Security
Australia's national response to scams has strengthened in recent years through government-led anti-scam measures. Yet losses remain above $2 billion, and scams continue to have a significant and devastating impact on individuals, ...
Aug 20, 2026
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Security
An AI model inspired by ants, bees and birds could be key to cracking down on blockchain-based money laundering, new research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) has found. The study is published in the journal Communications ...
Aug 20, 2026
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Security
Today, most of us interact with AI assistants—reactive bots that wait for human instructions. Yet AI assistants are rapidly being replaced by agentic AI agents that can interact with external tools, browse the web, generate ...
Aug 19, 2026
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Engineering
Counterfeit and out-of-spec components are entering U.S. defense supply chains through thousands of small and midsized suppliers that make up the lower tiers of the industrial base. Researchers at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing ...
Aug 18, 2026
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Security
Recent cyberattacks on municipal water systems across the United States have renewed concerns about the cybersecurity of the operational technology that supports critical infrastructure.
Aug 18, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
A new security loophole discovered by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst can bring some expired credit cards back to life. If stolen, these "zombie credit cards" could leave cardholders vulnerable to ...
Aug 17, 2026
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Security
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, EPFL and the CASA Cluster of Excellence have developed a new approach that provides end-to-end encryption for collaborative online documents throughout the ...
Aug 17, 2026
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Security
As the world is increasingly flooded with deepfakes, the European Union is taking action to help people distinguish what is real and what is not.
Aug 17, 2026
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Security
Passkeys are touted as safer than traditional passwords. But for people targeted by intimate partner abuse, they can often be more dangerous. Someone with access to their partner's computer and password could set up their ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Security
Physical access to an aircraft has not typically been considered a cybersecurity risk—but it should be, according to a team of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego. In a paper presented Aug. 13 at ...
Aug 13, 2026
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