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wireless
Researchers open-source a Wi-Fi cyber range for security training

Wireless security training programs lean heavily on generic network labs, with Wi-Fi appearing as a checkbox alongside Bluetooth, Zigbee, and cellular. Hands-on environments …

smartphone
Phishing can masquerade as emergency alerts for disasters, researchers warn

Emergency alerts for disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis are messages we hope we never see, and we trust them when they arrive. Researchers have shown that this trust can …

networking
AI traffic is getting bigger, louder, and less predictable

AI workflows need storage that supports repeated movement across the model lifecycle. Large datasets are ingested, transformed, exported for training, pulled back for …

wireless
Wi-Fi roaming security practices for access network providers and identity providers

Public Wi-Fi roaming networks carry authentication credentials across multiple administrative boundaries, and the protocols governing that process vary widely in their …

Data
Network segmentation projects fail in predictable patterns

Most enterprise networks have segmentation on the roadmap. Many have had it there for years. A survey of 400 U.S.-based network security practitioners who lived through failed …

6G
6G network design puts AI at the center of spectrum, routing, and fault management

Wireless network operators are preparing for a generation of infrastructure where AI is built into the architecture from the start. Sixth-generation networks, expected to …

cloud
AWS, Wasabi, Cloudflare, and Backblaze go head-to-head in new cloud storage test

Cloud storage buyers rarely get vendor-provided performance data that includes the vendor’s own weak spots. Backblaze’s Q1 2026 Performance Stats report, attempts …

OpenWrt
OpenWrt 25.12.0 ships with new package manager, built-in upgrade tool, support for 2200+ devices

OpenWrt 25.12.0 is now available for download. The release incorporates over 4,700 commits since branching from OpenWrt 24.10. Package manager changes One of the most …

cable
Submarine cables move to the center of critical infrastructure security debate

The cables running along the ocean floor carry the overwhelming majority of the world’s cross-border data traffic, and for most of their operational history they have …

Brain
Should AI access be treated as a civil right across generations?

AI use is expanding faster than the infrastructure that supports it, and that gap is starting to matter for security, resilience, and access. A new position paper argues that …

wireless
Wi-Fi signals may hold the key to touchless access control

Imagine walking into a secure building where the door unlocks the moment your hand hovers near it. No keycards, no PINs, no fingerprints. Instead, the system identifies you by …

The Wireless Cookbook
Review: The Wireless Cookbook

The Wireless Cookbook is a project-centered guide to working with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and LoRa, written with the Raspberry Pi as the main platform. It is aimed at people who …

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