Citizen Lab Founder Flags Rise of US Authoritarianism
Citizen Lab Founder Flags Rise of US Authoritarianism Summary The Citizen Lab’s founder Ron Deibert warned at Black Hat USA 2025 about a growing “vicious cycle” of digital human-rights abuses.…
‘Samourai’ Cryptomixer Founders Plead Guilty to Money Laundering
Summary Two senior executives behind the Samourai Wallet cryptocurrency mixing service — CEO Keonne Rodriguez and CTO William Lonergan Hill — have pleaded guilty to conspiracy for operating a money‑transmitting…
Privilege Escalation Issue in Amazon ECS Leads to IAM Hijacking
Privilege Escalation Issue in Amazon ECS Leads to IAM Hijacking Summary At Black Hat USA 2025, researcher Naor Haziz demonstrated “ECScape”, a technique that abuses an undocumented Agent Communication Service…
Air France, KLM Alert Authorities of Data Breach
Air France, KLM Alert Authorities of Data Breach Summary Air France and KLM disclosed that threat actors breached a customer service platform and exfiltrated customer personal data. The airlines say…
Silver Fox APT Blurs the Line Between Espionage & Cybercrime
Silver Fox APT Blurs the Line Between Espionage & Cybercrime Source: Zoonar GmbH via Alamy Stock Photo Summary This piece profiles Silver Fox, a Chinese threat actor that mixes traditional…
How to Stay a Step Ahead of a Non-Obvious Threat
How to Stay a Step Ahead of a Non-Obvious Threat Summary This commentary by Dirk Schrader explains why business logic vulnerabilities — flaws in how applications and SaaS platforms implement…
UK Royal Society adopts ‘subscribe to open’ publishing model
UK Royal Society adopts ‘subscribe to open’ publishing model Summary The UK Royal Society will convert eight of its ten journals to the ‘subscribe to open’ (S2O) model from next…
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system Summary The article outlines how the scholarly peer-review system is buckling under growing workloads and explores experiments and reforms aimed at…
Highly efficient deep-blue LED devices made using hybrid copper–iodide compound
Highly efficient deep-blue LED devices made using hybrid copper–iodide compound Summary A non-toxic, robust and solution-processable copper–iodide (Cu–I) hybrid semiconductor has been designed that emits deep-blue light with nearly 100%…
Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it
Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it Summary By Ankit Panda (senior fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace). This Comment warns that nuclear risks —…