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Dark patterns explained by online media expert
Dark patterns are design elements that deliberately obscure, mislead, coerce and/or deceive website visitors into making unintended and possibly harmful choices.
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Consumer & Gadgets
'Vultur' malware uses new technique to steal banking credentials
A team of researchers at the security firm ThreatFabric is reporting on their website blog page that they have found instances of a new kind of malware in Android apps downloaded from Google Play that attempt to steal banking ...
Aug 02, 2021
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As cyberattacks skyrocket, Canada needs to work with—and not hinder—cybersecurity experts
Cyberattacks are on the rise, impacting people, systems, infrastructures and governments with potentially devastating and far-reaching effects. Most recently, these include the massive REvil ransomware attack and the discovery ...
Jul 28, 2021
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US acting to better protect infrastructure from cyberthreats
The Biden administration is taking steps to harden cybersecurity defenses for critical infrastructure, announcing on Wednesday the development of performance goals and a voluntary public-private partnership to protect core ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Taiwan probes reported hack of officials' messaging accounts
Taiwan's police on Wednesday said they had launched an investigation after local media reported more than 100 LINE messaging app accounts used by officials had been hacked and the company admitted "abnormal activities" had ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Hiding malware inside AI neural networks
A trio of researchers at Cornell University has found that it is possible to hide malware code inside of AI neural networks. Zhi Wang, Chaoge Liu and Xiang Cui have posted a paper describing their experiments with injecting ...
Jul 27, 2021 report
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New cybersecurity technique protects in-vehicle networks
Army researchers developed a new machine learning-based framework to enhance the security of computer networks inside vehicles without undermining performance.
Jul 27, 2021
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Keylime security software is deployed to IBM cloud
Keylime, a cloud security software architecture, is being adopted into IBM's cloud fleet. Originally developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory to allow system administrators to ensure the security of their cloud environment, Keylime ...
Jul 27, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
The 'privacy by design' approach for mobile apps: Why it's not enough
The mobile apps installed on our smartphones are one of the biggest threats to our digital privacy. They are capable of collecting vast amounts of personal data, often highly sensitive.
Jul 27, 2021
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Fight for control threatens to destabilize and fragment the internet
You try to use your credit card, but it doesn't work. In fact, no one's credit card works. You try to go to some news sites to find out why, but you can't access any of those, either. Neither can anyone else. Panic-buying ...
Jul 27, 2021
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S.Africa's port terminals still disrupted days after cyber-attack
South Africa's state-owned logistics firm said Tuesday it was working to restore systems following a major cyber-attack last week that hit the country's key port terminals.
Jul 27, 2021
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Study explores tensions between IoT device owners and 'incidental users'
In the fall of 2019, a nanny in Boston wrote in the New York Times about the time she learned that audio and video of herself was being recorded while on the job without her knowledge or permission.
Jul 26, 2021
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'Holy moly!': Inside Texas' fight against a ransomware hack
It was the start of a steamy Friday two Augusts ago when Jason Whisler settled in for a working breakfast at the Coffee Ranch restaurant in the Texas Panhandle city of Borger. The most pressing agenda item for city officials ...
Jul 26, 2021
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New malware detection for Android at the source code level
There are numerous malware detection and antivirus apps for mobile devices running the Android operating system. However, a team in China introduces a new approach that can detect malicious activity at the source code level. ...
Jul 23, 2021
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