All Wire Briefs
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Firearms
Two men in Slovakia used legally carried handguns to stop separate brown bear attacks. Both escaped injury, underscoring the value of an immediately available defensive firearm when a bear charges.
Cybersecurity
A previously unknown malware framework called BambooToken, active since at least 2023, is now using the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol to communicate with Windows and Linux systems. [...]
Cybersecurity
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture premium plugin for WordPress to upload a PHP backdoor. [...]
Cybersecurity
AI is shrinking the time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation, leaving defenders less time to wait for patches or public exploits. Picus Security explains how exploitability validation, security control testing, and autonomous pentesting can help teams close exposure…
Technology
EPA says power plant emissions have no material impact on climate change.
Technology
The new look debuts in the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado and 2027 GMC Sierra pickup trucks.
Technology
But there may be a price to pay for a quiet Atlantic hurricane season.
Technology
Ars previewed Mozilla’s report on how cheap open models caught up on capability.
Firearms
Firearms reviewer James Reeves says plaintiffs suing Smith & Wesson have subpoenaed years of information about his gun reviews while defining even unpaid social-media content as advertising.
Technology
Isotropic analysis revealed the most likely source to be Brimham Rocks, not the nearby Plumpton Rocks.
Technology
Valve's new $1,049 VR hardware tries to revive an abandoned VR "revolution."
Technology
Chinese-made panels on rooftops across the world are changing the facts of life for big utilities.