GPS is vulnerable to jamming—here’s how we might fix it
In September 2025, a Widerøe Airlines flight was trying to land in Vardø, Norway, which sits in the country’s far eastern arm, some 40 miles from the Russian coast. The cloud deck was low, and…
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OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks
Even as OpenAI works to harden its Atlas AI browser against cyberattacks, the company admits that prompt injections, a type of attack that manipulates AI agents to follow malicious instructions often hidden in web pages…
Hundreds of Cisco customers are vulnerable to new Chinese hacking campaign, researchers say
On Wednesday, Cisco revealed that a group of Chinese government-backed hackers is exploiting a vulnerability to target its enterprise customers who use some of the company’s most popular products. Cisco has not said how many…
These routers are vulnerable to hackers: Update urgently now!
Modern routers are considered secure access points to the internet, but are also repeatedly exploited for attacks. Hackers can take over routers, for example, to create a bot network unnoticed and use it to carry…
Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”
A prominent US senator has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for “gross cybersecurity negligence,” citing the company’s continued use of an obsolete and vulnerable form of encryption that Windows uses by…
Password managers vulnerable: 40 million users at risk of stolen data
IT and security experts have long recommended using password managers to keep your login data safe and in one place. They’re generally considered reliable and secure, but a common vulnerability has now been discovered in…
DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower
A top Social Security Administration official turned whistleblower says members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded hundreds of millions of Social Security records to a vulnerable cloud server, putting the personal…
6 Windows settings I change to make my PC less vulnerable to hackers
A decent antivirus program and VPN are a great first line of defense against hackers. But if you haven’t tweaked certain Windows settings, you could still be leaving back doors open for malicious actors to…
Hundreds of Gigabyte motherboards vulnerable to Secure Boot attack
Crack open your desktop PC for a second. No rush, I’ll wait. Are you looking in there? Good. Do you see a Gigabyte motherboard? Okay, now peek under the CPU cooler. I’ll wait again. Okay,…
The Fortnite saga shows Apple at its pettiest–and most vulnerable
Just when you think Apple’s long-running dispute with Epic Games is finally over, someone manages to find a way to spin it out even longer. There’s always time for one more lawsuit, one more appeal,…