Microsoft: Seizure of sites Iranian hackers used for attacks
Microsoft says it has seized 99 websites used by Iranian hackers to launch cyberattacks.
Security
Mar 27, 2019
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News tagged with hack
How far should organizations be able to go to defend against cyberattacks?
The deluge of cyberattacks sweeping across the world has governments and companies thinking about new ways to protect their digital systems, and the corporate and state secrets stored within. For a long time, cybersecurity ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 15, 2019
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Should cyber officials be required to tell victims of cyber crimes they've been hacked?
In Germany this week, the legal limbo that defines cyberspace around the world was on full display.
Security
Jan 10, 2019
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Researcher uses hacked studio data to prove racially diverse casts are more profitable
It's no secret that Hollywood has a dismal record of hiring non-white actors for prominent roles. In the past 25 years, just 11 percent of non-white actors have been nominated for Academy Awards, according to Time magazine. ...
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2018
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The Marriott breach compared with past security breakdowns
Marriott's revelation that as many as 500 million guests may have been affected by a data breach at Starwood hotels, which it bought two years ago, ranks among the largest hacks ever. It is not clear if some of those included ...
Security
Nov 30, 2018
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Researcher discusses the the science replication crisis
If there's a central tenet that unites all of the sciences, it's probably that scientists should approach discovery without bias and with a healthy dose of skepticism. The idea is that the best way to reach the truth is to ...
Social Sciences
Nov 21, 2018
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Mark Zuckerberg and team take heat for massive data breach, Facebook 'not well managed'
Mark Zuckerberg is facing a major public reckoning following the massive Facebook data breach as a cascade of crises catch up with the social media giant.
Internet
Oct 3, 2018
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Facebook hack reveals the perils of using a single account to log in to other services
Facebook announced on Friday that its engineering team had discovered a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts. Due to a flaw in Facebook's code, hackers were able to take over an account and use it in the same ...
Internet
Oct 2, 2018
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Space-borne quantum source to secure communication
Soon, powerful quantum computers will be able to easily crack conventional mathematically encrypted codes. Entangled photons generated by a spaceborne quantum source could enable hack-proof key exchange for ultra high security ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 1, 2018
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US charges govt-linked North Korean in WannaCry, Sony hacks
The US charged a North Korean programmer Thursday with some of the most dramatic global hacking cases of recent years, alleging they were carried out on behalf of the regime in Pyongyang.
Security
Sep 6, 2018
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