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 9, 2022
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Internet
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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Business
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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Internet
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 4, 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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Computer Sciences
Keeping the unseen safe: Improving digital privacy for blind people
Blind people, like sighted people, post on Instagram, swipe on Tinder, and text photos of their children to a group chat. They also use photos to learn about their visual surroundings.
Dec 2, 2021
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Internet
Giving families better access to the digital assets of deceased loved ones
A new report highlights the extent of the distress caused by being cut off from digital assets when family members die or become incapacitated.
Sep 21, 2021
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Internet
Millions of Microsoft-stored data records mistakenly exposed
Some 38 million records stored on a Microsoft service, including private information, were mistakenly left exposed this year, security firm UpGuard said Monday.
Aug 24, 2021
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Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack
Ireland's health system struggled to restore computers and treat patients Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire information technology system in response to a ransomware attack.
May 18, 2021
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