Security
A man is suing doorbell maker Ring and its parent company, Amazon, after he says a hacker communicated with his children over the internet-connected camera he had bought as "additional security" for his family.
Dec 31, 2019
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Security
The personal data for thousands of owners of the Ring camera was reportedly compromised this week, exposing information such as login names and passwords.
Dec 23, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Hackers are breaking into home security cameras, and the process isn't always as difficult as you may think.
Dec 16, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
A family in Mississippi claims a hacker gained access to a Ring camera placed in their 8-year-old daughter's room and started talking to her, say local reports.
Dec 13, 2019
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Security
Last year, a team of CyLab researchers explored the account-sharing behaviors of romantic couples and found that some of their practices could compromise security. Building off that study, the team wanted to explore the ...
Nov 25, 2019
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Internet
Twitter on Wednesday halted users' ability to fire off tweets via text messages as it seeks to fix a vulnerability that led to CEO Jack Dorsey's account being hijacked.
Sep 5, 2019
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Internet
Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been "compromised" after a series of erratic and offensive messages were posted.
Aug 30, 2019
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Security
File under New and Official. After you check out this week's headlines for WebAuthn and W3C. The latter stands for Worldwide Web Consortium. The WebAuthn is now an official web standard. Backers say the specification marks ...
Security
How good is the research on the success or failure of the system that verifies your identity when you log into a computer, smartphone or other device?
Feb 26, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
A team of researchers at Imperial College London and UCL have recently developed a new method to authenticate honey using machine learning and microscopy. Their technique, outlined in a paper pre-published on arXiv, could ...
Authentication (from Greek: αὐθεντικός; real or genuine, from αὐθέντης authentes; author) is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity. This might involve confirming the identity of a person, tracing the origins of an artifact, ensuring that a product is what its packaging and labeling claims to be, or assuring that a computer program is a trusted one.
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