(Phys.org)—Speakers at a government gathering revealed more reasons for nervous patients to get out their worry beads over future hospital stays. Besides staph infections, wrong-side surgeries and inaccurate dosages, there ...
Identifying faces is a crucial part of police work, and while training can bring about small improvements in accuracy, superior face recognition abilities are something you are born with, past research has shown.
Social Sciences
May 18, 2023
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Amid a frantic rush to patch a computer security flaw, experts struggled Thursday to determine the impact of a newly discovered vulnerability which could affect billions of devices worldwide.
Security
Jan 5, 2018
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Twice in the space of six weeks, the world has suffered major attacks of ransomware—malicious software that locks up photos and other files stored on your computer, then demands money to release them.
Security
Jun 28, 2017
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Researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center have discovered that virtually any cellphone infected with a malicious code can use GSM phone frequencies to steal critical information ...
Security
Jul 28, 2015
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It would be another powerful tool in the arsenal of US and British spy services: encryption keys for a large share of the SIM cards used for mobile phones.
Security
Feb 20, 2015
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A new push to encrypt email, keeping messages free from government snooping, is gaining momentum.
Security
May 18, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The Office of the Inspector General, led by Paul Martin, has published the results of an audit of NASA's cloud computing efforts and has found many such efforts lack proper security. The report also notes that ...
Research In Motion launched a new software platform Tuesday that lets businesses manage smartphones made by rivals that have been devouring the BlackBerry maker's market share.
Software
Apr 3, 2012
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Cyber security veterans behind startup CrowdStrike will demonstrate at the RSA conference on Wednesday that the types of attacks used against computers are heading for smartphones.
Software
Feb 29, 2012
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