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AI is increasingly being used to identify emotions: What's at stake?
Imagine you are in a job interview. As you answer the recruiter's questions, an artificial intelligence (AI) system scans your face, scoring you for nervousness, empathy and dependability. It may sound like science fiction, ...
Apr 16, 2021
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Telecom
Macro cyber resilience: Ensuring functionality of interconnected complex systems
For the second straight year, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers are featured in a special edition of the Journal of Information Warfare. This issue explores the topic of macro cyber resiliency.
Apr 16, 2021
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Security
Microsoft defends against new threat to Exchange
Microsoft on Tuesday moved to defend against a dangerous new threat to Exchange email servers while the fight continued against hackers taking advantage of a flaw patched last month.
Apr 14, 2021
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Internet
DuckDuckGo can now block the Google Chrome tracking method, FLoC
In an attempt to better track users and predict their search habits, Google Chrome has developed FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts). FLoC provides visibility into user data to any website that desires this information.
Apr 13, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Resilience against replay attacks in computer systems
From power grids and telecommunications to water supply and financial systems, digital data controls the infrastructure systems on which society relies. These complex, multi-tier systems depend on layered communications to ...
Apr 12, 2021
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Security
French homeschooling system hit by hackers from Russia, China: investigators
Hackers operating from Russia and China targeted France's homeschooling platform which crashed at the start of a nationwide lockdown last week, investigators said Monday.
Apr 12, 2021
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Business
Microchip security continues to confound Pentagon
Nearly nine years ago, the Senate Armed Services Committee reported the results of an investigation of counterfeit electronic parts in the U.S. military. The year-long probe found fully 1 million bogus parts, including components ...
Apr 09, 2021
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Security
The coronavirus pandemic has forced parents' hands on data collection and privacy issues
With the return to remote learning during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents and students are agreeing to risky data collection practices and privacy-invasive technologies. This unprecedented collection of data ...
Apr 09, 2021
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Security
New Android malware uses WhatsApp to spread
A new form of Android malware has begun spreading itself by creating auto-replies in WhatsApp. Check Point Research recently discovered the malware in a fake application on Google Play.
Apr 08, 2021 report
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Computer Sciences
Scientists harness chaos to protect devices from hackers
Researchers have found a way to use chaos to help develop digital fingerprints for electronic devices that may be unique enough to foil even the most sophisticated hackers.
Apr 07, 2021
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Security
Senators press for more on SolarWinds hack after AP report
Key lawmakers said Tuesday they're concerned they've been kept in the dark about what suspected Russian hackers stole from the federal government and they pressed Biden administration officials for more details about the ...
Apr 07, 2021
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Software
GitHub is investigating a crypto-mining campaign exploiting its server infrastructure
The Record, the news branch of the threat intelligence company Recorded Future, has reported that GitHub is currently looking into multiple attacks against its cloud infrastructure. These attacks have enabled cybercriminals ...
Apr 06, 2021 report
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Internet
Facebook data breach: What happened and why it's hard to know if your data was leaked
Over the long weekend reports emerged of an alleged data breach, impacting half a billion Facebook users from 106 countries.
Apr 06, 2021
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Business
Major E3 video game show goes virtual—and free
The world's premier video game trade show will return in June as a free, virtual event after the annual gathering was cancelled last year because of the pandemic.
Apr 06, 2021
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