Police in Brazil arrest a suspect over $100M banking hack
Police in Brazil arrested a suspect in connection with a cyberattack that diverted more than 540 million Brazilian reais (about $100 million) from the country's banking systems, authorities said Friday.
Jul 5, 2025
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Australian airline Qantas says hit by 'significant' cyberattack
Australian airline Qantas said Wednesday it was investigating a "significant" cyberattack, after hackers infiltrated a system containing sensitive data on six million customers.
Jul 2, 2025
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RisingAttacK: New technique can make AI 'see' whatever you want
Researchers have demonstrated a new way of attacking artificial intelligence computer vision systems, allowing them to control what the AI "sees." The research shows that the new technique, called RisingAttacK, is effective ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Business
The hidden cost of convenience: How your data pulls in hundreds of billions of dollars
You wake up in the morning and, first thing, you open your weather app. You close that pesky ad that opens first and check the forecast. You like your weather app, which shows hourly weather forecasts for your location. And ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Hardware
Hardware security tech can hide and reveal encryption keys on demand using 3D flash memory
Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team has developed a new hardware security technology based on commercially available 3D NAND flash memory (V-NAND flash memory).
Jun 30, 2025
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Security
How AI is revolutionizing ATL's international terminal
For a U.S. citizen arriving in Atlanta these days, there's a world in which you might not even need to pull out your passport.
Jun 30, 2025
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Security
Hide and seek: Uncovering new ways to detect vault apps on smartphones
Researchers have discovered a modern solution to detect vault applications (apps) on smartphones, which could be a game-changer for law enforcement. The paper is published in the journal Future Internet.
Jun 27, 2025
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Security
Hackers seize control of Tonga's health IT system
Pacific island nation Tonga has refused to pay a US$1 million ransom after hackers seized control of the country's health IT system.
Jun 27, 2025
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Security
Pervasive surveillance of people is being used to access, monetize, coerce and control, study suggests
New research has underlined the surprising extent to which pervasive surveillance of people and their habits is powered by computer vision research—and shone a spotlight on how vulnerable individuals and communities are ...
Jun 25, 2025
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Telecom
Li-Fi technology offers enhanced security and speeds 100 times faster than Wi-Fi
Li-Fi (Light Fidelity) is a wireless communication technology that utilizes the visible light spectrum (400–800 THz), similar to LED light, offering speeds up to 100 times faster than existing Wi-Fi (up to 224 Gbps). While ...
Jun 25, 2025
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Business
Blocking exports and raising tariffs is a bad defense against industrial cyber espionage, study shows
The United States is trying to decouple its economy from rivals like China. Efforts toward this include policymakers raising tariffs on Chinese goods, blocking exports of advanced technology and offering subsidies to boost ...
Jun 25, 2025
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Security
AI art protection tools still leave creators at risk, researchers say
Artists urgently need stronger defenses to protect their work from being used to train AI models without their consent.
Jun 24, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
How the Internet of Things devices affect your privacy, even when they're not yours
Some unusual witnesses helped convict Alex Murdaugh of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.
Jun 24, 2025
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Security
Semantic watermarks for AI image recognition can be easily manipulated
Images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are often almost indistinguishable from real images to the human eye. Watermarks—visible or invisible markers embedded in image files—may be the key to verifying whether ...
Jun 23, 2025
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Internet
Billions of login credentials have been leaked online, Cybernews researchers say
Researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews say that billions of login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals "unprecedented access" to accounts consumers use each day.
Jun 21, 2025
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Security
Cyberattack on grocery supplier reveals fragility of US food supply
Hackers infiltrated one grocery distributor, and within days, there were bare shelves at stores around the country and even some pharmacies unable to fill prescriptions.
Jun 20, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinting, researchers show
Clearing your cookies is not enough to protect your privacy online. New research led by Texas A&M University has found that websites are covertly using browser fingerprinting—a method to uniquely identify a web browser—to ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Telecom
Can a foreign government hack WhatsApp? A cybersecurity expert explains how that might work
Earlier today, Iranian officials urged the country's citizens to remove the messaging platform WhatsApp from their smartphones. Without providing any supporting evidence, they alleged the app gathers user information to send ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Security
Computer tracking, an 'electronic collar': Gilles Deleuze's 1990 postscript on the societies of control
Gilles Deleuze was one of the most original and imaginative thinkers of postwar France. A lifelong teacher, he spent most of his career at the University of Paris VIII, influencing generations of students but largely shunning ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Security
Hackers could use smartwatches to eavesdrop on air-gapped computers via ultrasonic signals
A security specialist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has found evidence that it might be possible to infiltrate an air-gap computing system using a smartwatch. Mordechai Guri has published a paper outlining his ideas ...
Consumer & Gadgets
AI tools collect and store data about you from all your devices. Here's how to be aware of what you're revealing
Like it or not, artificial intelligence has become part of daily life. Many devices—including electric razors and toothbrushes—have become "AI-powered," using machine learning algorithms to track how a person uses the ...
Jun 12, 2025
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Hardware
Brain-like chips are boosting computers and battling cybercrime
The human brain is more powerful and energy-efficient than any computer. Scientists are imitating the way it works to produce better computer chips and help deal with the growing amounts of data generated every day.
Jun 12, 2025
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Security
With retail cyberattacks on the rise, customers find orders blocked and shelves empty
A string of recent cyberattacks and data breaches involving the systems of major retailers have started affecting shoppers.
Jun 12, 2025
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