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Ways AI could be used to facilitate crime over the next 15 years

Fake audio or video content has been ranked by experts as the most worrying use of artificial intelligence in terms of its potential applications for crime or terrorism, …

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Analysis of 92 billion rejected emails uncovers threat actors’ motivations

Mimecast released the Threat Intelligence Report: Black Hat U.S.A. Edition 2020, which presents insights gleaned from the analysis of 195 billion emails processed by Mimecast …

IoT
New defense method enables telecoms, ISPs to protect consumer IoT devices

Instead of relying on customers to protect their vulnerable smart home devices from being used in cyberattacks, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and National …

Legenstein and Maass
Researchers develop new learning algorithm to boost AI efficiency

The high energy consumption of artificial neural networks’ learning activities is one of the biggest hurdles for the broad use of AI, especially in mobile applications. …

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BadPower: Fast chargers can be modified to damage mobile devices

If you needed another reason not to use a charger made available at a coffeeshop or airport or by an acquaintance, here it is: maliciously modified fast chargers may damage …

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New wave of attacks aiming to rope home routers into IoT botnets

A Trend Micro research is warning consumers of a major new wave of attacks attempting to compromise their home routers for use in IoT botnets. The report urges users to take …

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Investigation highlights the dangers of using counterfeit Cisco switches

An investigation, which concluded that counterfeit network switches were designed to bypass processes that authenticate system components, illustrates the security challenges …

BGU Zoom research
Researchers extract personal data from video conference screenshots

Video conference users should not post screen images of Zoom and other video conference sessions on social media, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers, …

MongoDB
MongoDB is subject to continual attacks when exposed to the internet

On average, an exposed Mongo database is breached within 13 hours of being connected to the internet. The fastest breach recorded was carried out 9 minutes after the database …

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Exposing the privacy risks of home security cameras

An international study has used data from a major provider of home IP security cameras to evaluate potential privacy risks for users. Privacy-compromising information IP home …

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New privacy-preserving SSO algorithm hides user info from third parties

Over the last few decades, as the information era has matured, it has shaped the world of cryptography and made it a varied landscape. Amongst the myriad of encoding methods …

Privacy Shield
Researchers create tool for protecting children’s online privacy

A University of Texas at Dallas study of 100 mobile apps for kids found that 72 violated a federal law aimed at protecting children’s online privacy. Dr. Kanad Basu, …

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