Brute-force test attack bypasses Android biometric defense
Chinese researchers say they successfully bypassed fingerprint authentication safeguards on smartphones by staging a brute force attack.
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Evolve Bank & Trust confirms its data was stolen in cyber attack
Evolve Bank & Trust confirmed it was the victim of a cyber attack and that customer data had been posted on the dark web, less than two weeks after the Arkansas-based lender was ordered by regulators to improve its risk management ...
Jun 27, 2024
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How your brainwaves could be used in criminal trials
American Kevin Strickland was exonerated after spending 42 years in prison for being wrongfully convicted of a triple murder in November 2021. His 1978 conviction was based on mistaken identification of an eyewitness. The ...
Jul 1, 2022
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Florida has spent $1.5 million developing smartphone ID apps that hardly anyone is using
Are we ever going to be able to leave our driver's licenses at home and use a smartphone app if pulled over by police?
Apr 5, 2023
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Artificial intelligence shines light on the dark web
Beneath the surface web, the public form of the internet you use daily to check email or read news articles, exists a concealed "dark web." Host to anonymous, password-protected sites, the dark web is where criminal marketplaces ...
May 14, 2019
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Apple users urged to download Pegasus spyware flaw fix
Apple users were urged Tuesday to update their devices after the tech giant announced a fix for a major software flaw that allows the Pegasus spyware to be installed on phones without so much as a click.
Sep 14, 2021
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Security
ANOM global phone sting: What we know
Law enforcement agencies from three continents on Tuesday revealed a vast FBI-led sting operation that sold thousands of supposedly encrypted mobile phones to criminal organisations and intercepted their messages for years.
Jun 8, 2021
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Business
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply chain study finds
It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens once your personal data is stolen? Our research shows that, like most legal commodities, stolen data products flow through a supply chain consisting ...
Dec 5, 2022
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Internet
DarkBERT learns language of the Dark Web
Two types of people thrive in the distant hidden recesses of the Dark Web. One type consists of the good guys: whistleblowers, freedom fighters, journalists, the intelligence community and law enforcement agencies, all generally ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Research finds US adults have context-specific views on biometric technology use
As the application of facial recognition and DNA technologies increases across industries and domains, questions arise concerning the public's comfort with biometric modalities, the acceptability of using biometrics in various ...
Nov 23, 2021
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