Apple’s new iPhone software comes with a novel security feature that reboots the phone if it’s not unlocked for 72 hours, according to security researchers. Last week, 404 Media reported that law enforcement officers and…
Ahead of the debut of Apple’s private AI cloud next week, dubbed Private Cloud Compute, the technology giant says it will pay security researchers up to $1 million to find vulnerabilities that can compromise the…
Rechargeable batteries are now used everywhere, from smartphones to electric vehicles. They’re convenient and more environmentally friendly, and they’ve come a long way in capacity and performance. But there’s always been a big problem with…
One of the biggest digital supply chain attacks of the year was launched by a little-known company that redirected large numbers of internet users to a network of copycat gambling sites, according to security researchers. …
Techniques drawn from physics The win is already turning heads on social media because it seems unusual that research in a computer science field like machine learning might win a Nobel Prize for physics. “And…
Getty Images Researchers still don’t know the cause of a recently discovered malware infection affecting almost 1.3 million streaming devices running an open source version of Android in almost 200 countries. Security firm Doctor Web…
Scientists at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center have discovered a way to significantly increase the durability and lifespan of rechargeable batteries. In their research paper, which was published in the French journal Joule, they explain how…
A group of hackers linked to the Chinese government used a previously unknown vulnerability in software to target U.S. internet service providers, security researchers have found. The group known as Volt Typhoon was exploiting the…
Malicious hackers can take over control of vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs to spy on their owners using the devices’ cameras and microphones, new research has found. Security researchers Dennis Giese and…
A group of researchers say they have uncovered a series of security flaws in different 5G basebands — essentially processors used by cell phones to connect to mobile networks — which could have allowed hackers…