An Amazing (Illegal) Plan to Defeat Terrorist Drone Attacks
Black Sage Technologies’ track-and-jam system guards against airborne attacks on sporting events and other large-crowd gatherings. Just one hitch: US law.Source: https://www.wired.com
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Security News This Week: The Latest Netflix Release Is a Personal Security Check-Up
Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention.Source: https://www.wired.com
Using VX Nerve Agent to Kill Kim Jong Nam Crossed a “Red Line”
The apparent assassination of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother sets off alarms for chemical weapons experts.Source: https://www.wired.com
Cloudflare Bug “Cloudbleed” May Have Leaked Data From Millions of Sites
One of the biggest internet infrastructure companies leaked sensitive data for up to five months.Source: https://www.wired.com
Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Shows You How to Go Invisible Online
Want to become invisible online? Start with your emails.Source: https://www.wired.com
SHA-1 Hashing Turns Out To Be Even Less Secure Than People Thought
NIST has been warning about vulnerabilities in its SHA-1 cryptographic hash function for years, but some services still use it and the threats are growing.Source: https://www.wired.com
Google’s Perspective API Opens Up Its Troll-Fighting AI
Google subsidiary Jigsaw is now offering developers access to an API for its AI-based detector for abusive comments.Source: https://www.wired.com