It’s the first of the new year, which means we ought to do something momentous to mark the occasion, like a short piece about telephones. Why so much on telephones lately? I think I’m just a little burned out on … Read more
In February 2019, an Israeli woman sat across from the son of Uganda’s president, and made an audacious pitch — would he want to secretly hack any phone in the world? Lt General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, in charge of his father’s … Read more
Enlarge / A man walks by the building entrance of Israeli cyber company NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert on November 11, 2021, in Sapir, Israel. Amir Levy | Getty Images reader comments 204 with … Read more
The other day I asked myself a seemingly trivial question: What was the first ATAPI CD-ROM drive and when was it available? Given that ATAPI was a major technology which instantly obsoleted all proprietary CD-ROM interfaces and made SCSI much … Read more
An OPSEC violation has once again made a case for why using TikTok should be a punishable offense in the military, this time after someone revealed some US stealth technology testing going on and posted it to the Chinese government-affiliated … Read more
Supply chain cyberattacks have disrupted everyday life and dominated headlines this year. One of the biggest challenges in preventing them is that our digital supply chain is not transparent. If you don’t know what’s hidden in the services and products … Read more
Smithsonian Voices National Museum of Natural History The Secret Lives of Mosquitoes, the World’s Most Hated Insects August 19th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Cypress Hansen
Photo: Wakil Kohsar (Getty Images) Back in July, cybersecurity researcher Bob Diachenko found what seemed to be a leaked FBI watchlist naming the personal details of close to 2 million suspected terrorists. Diachenko quickly filed a report to the Department … Read more
Photo: Matthew Brown (AP) Two lobbyists for Exxon have been caught on tape admitting how the company manipulates politicians and the public. Among the damning admissions are that the company views its advocacy for a carbon tax as little more … Read more
“Knowledge is powerful, be careful how you use it!“ A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools, and more. 📔 What is it? This repository is a collection of various materials and tools that I use … Read more