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DefCon presenters explore programmer de-anonymization, stylistic fingerprints

One of the nicer things about higher education: Gaining awareness of the signature styles of authors, painters, musicians even before we are told their names. Well, signature styles are not just confined to the arts.

Computer Sciences Security

15 hours ago
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Intel processor vulnerability could put millions of PCs at risk

A newly discovered processor vulnerability could potentially put secure information at risk in any Intel-based PC manufactured since 2008. It could affect users who rely on a digital lockbox feature known as Intel Software ...

Security

Aug 14, 2018
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Tencent Blade Team pair talk about smart speaker hack

Security researchers turned themselves into hackers this month to demo the way a smart speaker could be turned into a spy. The researchers took their story to DefCon 2018. They said they achieved remote eavesdropping. Both ...

Security

Aug 14, 2018
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Google tracks your movements, like it or not

Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.

Security

Aug 13, 2018
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Researchers showed remote style hack for new Macs

What could be a happier moment? You starting work with the setup process of a brand new Mac.

Security

Aug 13, 2018
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Hackers cause most data breaches, but accidents by normal people aren't far behind

Have you ever had your personal information leaked on the internet? Maybe it was something you purchased online from a website, only to find out that the company was hacked months later? If the answer is "yes", you probably ...

Security

Aug 10, 2018
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Researchers help close security hole in popular encryption software

Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have helped close a security vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to steal encryption keys from a popular security package by briefly listening in ...

Security

Aug 09, 2018
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Holding law enforcement accountable for electronic surveillance

When the FBI filed a court order in 2016 commanding Apple to unlock the San Bernandino shooter's iPhone, the news made headlines across the globe. Yet every day there are tens tens of thousands of of other court orders asking ...

Internet Security

Aug 08, 2018
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Campaigns on their own as cyber threats roil midterms

Kamala Harris has been the target of social media misinformation campaigns since she became a U.S. senator.

Security

Aug 03, 2018
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New Spectre cyberthreat evades patches

"Spectre" was a prescient name for the processor vulnerability that takes advantage of speculative execution. Since its initial discovery in January, 2018, at least three variants of the attack have been found.

Security

Jul 27, 2018
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Using machine learning to detect software vulnerabilities

A team of researchers from R&D company Draper and Boston University developed a new large-scale vulnerability detection system using machine learning algorithms, which could help to discover software vulnerabilities faster ...

Security

Jul 24, 2018
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Apps make it easy for domestic abusers to spy

Thousands of apps that allow domestic abusers to secretly spy on their partners are simple to install, difficult to detect, and marketed through a murky web of online advertising, blogs and videos explaining how to use them ...

Security

Jul 24, 2018
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What makes some people simply able to 'carry on' in the face of adversity?

The ability to "keep calm and carry on" could explain why some people suffer less depression and anxiety when faced with adversity, research has discovered.

Security

Jul 23, 2018
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Team suggests a way to protect autonomous grids from potentially crippling GPS spoofing attacks

Not long ago, getting a virus was about the worst thing computer users could expect in terms of system vulnerability. But in our current age of hyper-connectedness and the emerging Internet of Things, that's no longer the ...

Security

Jul 20, 2018
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Researcher blogged about workaround for Apple OS update's USB Restricted Mode

The iOS 11.4.1 update carries the USB Restricted Mode. But could law enforcement work around it? That dominated news about the feature on Tuesday. Let's see what the feature is all about and how it has been, of sorts, outsmarted.

Security

Jul 11, 2018
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Privacy conversation turns to enabling smart TV tracking services

Remember when tech topics had such happy focal points as bendable displays and a new stylus for tablets? Unfortunately, the accent in this year's headlines is on how much we might be getting tracked. Facebook, move over. ...

Security

Jul 08, 2018
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Is your smartphone spying on you?

Some popular apps on your phone may be secretly taking screenshots of your activity and sending them to third parties, according to a new study by a team of Northeastern researchers.

Security

Jul 06, 2018
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Calling Android: Researchers see if Rowhammer-based exploits still possible

Android risks fade... and remorph. A variant of Rowhammer has turned up according to a discovery by researchers from institutions including Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Security

Jul 04, 2018
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WPA3 security protocol will keep Wi-Fi connections safer

Networking experts who would like to see wireless vulnerabilities swept away can enjoy the good news that Wi-Fi security has taken on next-gen status, after 14 too-long years to the contrary.

Security

Jun 27, 2018
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Researchers investigate potential threat to speech privacy via smartphone motion sensors

Could smartphone motion sensors be used by cybercriminals to record speech? It is a question that many academic and industry researchers are working to answer in order to ward off this kind of malicious use before it happens.

Security

Jun 15, 2018
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Cortana vulnerability has been patched

Microsoft has a security update regarding Cortana and it's worth a look.

Security

Jun 14, 2018
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Firmware, blind spots flagged by Spectre attack research

Software vulnerability discoveries by security researchers come and go and are more often than not promptly followed by vendor fixes. After each headline scare, you read the labs' reports, you hear about the fixes, and well, ...

Security

May 22, 2018
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Well, that was easy: Two-factor authentication hack feeds on phony e-mail

Two-factor authentication can be beat, as a hacker demo has shown. Lots of attention is being paid to a video posted where Kevin Mitnick, KnownBe4 chief hacking officer, revealed the two-factor exploit.

Security

May 14, 2018
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Security researchers outwit, bypass popular email encryption

Germany's cybersecurity agency says German and Belgian researchers have found a way to outwit two widely used forms of email encryption.

Security

May 14, 2018
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How silent signals from your phone could be recording and tracking you

My lounge room is bugged. My phone is broadcasting an ultrasonic signal to my blu-ray player via an acoustic side channel beyond human hearing.

Consumer & Gadgets Security

May 10, 2018
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