This Week In Security: What’s In A Name, The AI Bugpocalypse Hits Everyone, OpenWRT Flaws, And Duress Passwords

The great thing about standards is there’s so many to pick from, right?. (Insert obligatory XKCD #927 here.) Several companies have developed naming schemes to refer to groups of attacks, …read more

FLOSS Weekly Episode 877: RCE As A Service

This week Jonathan chats with Francois Proulx about SmokedMeat! That’s the third in a trio of Open Source security tools from Boost Security, and this one is the red team …read more

Thingino Teaches Cheap IP Cameras New Tricks

I recently found myself in the market for a few IP cameras to keep an eye on my Prusa 3D printers, and quickly found that the options on the market …read more

Hackaday Europe 2026: High Performance SDR On The Cheap

Radios were once big complicated appliances, full of warm valves and paper-wrapped capacitors, all humming and glowing to capture signals from the aether and spit them out of a speaker. …read more

Hackaday Links: July 26, 2026

At a time when so-called “artificial intelligence” seems inescapable, we were encouraged to see news that Amazon will be cracking down on third-party sellers that use AI-generated images for their …read more

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Polystyrene Foam Can Be Gasoline With Some Help

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By Maya Posch | August 4, 2026

Styrofoam – or closed-cell extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam if you want to be precise – is one of those materials that is both super versatile for packaging and insulation, but …read more
Tearing Down Aircraft Weather Radar Avionics

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 4, 2026

If you’re flying high in the sky, it’s useful to know if there’s turbulence, heavy rain, or other nasty weather ahead. Onboard weather radar is a useful tool that pilots …read more
Strengthening 3D Prints With A Carbon-Fiber Epidermis

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By Aaron Beckendorf | August 4, 2026

As strong and light as carbon fiber-epoxy composites are, the same can’t always be said of carbon-fiber reinforced 3D printer filaments. Of those that do improve over stock filament, the …read more
At Last! CP/M For Protected Mode

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By Al Williams | August 4, 2026

If you used a serious computer pre-IBM PC, there was a fair chance its operating system was CP/M. CP/M was a staple among 8080 and Z80 computers and while there …read more
BornHack Radio 102.8 FM, Playing Radio At A Hacker Camp

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By Jenny List | August 4, 2026

Over the years I have been to many hacker camps and done a lot of very cool things, but BornHack 2026 brought me something entirely new: Radio. By which I …read more
Un Ordinateur Pour Le Minitel-1 (A Computer For The Minitel-1)

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By Jenny List | August 4, 2026

In the 1980s, France was the stage for one of the boldest public computing projects of the era. Minitel was the French take on viewdata, and instead of making it …read more
Road Trains Roam The Backroads Of Australia

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 4, 2026

Trains and the railways they run on are a great way to move lots of stuff, or lots of people, a long way. Steel wheels on steel rail can shift …read more

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