Email still beats texts—for hackers phishing for your data
Despite all the attention given to phishing attacks, and high profile hacks, email still remains the number one place where victims fall prey to bad guys.
Feb 27, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Hey, Alexa: Sorry I fooled you
A human can likely tell the difference between a turtle and a rifle. Two years ago, Google's AI wasn't so sure. For quite some time, a subset of computer science research has been dedicated to better understanding how machine ...
Feb 24, 2020
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Internet
Germany to tighten screws on online hate speech
With the danger growing from far-right extremists and torrents of threats against politicians, Germany plans to toughen online speech laws and tighten the screws on social networks.
Feb 19, 2020
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Security
Study unveils security vulnerabilities in EEG-based brain-computer interfaces
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are tools that can connect the human brain with an electronic device, typically using electroencephalography (EEG). In recent years, advances in machine learning (ML) have enabled the development ...
Security
A projector had far too much fun with car tech
Stop it. You can fool a Tesla Autopilot system with a projector?
Security
Greece: Government websites hit by cyberattack
The Greek government said Friday that the official state websites of the prime minister, the national police and fire service and several important ministries were briefly disabled by a cyberattack but have been restored.
Jan 24, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The paints that eat pollutants and heat homes
Applying a coat of paint on the walls of a house may soon help to heat it, saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions. It could also clean the air that we breathe, breaking down chemicals and pollutants, and eliminating harmful ...
Jan 17, 2020
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Engineering
Detecting and mitigating network attacks with a multi-prong approach
To solve a problem, you must first see the problem. More than that, whatever fallout the problem is causing must be controlled while you solve it. That's the approach an international team of researchers has taken for combating ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Carriers' insecure procedures make life easy for SIM swap tricksters
So, you have confidence that you are safe from attackers who wreak havoc with authentication weaknesses? Think again or at least consider recent research findings. Five carriers used insecure authentication challenges—insecurity ...
Security
Cyberspace is the next front in Iran-US conflict – and private companies may bear the brunt
Iran and other nations have waged a stealth cyberwar against the United States for at least the past decade, largely targeting not the government itself but, rather, critical infrastructure companies. This threat to the private ...
Jan 13, 2020
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