Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub
It’s getting harder to access popular adult sites in the US South. On Wednesday, Pornhub’s owner, Aylo, kicked off the new year by blocking three more states that implemented age…
Final Reminder: Donate today to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
If you’ve been too busy reading about giant old TVs to take part in this year’s Ars Technica Charity Drive sweepstakes, don’t worry. You still have a little bit of…
AI-generated phishing emails are getting very good at targeting executives
Corporate executives are being hit with an influx of hyper-personalized phishing scams generated by artificial intelligence bots, as the fast-developing technology makes advanced cyber crime easier. Leading companies such as…
Severe Security Flaws Patched in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API
Details have emerged about three now-patched security vulnerabilities in Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API that could result in data exposure. The flaws, discovered by Melbourne-based cybersecurity company Stratus…
Health Giant Ascension Informs 5.6 Million Patients Their Sensitive Data Was Compromised 6 Months Ago
Another day, another major privacy scandal we’ll likely do nothing about. Health care giant Ascension — which owns 140 hospitals and assisted living facilities — says that a May cyberattack…
Inside the hands-on lab of an experimental archaeologist
Back in 2019, we told you about an intriguing experiment to test a famous anthropological legend about an elderly Inuit man in the 1950s who fashioned a knife out of…
Cross-Domain Attacks: A Growing Threat to Modern Security and How to Combat Them
In the past year, cross-domain attacks have gained prominence as an emerging tactic among adversaries. These operations exploit weak points across multiple domains – including endpoints, identity systems and cloud…
Three Russian-German Nationals Charged with Espionage for Russian Secret Service
German prosecutors have charged three Russian-German nationals for acting as secret service agents for Russia. The individuals, named Dieter S., Alexander J., and Alex D., have been accused of working…
Malicious Obfuscated NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that masquerades as a library for detecting vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts but, in reality, drops an open-source…
And We’re Off! The Public Domain Game Jam Starts Today
It’s a new year, and that means new works are entering the public domain, and that means it’s time for the latest installment of our public domain game jam, Gaming…