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Patent application looks at smart doorbell sniffing, ACLU reacts

Facial recognition tech added to video-laden doorbells to track "suspicious" people? Sounds like a thorny concept, as people are still reeling over privacy and the lack thereof in very recent times. "Face" it, facial recognition ...

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Cryptocurrency manipulation schemes could be found and foiled by new algorithm

Imperial scientists have created an algorithm to predict when specific cryptocoins are at risk of 'pump-and-dump' schemes.

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How many passwords can you remember? Get ready to remember more

Got too many passwords to remember? Just wait. It's going to get a lot worse.

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Researchers discover computer chip vulnerabilities

A Washington State University research team has uncovered significant and previously unknown vulnerabilities in high-performance computer chips that could lead to failures in modern electronics.

Dec 13, 2018

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The privacy risks of compiling mobility data

A new study by MIT researchers finds that the growing practice of compiling massive, anonymized datasets about people's movement patterns is a double-edged sword: While it can provide deep insights into human behavior for ...

Dec 07, 2018

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New attack could make website security captchas obsolete

Researchers have created new artificial intelligence that could spell the end for one of the most widely used website security systems.

Dec 05, 2018

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Electric vehicles send real-time data to Chinese government

When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car. What he didn't know is that Tesla constantly sends information about the precise location of his car to the Chinese government.

Nov 29, 2018

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Computer hackers could be thwarted by new 'deception consistency' method

Can you deceive a deceiver? That's the question that computer scientists at Binghamton University, State University of New York have recently been exploring.

Nov 28, 2018

Are phones listening to us? What they can learn from the sound of your voice

The vast majority of people in developed countries now carry a smartphone everywhere. And while many of us are already well aware of privacy issues associated with smartphones, like their ability to track our movements or ...

Nov 28, 2018

A dynamic camouflaging approach to prevent intellectual property theft

In recent years, hardware-centric security threats have emerged at different stages of the integrated circuit (IC) supply chain. This has enabled the proliferation of various malicious attacks, such as intellectual property ...

Nov 27, 2018 feature

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Oh those GANs: Scanner finger technique could result in fake fingerprints

Biometric systems news: Fake fingerprints can imitate real ones. A neural network has managed to pull off fake fingerprints—those very fingerprints that are designed to work as master keys for your identification.

Nov 18, 2018 weblog

Researchers discover how routers may be recruited into botnet army

This is one November headline that made a lot of readers nervous: A reporter gave reasons for why you should change your Internet password now. Kari Paul in MarketWatch was one of several sites reporting on a botnet army ...

Nov 14, 2018 weblog

Researchers discover security flaws in widely used data storage devices

Researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands have discovered that widely used data storage devices with self-encrypting drives do not provide the expected level of data protection. A malicious expert with direct physical ...

Nov 07, 2018

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Chinese 'gait recognition' tech IDs people by how they walk

Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: "gait recognition" software that uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are hidden from cameras.

Nov 06, 2018

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New attacks on graphics processors endanger user privacy

Computer scientists at the University of California, Riverside have revealed for the first time how easily attackers can use a computer's graphics processing unit, or GPU, to spy on web activity, steal passwords, and break ...

Nov 05, 2018

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Chip-level vulnerabilities suggest risk of access point attacks

A pair of new Bluetooth security flaws expose wireless access points to attack. Well, that's worth a look as flaws in chips for connections include use in hospitals.

Nov 05, 2018 weblog

Intel receives notice of research on side-channel vulnerability

Intel's Hyper-Threading technology was in the news recently and it was all about the spotting of an attack vulnerability aimed at CPUs called PortSmash. It can steal decryption keys.

Nov 05, 2018 weblog

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Patent application looks at smart doorbell sniffing, ACLU reacts

Cryptocurrency manipulation schemes could be found and foiled by new algorithm

How many passwords can you remember? Get ready to remember more

Researchers discover computer chip vulnerabilities

The privacy risks of compiling mobility data

New attack could make website security captchas obsolete

Electric vehicles send real-time data to Chinese government

FastCharge prototype station shows three-minute time feat

Lyft drives patent talk on self-driving safety via messages for pedestrians, cyclists

A new technique for synthesizing motion-blurred images

Bug may have exposed photos from 7M Facebook users

How wireless recharging works – and doesn't, yet

Foveros, Sunny Cove are two big markers in Intel's future

Building a self-sustainable robot from e-scrap using renewable energy

Flea-sized solar panels embedded in clothes can charge a mobile phone

Survey of trends in artificial intelligence finds advances in working with human languages, global reach

An energy-efficient way to stay warm: Sew high-tech heating patches to your clothes

Electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands

A new approximate computing approach using CNNs

Team develops mathematical solver for analog computers

Low-cost catalyst boosts hydrogen production from water

New foldable drone flies through narrow holes in rescue missions

Researchers create first sensor package that can ride aboard bees

Method to illuminate features of biological tissues in low-exposure images

Tabs on Roger headed for coffee shop could spill ad-worthy beans

Professor models system using baking soda filled capsules to capture CO2 emissions

Emotion recognition based on paralinguistic information

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