Paul F. Roberts

In this episode of the ConversingLabs Podcast, host Paul Roberts speaks with Tim Brown about the evolving cybersecurity landscape, the lessons of the SolarWinds supply chain attack, and how AI is changing the balance between attackers and defenders.…

The French startup CTRL ENERGY has designed ZERO, a portable, modular power bank that lets owners easily repair and keep their devices running instead of tossing them. Here’s how.

In this clip from The Security Ledger podcast, Jon "Gainsec" Gaines explains that Flock surveillance cameras run an Android-based stack similar to a smartphone, allowing users to feed images, video, or webcam input and see recognition tags like…

In this clip, security researcher Jon “Gainsec” Gaines is asked by Security Ledger podcast host Paul Roberts whether China or another state actor has already gained access to surveillance infrastructure like Flock Safety’s cameras. Jon’s answer:…

In this clip from The Security Ledger podcast, Jon Gaines argues that his analysis of surveillance devices made by Flock Safety show that security was not treated as a key consideration in the devices discussed, describing an approach that…

In this episode of the podcast (#266) we welcome back Jon “Gainsec” Gaines to discuss “Bird Hunting” - a multi-year research project analyzing AI-powered surveillance products including automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and other products made by Flock Safety that culminated in his recent DEF CON 34 presentation. Jon talks about the risks of manipulation of surveillance technologies and broader surveillance/privacy concerns, and argues for stronger standards and incentives for secure desig

In episode 266 of The Security Ledger Podcast, host Paul Roberts interviews security researcher John “Gainsec” Gaines about his “Bird Hunting” research into Flock Safety’s nationwide surveillance devices, including license plate readers and…

With around $50 million in damages spread across 200,000 plaintiffs, farmers should take a hard look at the math before deciding how to respond to John Deere’s settlement proposal.

Farmers and repair advocates raise questions about the data John Deere is using to determine what they owe farmers as part of the class action settlement.

Just 18% of more than 2,300 EU smartphone records provided consumers with the information needed to make repairs, a study found. Also: John Deere has a farmer-repair tool. But does it work?

Google says a growing underground market for stolen AI credentials is allowing cybercriminals to hijack cloud accounts and AI infrastructure to automate attacks and avoid the cost of high-performance computing.

ExtraHop's Kanaiya Vasani unpacks the concept of the agentic SOC — and how the Agentic SOC Alliance is working to build them out.

Texas’ right to repair electronics law takes effect Tuesday - as right to repair picks up steam. Also: Meta sentenced its Quest 1 virtual reality headset to death. Hackers just saved it.

U.S. drivers are keeping their cars longer than ever, but the rise of software-defined vehicles means that car makers may decide when your car dies. That’s not good.

Kaspersky researchers uncovered the first malware infection chain designed for auto head units, turning connected cars into nodes in a criminal botnet.

Released in 2017, the iPhone X has been declared "obsolete" by Apple, which will no longer offer authorized repairs. Also: 'It's the ownership, stupid!' Young conservative trumpets right to repair.

Researchers built a worm that reasons about hosts it infects, and the open-weight models powering it sit outside AI-provider safety controls.

A quarter million commercial vehicles in India and sensitive data on tens of thousands of drivers were vulnerable to attacks because of flaws in widely used fleet management software maintained by a VE Commercial Vehicles, a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, a security researcher has revealed.

As the EU's landmark right to repair law takes effect, repair advocates say big gaps remain. Also: Logitech makes small device repairs easy. And: Ghana turns the West's denim trash into art.

Cisco Talos's latest threat report finds evolving phishing attacks targeting healthcare, manufacturing and local governments.