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Hardware
Spin-orbit torque hardware creates random keys and reveals unauthorized access attempts
The information exchanged by modern devices is typically protected by cryptographic techniques, approaches that convert readable data into scrambled, unreadable code that can only be deciphered by authorized parties or devices. ...
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Security
Researchers propose 'copyleft' rules for generative AI
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses challenges for the free and open-source software (FOSS) community, a global network committed to creating and maintaining publicly available software that anyone can ...
Jun 15, 2026
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To hack or not to hack, that is the ethical question
Long before a hacker ever touches a keyboard, their personal moral outlook helps predict whether they will use their skills in ethical or unethical ways, according to new research led by the University at Buffalo School of ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Administration's AI security order acknowledges risks but stops short of regulating industry
Some technology and policy watchers were surprised when President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 2, 2026, establishing a framework for AI security. It seemed to move in a different direction from a December ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Americans strongly support regulations on AI, according to poll
Most Americans, even those who most appreciate AI, strongly support more regulation of it, a new survey by Johns Hopkins University researchers finds.
Jun 15, 2026
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Security
PhishLumos maps phishing infrastructure and finds 190,000 URLs in six months
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new paradigm for identifying online phishing campaigns. Their new system, PhishLumos, is triggered when links show signs of concealing information and looks for ...
Jun 13, 2026
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Telecom
Russian satellites linked to mysterious GPS disruptions across several countries
Since 2019, GPS signals across Europe, Greenland and Canada have experienced a huge spike in sudden, widespread signal blackouts. These have resulted in disruptions and degraded performance in navigation systems that airplanes ...
Jun 10, 2026
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Hardware
New OS kernel uncovers hidden Apple M1 behavior and possible Phantom attack
A new kernel (core program) within an operating system gives researchers a cleaner view of what's happening inside a processor. Called Fractal and developed at MIT, the kernel has already surfaced previously unknown behavior ...
Jun 10, 2026
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Security
Mathematical proof reveals why fixed AI guardrails can never block every jailbreak
Can we make artificial intelligence impervious to adversaries who want to twist the technology to nefarious ends? Though AI is among the newest of technologies, the answer to that question is nearly a century old.
Jun 10, 2026
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Hardware
Researchers discover hidden chip threats and a way to stop them
Every day, billions of people trust computer chips to protect their most sensitive information, ranging from banking passwords to national security secrets. But what if those chips were secretly compromised before they even ...
Jun 9, 2026
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Hardware
Self-testing quantum chip generates certified random numbers while checking its hardware in real time
Randomness forms a crucial backbone of modern society, where every encryption key, secure transaction and digital signature depends on random numbers that no adversary can predict. But every random number generator ever deployed, ...
Jun 9, 2026
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Security
From Verizon to Apple, a hidden texting flaw has finally been patched
A major security vulnerability that allows attackers to easily fake their identity in smartphone text conversations has been fixed in the United States thanks to a team of computer scientists at the University of California ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Security
Social media accounts uncover how fake jobs trap people in cross-border scam compounds
Under the pretext of employment prospects, hundreds of thousands of job seekers are lured by scammers to cross the border into countries such as Myanmar, Laos or Cambodia. Instead of the promised lucrative positions, they ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Security
System designed to detect and track potential attacks on electric vehicle charging stations
The increasing adoption of electric vehicles is creating growing demand for charging infrastructure, driving a transformation in access to and use of energy through the controlled deployment of fast, efficient and secure ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Security
Blockchain framework could curb credential fraud in online degrees, tests suggest
Research in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology has looked at potential security and privacy weaknesses in remote higher education systems, focusing on centralized virtual learning platforms.
Jun 8, 2026
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Security
New WebAssembly memory layout could stop Heartbleed-style browser attacks with no visible slowdown
Google Earth, Zoom, Twitch.tv or Photoshop—thanks to the WebAssembly standard, many powerful applications now run directly in a browser without installation. However, some of these web apps have serious security vulnerabilities. ...
Jun 5, 2026
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Engineering
Q&A: How organic glass scintillators could improve nuclear security
As the demand for nuclear security solutions grows, distinguishing a benign medical isotope from a potential threat is critical. Organic glass scintillators can help meet the need for accurate, cost-effective radiation detectors.
Jun 5, 2026
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Security
AI worm adapts across networks, turning any online device into potential target
A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered a new class of cyberthreat that gives hackers more power and reach at far less cost. It can be built with free AI models. Every online device is a potential ...
Jun 4, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Stronger security measures are needed as the energy retail sector faces escalating cyber threats
A doctoral dissertation by Mikko Suorsa, to be defended at the University of Vaasa, Finland, reveals that the energy retail sector is an essential yet vulnerable part of the energy industry's value chain and of critical infrastructure. ...
Jun 4, 2026
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Security
Two animal-inspired algorithms just changed how software-defined networks catch attacks before disruptions spread
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-based system designed to improve cyberattack detection in software-defined networks (SDNs), a networking architecture widely used in data centers and enterprise systems.
Jun 3, 2026
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Security
A retention-aware system turns a computer's storage chip into a cybersecurity shield
Hackers are ruthless. They can take control of your computer, delete files and disappear without a trace. However, FIU cybersecurity researcher Weidong Zhu has discovered a way to transform a computer's storage chip into ...
Jun 1, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Quantum computers could expose our digital secrets, but there are much better reasons to build them
Quantum computers are coming. Or, at least, that's what current predictions say. These machines harness the power of quantum mechanics, the set of rules governing how physics operates at atomic and sub-atomic scales.
Jun 1, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
AI and ultralow-energy lasers enable an ultrafast authentication system
The security of modern communications heavily relies on systems that can rapidly and reliably verify users and the devices they are using. This process, known as authentication, essentially entails confirming that users or ...
Security
Bluesky accounts hijacked in pro-Russia propaganda campaign
A Russian influence campaign hijacked hundreds of Bluesky accounts—many belonging to influential Americans—to spread propaganda, researchers said, in a striking disinformation tactic that weaponized authentic identities rather ...
May 29, 2026
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Security
Agentic AI tests the limits of data protection law, study finds
The growing use of agentic artificial intelligence will test how organizations comply with existing data protection law, warns a study appearing in the Computer Law & Security Review.
May 28, 2026
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