Security
Not long after generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT were introduced with a promise to boost economic productivity, scammers launched the likes of FraudGPT, which lurks on the dark web promising to assist ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Security
The SHA-1 algorithm, one of the first widely used methods of protecting electronic information, has reached the end of its useful life, according to security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Security
In the age of social distancing, many employees have found their workplace shift from an office cubicle to a living room couch.
Aug 31, 2020
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Internet
Twitter is in chaos. Elon Musk, its new owner, has decimated its staff and this week gave those remaining an ultimatum—work grueling hours and be "extremely hardcore " or leave. Hundreds chose the latter and headed for ...
Nov 18, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers say suspected nation-state hackers infected Apple iPhones with spyware over two years in what security experts on Friday called an alarming security failure for a company whose calling card is privacy.
Aug 31, 2019
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Security
Cyberattacks are on the rise, impacting people, systems, infrastructures and governments with potentially devastating and far-reaching effects. Most recently, these include the massive REvil ransomware attack and the discovery ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Security
Blockchain is a decentralized ledger technology that secures the integrity of transactions through digital signatures and will be familiar to anyone who has investigated digital or "crypto" currencies. The technology has ...
Mar 10, 2022
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Security
California pension officials say personal information of about 769,000 retired state employees and other beneficiaries—including Social Security numbers—was among data stolen by Russian cybercriminals in the breach of ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Internet
The United States, Britain and Australia have called on Facebook to give authorities the ability to circumvent encryption used in its messaging services—a measure opposed by the social media giant.
Oct 4, 2019
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Security
The Homeland Security Department is backing away from requiring that U.S. citizens submit to facial-recognition technology when they leave or enter the country.
Dec 6, 2019
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