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Computer Sciences

Researchers develop innovative method for secure operations on encrypted data without decryption

A hospital that wants to use a cloud computing service to perform artificial intelligence data analysis on sensitive patient records needs a guarantee those data will remain private during computation. Homomorphic encryption ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Unofficial parental control apps put children's safety and privacy at risk

Some "unofficial" parental control apps have excessive access to personal data and hide their presence, raising concerns about their potential for unethical surveillance as well as domestic abuse, according to new research ...

Security

Research reveals 'major vulnerabilities' in deepfake detectors

An international team of researchers is calling for urgent improvements in deepfake detection technologies after uncovering critical flaws in widely used detection tools.

Security

Report warns of 'cyberwashing' in digital security claims

A new Monash University report highlights the growing problem of organizations resorting to "cyberwashing" to mislead the public about their data privacy practices and recommends measures to build a genuine culture of cybersecurity.

Internet

Russian disinformation 'infects' AI chatbots, researchers warn

A sprawling Russian disinformation network is manipulating Western AI chatbots to spew pro-Kremlin propaganda, researchers say, at a time when the United States is reported to have paused its cyber operations against Moscow.

Security

New AI defense method shields models from adversarial attacks

Neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence modeled on the connectivity of the human brain, are driving critical breakthroughs across a wide range of scientific domains. But these models face significant threat from ...

Business

Employee well-being as a strategy for responsible cybersecurity

New research led by Lancaster University into "responsible" cybersecurity suggests the well-being of those in cybersecurity roles should be a key consideration for firms' security strategies due to the level of burn out among ...

Security

AI assists researchers in decoding old secret letters

In today's world, encryption plays a vital role in all aspects of data protection and cybersecurity, ensuring that unauthorized individuals cannot access the information you transmit or store. However, the practice of sending ...

Security

Evolve Bank & Trust confirms its data was stolen in cyber attack

Evolve Bank & Trust confirmed it was the victim of a cyber attack and that customer data had been posted on the dark web, less than two weeks after the Arkansas-based lender was ordered by regulators to improve its risk management ...

Software

Six NFR strategies to improve software performance and security

Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are important aspects of a software system, but are often overlooked by developers because they're not the aspects of a program that users interact with directly. A new study delves into ...

Security

New prompt-based technique to enhance AI security

Researchers have developed a new approach to AI security that employs text prompts to better protect AI systems from cyber threats. This method focuses on the creation of adversarial examples to prevent AI from being misled ...