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Scam centers in southeast Asia are on the rise despite crackdowns to root out the illegal industry
It often starts with a text message asking if you are available on weekends, looking for a part-time job or you get a simple "hello" from an unknown number. Halfway across the world, a laborer is usually pulling in 12-16 ...
Nov 7, 2025
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Norway transport firm steps up controls after tests show Chinese-made buses can be halted remotely
A leading Norwegian public transport operator has said it will introduce stricter security requirements and step up anti-hacking measures after a test on new Chinese-made electric buses showed the manufacturer could remotely ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Why people don't demand data privacy, even as governments and corporations collect more personal information
When the Trump administration gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a massive database of information about Medicaid recipients in June 2025, privacy and medical justice advocates sounded the alarm. They warned ...
Nov 5, 2025
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What factors determine the severity and outcomes of cyberwarfare between countries?
Cyberwarfare between nation states has become increasingly common in recent years. To address several important questions that this phenomenon raises, scientists developed a game theoretical model of cyberwarfare between ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Security
Lay intuition as effective at jailbreaking AI chatbots as technical methods, research suggests
It doesn't take technical expertise to work around the built-in guardrails of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini, which are intended to ensure that the chatbots operate within a set of legal and ...
Nov 4, 2025
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Telecom
Researchers uncover critical security flaws in global mobile networks
In an era when recent cyberattacks on major telecommunications providers have highlighted the fragility of mobile security, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have identified a class of ...
Nov 4, 2025
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Business
Study finds smarter way to train employees to thwart phishing scams
Companies often send out simulated—or fake—phishing emails to employees to see who takes the bait and click. Those who fall for such scams typically receive an on-the-spot lesson meant to help them recognize suspicious ...
Nov 3, 2025
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Security
Researchers advance cross-modality smart security with transformer model
A research team led by Professor Wang Hongqiang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a Global-Local Alignment Attention (GLAA) model based on an Asymmetric Siamese Transformer ...
Oct 30, 2025
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Security
Korean researchers propose international standards to ensure AI safety and trustworthiness
As artificial intelligence (AI) technology rapidly pervades our lives and industries, ensuring its safety and trustworthiness is a global challenge. In this context, Korean researchers are gaining traction by leading the ...
Oct 30, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Video conferencing apps can leak location data through audio channels despite privacy controls
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams have become essential for work, education, and social connections. While these platforms offer controls such as disabling cameras and ...
Oct 28, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers uncover vulnerabilities allowing fraudulent high-value contactless transactions
Convenience features built into contactless payment systems are quietly undermining their security, as a study led by the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, exposes hidden weaknesses ...
Oct 28, 2025
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Business
OpenAI's Atlas browser promises ultimate convenience. But the glossy marketing masks safety risks
Last week, OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a web browser that promises to revolutionize how we interact with the internet. The company's CEO, Sam Altman, described it as a "once-a-decade opportunity" to rethink how we browse ...
Oct 28, 2025
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Security
Fighting AI with AI: System protects personal voice data from automated surveillance
When you make a voice call through Zoom, FaceTime or WhatsApp, you're not just sharing what you say. You're revealing your age, gender, emotional state, social background and personality—a biometric fingerprint just as ...
Oct 28, 2025
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Software
To fight cybercrime, student unravels the layers of 3D printing
To most people, a 3D printer is a cool piece of technology that can make toys, tools or parts in minutes. But for Hala Ali, it can be a partner in crime, and the doctoral student at Virginia Commonwealth University earned ...
Oct 27, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
How blind and low-vision users manage their passwords
Passwords remain the go-to authentication tool in everyday life, says CISPA researcher Alexander Ponticello. At the same time, passwords are often a security weak spot: too short, too simple, and reused far too often. Blind ...
Oct 27, 2025
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Security
What's the difference between passwords and passkeys? It's not just the protection they provide
Passwords are the keys to our digital lives—think how many times you log in to websites and other systems. But just like physical keys, they can be lost, duplicated and stolen.
Oct 26, 2025
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Software
Microsoft removing support for Windows 10 could increase e-waste, cybersecurity threats
When Microsoft announced it was ending support for Windows 10 last week, about 40% of all Windows users faced limited options.
Oct 24, 2025
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Security
Q&A: Can the tech behind crypto help align AI with human values?
As people increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI) in various areas of life to either save time or improve performance, the influence of AI systems grows—as does the risk of untrustworthy results in high-stakes decision-making, ...
Oct 24, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Anonymity's ARX nemesis
A team of faculty and students from George Mason University recently discovered a vulnerability in a widely used anonymization tool. They presented their findings last week in Taiwan at the Association for Computing Machinery ...
Oct 23, 2025
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Security
There is little evidence AI chatbots are 'bullying kids'—but this doesn't mean these tools are safe
Over the weekend, Education Minister Jason Clare sounded the alarm about "AI chatbots bullying kids".
Oct 23, 2025
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Security
ChatGPT is about to get erotic, but can OpenAI really keep it adults-only?
OpenAI will roll out a new ChatGPT feature in December 2025, allowing verified adults to generate erotic text and engage in romantic or sexual conversations. Artificial intelligence (AI) platforms like Replika and Grok already ...
Oct 22, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
New study uncovers data protection gaps in popular mHealth apps
Researchers at the University of Bremen have uncovered significant discrepancies between the data protection claims and the actual behavior of mobile health applications (mHealth apps). Many apps transmit personal data before ...
Oct 22, 2025
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Security
One-shot federated learning AI technique combines privacy protection and efficiency
A research team has developed a new one-shot federated learning artificial intelligence (AI) technique that enables efficient training of large-scale models without sharing personal information. This research outcome is extremely ...
Oct 21, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Scientists create a novel hydrogel for unclonable security tags
Encryption technologies are vital in today's digital landscape to protect sensitive information from hackers and prevent fraud. While cutting-edge encryption has been developed for data, sophisticated protection for physical ...
