Security Roundup

Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments

AndyC 22 August 2026

As the controversial vehicle surveillance giant Flock Safety continues to expand, WIRED got the code for the company’s new AI...

Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments

AndyC 22 August 2026

As the controversial vehicle surveillance giant Flock Safety continues to expand, WIRED got the code for the company’s new AI policing tool and reconstructed the...

China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?

AndyC 21 August 2026

Earlier this year, insurance executives gathered in a Times Square conference room to play out a scenario: a Chinese cyberattack knocks out 5,000 US water...

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Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Faces

AndyC 20 August 2026

When someone uploads a photo to the people-search tool ClarityCheck, the website has a clear message: “Your reverse image search is private and secure.” New...

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Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code

AndyC 20 August 2026

Vehicle surveillance giant Flock Safety has told the public for years that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” It has now built a...

OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue

AndyC 20 August 2026

OpenAI announced Tuesday that it has halted “a significant number” of training workloads and evaluations for its forthcoming frontier artificial intelligence model—codenamed Astra—while it implements...

Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians

AndyC 20 August 2026

Meta platforms recently ran ads for an AI porn-generation tool that seemingly encouraged users to create deepfaked videos resembling female US politicians, despite the company’s...