Enabled Testing Methodologies: Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) Testing and Penetration Testing

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Current Security Testing Platforms 2.1. Recent progress 3. A New Testing Platform and 3.1. Testing platform roles 3.2. Web-based remote access 3.3. Testbed setup 4. Enabled Testing Methodologies 4.1. Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) testing and 4.2. Penetration testing 4.3. Research testing 5. Conclusion & Outlook, and References … Read more

Our Testbed Setup: Sourcing ECUs, Configurable Network, and Network Simulation

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Current Security Testing Platforms 2.1. Recent progress 3. A New Testing Platform and 3.1. Testing platform roles 3.2. Web-based remote access 3.3. Testbed setup 4. Enabled Testing Methodologies 4.1. Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) testing and 4.2. Penetration testing 4.3. Research testing 5. Conclusion & Outlook, and References … Read more

The Trump administration is coming for student protesters

The Trump administration is embarking on a massive university speech crackdown, starting with Columbia University, where it’s demanding external control of entire departments and punishment for student activists. Its first test case, Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student with a green card, offers a hint of what’s to come: a state of intentional chaos that undermines … Read more

The Markup: How We Won the 2023 Media Literate Media Award

The Markup won the National Association for Media Literacy Education’s 2023 Media Literate Media Award, which recognizes people, programs, initiatives, and organizations in media that include media literacy in their work and make outstanding contributions with national reach. NAMLE specifically recognized The Markup for creating actionable journalism for the public good. In late 2022, we … Read more

Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI

On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick … Read more

Hear what Horizon Zero Dawn actor Ashly Burch thinks about Sony AI taking her job

Ashly Burch, the award-winning voice and performance actor behind Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy — one of the most prominent characters on PlayStation today — has some news and some very strong thoughts about the leaked Sony experiment that saw her character voiced and performed by AI technology instead of her or any other human being. … Read more

Hyperliquid’s mystery 50x ETH whale is now betting on LINK

The cryptocurrency trader whose ultra-leveraged Ether (ETH) trade tested Hyperliquid’s limits on March 12 has entered another multimillion-dollar position, this time in Chainlink (LINK), onchain data shows.  On March 14, the anonymous whale, referred to on X as “ETH 50x Big Guy,” took out long positions in LINK worth approximately $31 million with 10 times … Read more

Is It Risky to Live Near a Nuclear Power Plant?

Nuclear power plants could resolve the energy crisis in the United States brought on by the recent exponential growth of data centers. However, some have safety concerns. Incidents like the Chornobyl disaster are still fresh in people’s minds. Could living next to one of these stations adversely affect their well-being? How close is too close? … Read more

VanEck files for AVAX ETF

Global investment manager VanEck has filed for an Avalanche (AVAX) exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to offer investors direct exposure to the smart contract platform.  A snippet of the S-1 filing was shared on social media on March 14 by Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart, who has been closely … Read more

New MassJacker malware targets piracy users, steals crypto

A previously unknown type of cryptojacking malware called MassJacker is targeting piracy users and hijacking crypto transactions by replacing stored addresses, according to a March 10 report from CyberArk. The cryptojacking malware originates from the website pesktop[dot]com, where users seeking to download pirated software may unknowingly infect their devices with the MassJacker malware. After the … Read more