This company aims to protect connected cars from cyberattacks
Half of all auto cyberattacks in history occurred in 2021 alone—up nearly 140% from 2020.
Sep 07, 2022
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US regulators sue firm selling sensitive location data
US regulators on Monday filed a lawsuit to stop data broker Kochava from selling smartphone location information that could help trace visits to "sensitive locations" like reproductive health clinics.
Aug 29, 2022
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UnitedHealth, Amazon are among bidders for Signify
Signify Health Inc. soared the most since its shares started trading last year as UnitedHealth Group Inc., Amazon.com Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Option Care Health Inc. competed to acquire the home-health technology and services ...
Aug 22, 2022
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New research puts your online privacy preferences to the test
When it comes to privacy, you've probably heard some say they "don't care about privacy if there's nothing to hide." Typically, someone who says this is not taking into account that you may have strong beliefs on the very ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Keeping web-browsing data safe from hackers
Malicious agents can use machine learning to launch powerful attacks that steal information in ways that are tough to prevent and often even more difficult to study.
Jun 09, 2022
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Profile matching of online users across multiple social networks
It is perhaps a significant concern that internet users willingly and sometimes unwittingly share their personal and private information through online social networks without a second thought for how that information might ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Mismanaged cloud services put user data at risk
Organizations' failure to properly manage the servers they lease from cloud service providers can allow attackers to receive private data, research my colleagues and I conducted has shown.
Apr 11, 2022
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Protection against cyberattacks requires smarter approach
If companies want to more efficiently limit the risks of cyberattacks, they should invest smarter rather than more. Many organizations currently still mainly select their investments based on past information, but choosing ...
Mar 10, 2022
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Guided understanding, not rules, could help children stay safer online
As an increasing number of children use digital technologies to play, communicate, create, socialize and learn, the number of opportunities for their privacy to be exploited continues to grow. With many parents unaware of ...
Mar 04, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
QR codes: Is it safe to scan?
The Coinbase Super Bowl commercial that featured a bouncing QR code set to music was so popular it caused the cryptocurrency app to temporarily crash. What does this tell us about how these codes are being used and how safe ...
Feb 17, 2022
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