The Dangerous Truth About the ‘Nonlethal’ Weapons Used Against LA Protesters

While they can cause serious injuries, “nonlethal” weapons are regularly used in the United States to disperse public demonstrations, including at the recent ICE protests in Los Angeles...

USB bombs sent to news organizations

We've warned about the possible dangers arising from plugging in unknown USB sticks before, but the dangers we're concerned with are normally confined to your data. However, this week we learned a far more serious threat. No fewer than five different news agencies in Ecuador were sent parcels...

Exploding USB Sticks

In case you dont have enough to worry about, people are hiding explosives--actual ones--in USB sticks: In the port city of Guayaquil, journalist Lenin Artieda of the Ecuavisa private TV station received an envelope containing a pen drive which exploded when he inserted it into a computer, his...