Feds tell automakers to forget about paying fuel economy fines
Automakers selling cars in the United States now have even less incentive to care about fuel economy. As Ars has noted before, the current administration and its Republican allies in…
Hackers Exploit Apache HTTP Server Flaw to Deploy Linuxsys Cryptocurrency Miner
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign that exploits a known security flaw impacting Apache HTTP Server to deliver a cryptocurrency miner called Linuxsys. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2021-41773…
Everything we learned from a week with Apple CarPlay Ultra
For the 2025 model year, Aston Martin’s user interface took a major step forward across the lineup, with improvements to the physical controls and digital infotainment, as well as updated…
We Deserve Better: A New Social Media Bill of Rights
Earlier this year, I was a part of a CNN documentary, Twitter: Breaking the Bird, which gave memuch pause for reflection about the state of social media and how we…
CTEM vs ASM vs Vulnerability Management: What Security Leaders Need to Know in 2025
The modern-day threat landscape requires enterprise security teams to think and act beyond traditional cybersecurity measures that are purely passive and reactive, and in most cases, ineffective against emerging threats…
Europol Disrupts NoName057(16) Hacktivist Group Linked to DDoS Attacks Against Ukraine
An international operation coordinated by Europol has disrupted the infrastructure of a pro-Russian hacktivist group known as NoName057(16) that has been linked to a string of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks…
Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan’s Semiconductor Sector with Cobalt Strike, Custom Backdoors
The Taiwanese semiconductor industry has become the target of spear-phishing campaigns undertaken by three Chinese state-sponsored threat actors. “Targets of these campaigns ranged from organizations involved in the manufacturing, design,…
Cisco Warns of Critical ISE Flaw Allowing Unauthenticated Attackers to Execute Root Code
Cisco has disclosed a new maximum-severity security vulnerability impacting Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code on…
‘Stop Killing Games’ Finds An Ally In An EU Politician
We just talked about Ross Scott’s Stop Killing Games initiative, started last year, which has found new life recently due to an online back and forth with some gaming industry…
2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA feels like a real car, not a science experiment
Mercedes provided flights from Detroit to Copenhagen, Denmark, and accommodation so Ars could drive the CLA with EQ Technology. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. The Mercedes-Benz CLA is…