Chip flaw exposes billions of WiFi devices
Billions of WiFi devices were exposed to potential hackers due to a chip vulnerability, security experts said in a report released Wednesday.
Consumer & Gadgets
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Engineering
Highly sensitive pressure sensors for robotics and healthcare applications
Microscopic sensors that can detect small changes in pressure have numerous useful applications, particularly for the development of robots and health-monitoring wearable devices. Most existing capacitive and transistor-based ...
Security
Information theft via manipulating screen brightness in air-gapped computers
Data can be stolen from an air gapped personal computer just by using variations in screen brightness. Researchers at Ben-Gurion University wrote a paper on it.
Consumer & Gadgets
Using a menstrual tracker app? This is what happens to your health data
If you are one of the millions of women who uses period tracker apps to better your chances of having a baby, to prevent pregnancy or just to monitor menstruation, are the risks of sharing sensitive health information about ...
Jan 24, 2020
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Explainer: Not all cyber threats equally worrisome
West Virginia reported unusual cyber activity targeting its election systems. The Texas governor said the state was encountering attempted "attacks" at the rate of "about 10,000 per minute" from Iran. Information technology ...
Jan 10, 2020
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Security
Microsoft seizes web domains used by North Korean hackers
Microsoft said Monday it obtained a court order allowing it to seize web domains used by North Korean hacking groups to launch cyberattacks on human rights activists, researchers and others.
Dec 31, 2019
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Security
A model to classify cyberattacks using swarm intelligence
In recent years, new technological advances have led to a growing number of devices, ranging from more conventional computers to other gadgets and smart home appliances, communicating and sharing data with one another. Despite ...
Security
Health websites in UK share data with advertisers: FT
Health websites accessed from within Britain are without permission sharing users' sensitive information with online giants, including Google, Amazon and Facebook, the Financial Times reported Wednesday following an investigation.
Nov 13, 2019
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Internet
Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data
In recent weeks, Johannesburg's computer network was held for ransom by a hacker group called Shadow Kill Hackers. This was the second time in three months a ransomware attack has hit South Africa's largest city. This time, ...
Nov 11, 2019
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Internet
Twitter spy case highlights risks for big tech platforms
The allegations of spying by former Twitter employees for Saudi Arabia underscore the risks for Silicon Valley firms holding sensitive data which make the platforms ripe for espionage.
Nov 9, 2019
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