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Students develop AI-powered cybersecurity system for water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure
In February 2021, an unidentified attacker remotely accessed the control system of a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida. They attempted to raise the level of sodium hydroxide, a caustic chemical used to balance water ...
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An AI model's false tip to Philadelphia police reveals how digital agents can do as they're told and still cause trouble
An anonymous tip arrived on PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a website run by the Philadelphia Police Department, on July 18, 2026.
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Secret trigger words could make AI-powered robots dangerous
Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude and Google Gemini are increasingly being used to help robots perform tasks, but what if LLMs could be exploited to turn helpful robots into harmful robots?
Oct 20, 2026
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Discovery of cross-domain cyberattack risk targeting electric vehicle charging navigation systems
With the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), transportation and power systems are increasingly closely interconnected, driving innovation but also introducing new vulnerabilities. Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Security
When a ship's systems lie, cybersecurity gets complicated
Sailors at sea rely on electronic equipment to keep ships on course and out of danger, but what happens when hackers get involved? Are the mariners equipped to handle modern cybersecurity threats like GPS spoofing?
Oct 20, 2026
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Software
Your car's weakest spot may not be in the car
A car is a computer on wheels. It communicates with the car manufacturer's cloud services, the driver's phone and charging stations, and when children stream movies in the back seat, data travels over the internet. All these ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Computer Sciences
New communications toolkit to help care providers prepare for cyber incidents
Digital Care Hub has launched a series of new resources to help adult social care providers plan how they will communicate with key stakeholders in the event of a cyber incident. These include people receiving care, families, ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Security
AI agents are only as good as the personal information you share. That raises privacy concerns
Matt Robb wanted to sell his computer keyboard. So he made a listing on Facebook Marketplace—and, as an experiment late last month, he put Meta's new artificial intelligence agent Muse in the driver's seat.
Oct 19, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Tech-savvy customers may take more online banking risks despite positive security attitudes
A study of electronic banking users has found that cybersecurity depends not only on knowledge of digital threats but also on attitudes, memory and the user's relationship with technology. Details are published in the International ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Hardware
How to detect hardware tampering and protect chips against attacks by quantum computers
Software can be updated. Hardware cannot. Manipulation deep within a chip would be almost impossible to detect—and could threaten entire infrastructures. At the same time, it is now more important than ever that we prepare ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Security
One AI model, trillions of variants: Breaking mass attacks on voice assistants
Imagine sitting in your home, listening to what you think is a run-of-the-mill advertisement or perhaps a piece of music you enjoy. But while you hum along, that audio file is sending a secret, malicious audio message—imperceptible ...
Oct 17, 2026
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Internet
Online Safety Act drives VPN interest and raises privacy concerns
People's online behavior has changed in response to legislation to prevent children from viewing harmful content—raising possible privacy and security risks, research suggests.
Oct 16, 2026
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Security
New cyber threat to water systems exposes limits of encryption
University of British Columbia researchers have uncovered a vulnerability that could allow hackers to target and disrupt critical infrastructure such as water treatment plants and energy grids without needing to break into ...
Oct 15, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Fingerprint authentication uses ultrasound without storing biometric information as digital data
A research team has developed a new biometric authentication technology that can identify users without storing their fingerprint information as digital data. The study is published in Nature Sensors.
Oct 15, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Clone2Pwn: Android data migration flaws allowed attackers within Wi-Fi range to steal sensitive data
The standard data migration tools offered by major Android manufacturers such as Samsung, Google and Xiaomi pose security risks, as researchers from the Institute of Information Security at Graz University of Technology (TU ...
Oct 15, 2026
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Hardware
New hardware method adds timing condition to decoding encrypted information
Some information, such as exam questions or bid prices, must remain unreadable until an agreed time, even if it has already been delivered. KAIST researchers have used changes in the electric current inside a semiconductor ...
Oct 14, 2026
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Security
AI worms, 'major' incident fears spur safety calls at industry summit
From the specter of refrigerator-infecting AI worms to warnings of "major" security incidents on the horizon, calls to prioritize safety in the development of artificial intelligence dominated an industry summit Wednesday.
Oct 14, 2026
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Security
Why AI makes computer worms harder to stop
Anthropic's warning that AI-powered "worms" could soon spread across smart gadgets is the latest in a series of studies showing how artificial intelligence could supercharge self-spreading malware.
Oct 14, 2026
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Security
Cyberattacks hit European supermarket chains and disrupt refrigeration systems
Cyberattacks disrupted European supermarket chains, affecting refrigeration systems at hundreds of stores in France and forcing a major grocer to shut down websites serving customers in Europe and the United States.
Oct 14, 2026
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Security
Anthropic warns of AI 'worms' spreading across smart gadgets
Small artificial intelligence models may be only months away from being able to behave like a computer worm, copying themselves from one internet-connected gadget to the next without human help, Anthropic said.
Oct 13, 2026
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Security
AI could 'change the stakes' on bioweapons: UK spy chief
The head of Britain's domestic spy agency warned Tuesday that artificial intelligence was affecting the security risks faced by the U.K. and could "change the stakes" on bioweapons.
Oct 13, 2026
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Security
Microsoft's Brad Smith calls for 'real and effective' AI safety standards
Microsoft President Brad Smith warned Tuesday that industry and governments must "act with urgency" to create "real and effective safety standards" to contain the risks linked to artificial intelligence.
Oct 13, 2026
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Security
French supermarkets suffer refrigerator shutdown after 'unprecedented' cyberattack
Major French supermarket chains on Monday said they were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to shoot up in temperature in hundreds of stores, forcing spoiled food to be thrown away and raising concerns about ...
Oct 12, 2026
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Security
AI image watermarks can survive new model training, but durability varies by design
Watermarks are increasingly being used to make AI-generated images recognizable and to ensure their origin can be traced. Previous research has focused on whether watermarks can withstand image manipulation. CISPA researcher ...
Oct 9, 2026
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