New brain-inspired cybersecurity system detects 'bad apples' 100 times faster
Cybersecurity is critical—for national security, corporations and private individuals.
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US would let Apple keep software to help FBI hack iPhone
The Obama administration told a U.S. magistrate judge on Friday it would be willing to allow Apple Inc. to retain possession of and later destroy specialized software it has been ordered to design to help the FBI hack into ...
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Feb 20, 2016
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'Combosquatting' attack hides in plain sight to trick computer users
To guard against unknowingly visiting malicious websites, computer users have been taught to double-check website URLs before they click on a link. But attackers are now taking advantage of that practice to trick users into ...
Security
Oct 30, 2017
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Equifax data breach—consumers heard about it but took little action
When the Equifax data breach impacting nearly 147 million people occurred just over a year ago most consumers took little to no action to protect themselves despite the risk of identity theft, University of Michigan researchers ...
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Aug 15, 2018
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Researchers mount successful attacks against Tor network—and show how to prevent them
With 2.5 million daily users, the Tor network is the world's most popular system for protecting Internet users' anonymity. For more than a decade, people living under repressive regimes have used Tor to conceal their Web-browsing ...
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Jul 29, 2015
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Microsoft urges regulation of face-recognizing tech
Microsoft's chief legal officer on Friday called for regulation of facial recognition technology due to the risk to privacy and human rights.
Internet
Jul 14, 2018
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Don't click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they do
Every day, often multiple times a day, you are invited to click on links sent to you by brands, politicians, friends and strangers. You download apps on your devices. Maybe you use QR codes.
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Feb 11, 2019
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Team discovers how mobile ads leak personal data
The personal information of millions of smartphone users is at risk due to in-app advertising that can leak potentially sensitive user information between ad networks and mobile app developers, according to a new study by ...
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Feb 23, 2016
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1.5 bn sensitive documents on open internet: researchers
Some 1.5 billion sensitive online files, from pay stubs to medical scans to patent applications, are visible on the open internet, security researchers said Thursday.
Security
Apr 5, 2018
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Computer scientists develop a simple tool to tell if websites suffered a data breach
Computer scientists have built and successfully tested a tool designed to detect when websites are hacked by monitoring the activity of email accounts associated with them. The researchers were surprised to find that almost ...
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