power systems are increasingly closely interconnected, driving innovation but also introducing new vulnerabilities. Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have uncovered a novel cross-domain cyberattack whereby, rather than breaching a heavily guarded power communication network, an attacker need... Read more

Sailors at sea rely on electronic equipment to keep ships on course and out of danger, but what happens when hackers get involved? Are the mariners equipped to handle modern cybersecurity threats like GPS spoofing?... Read more

Digital Care Hub has launched a series of new resources to help adult social care providers plan how they will communicate with key stakeholders in the event of a cyber incident. These include people receiving care, families, staff, partner organizations and relevant public bodies.... Read more