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Security and Privacy in Electronic Healthcare Systems

June 15, 2017 — All over the world, digital tools are increasingly being used to improve and streamline healthcare services. This does not only lead to positive results, but also creates opportunities for new types ... read more

Smarter Use of Mobile Data

June 12, 2017 — The data constantly collected and reported by smartphones can find numerous applications. An new project devoted to crowdsensing has found ways to improve privacy and localization accuracy as well as ... read more

App Uses Smartphone Compass to Stop Voice Hacking

June 5, 2017 — Engineers are creating an app to stop voice hacking. The app uses existing smartphone components, including the magnetometer for the phone's compass, to detect when someone's voice is being ... read more

Taking Control Back from the Cloud

May 29, 2017 — A user-controlled file security scheme makes it possible to instantly revoke access to files hosted on Internet cloud ... read more

New Password Meter That Will Change How Users Make Passwords

May 8, 2017 — Researchers have just unveiled a new, state-of-the-art password meter that offers real-time feedback and advice to help people create better ... read more

The Key to Private and Efficient Data Storage

Apr. 29, 2017 — Cloud storage services, like Dropbox and Gmail, may soon be able to better manage your content, giving you more storage capacity while still being unable to ‘read’ your ... read more

Internet Atlas Maps the Physical Internet to Enhance Security

Apr. 11, 2017 — Despite the internet-dependent nature of our world, a thorough understanding of the internet’s physical makeup has only recently ... read more

Recent Advances and New Insights Into Quantum Image Processing

Apr. 11, 2017 — Researchers who are active scientists in quantum information processing shared their comprehensive review and incisive views on quantum image ... read more

Are Your Sensors Spying on You?

Apr. 11, 2017 — Cyber experts have revealed the ease with which malicious websites and installed apps can spy on us using just the information from the motion sensors in our mobile ... read more

Driver Privacy Can Be Compromised in Usage-Based Insurance Systems

Apr. 7, 2017 — An attacker only needs one part of the information provided to a UBI company to discover a driver's whereabouts, home, work, or who they met with, report ... read more

Hospitals Put Your Data at Risk, Study Finds

Apr. 6, 2017 — Lying in a hospital bed, the last thing you should have to worry about is a personal data breach. Yet recent research found nearly 1,800 occurrences of large data breaches in patient information ... read more

Few Keep Track of Their Personal Data on Online

Apr. 4, 2017 — According to a study by computer science researchers, few people know how their personal data are collected, used, shared and accessed. The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), coming ... read more

New Quantum Gadget Could Make Contactless Payment More Secure

Mar. 28, 2017 — A prototype gadget that sends secret keys to encrypt information passed from a mobile device to a payment terminal, could help to answer public concerns around the security of contactless and ... read more

Desktop Scanners Can Be Hijacked to Perpetrate Cyberattacks

Mar. 28, 2017 — The researchers conducted several demonstrations to transmit a message into computers connected to a flatbed scanner. Using direct laser light sources up to a half-mile (900 meters) away, as well as ... read more

Protecting Web Users' Privacy

Mar. 23, 2017 — A new system has been developed that uses function secret sharing to disguise database queries during web-service transactions. The system could prevent price gouging and unwanted user ... read more

Connected Dolls and Tell-Tale Teddy Bears: Why We Need to Manage the Internet of Toys

Mar. 23, 2017 — Action is needed to monitor and control the emerging Internet of Toys, concludes a new report. Privacy and security are highlighted as main areas of ... read more

Computing: Is Fog More Secure Than Cloud?

Mar. 16, 2017 — Computer scientists are working on a new concept for remote and distributed storage of documents that could have all the benefits of cloud computing but without the security issues of putting ... read more

YouTube Users Be Aware: Your Viewing Habits Can Be Tracked

Mar. 15, 2017 — It's important to know that video encryption is not as secure as once thought. Google, YouTube's parent company, is not likely to patch the gaps, since it would be prohibitively expensive ... read more

Quantum Key System Could Make Mobile Transactions Far More Secure

Mar. 15, 2017 — For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a prototype device that can send unbreakable secret keys from a handheld device to a ... read more

Early Warning System for Mass Cyber Attacks

Mar. 15, 2017 — Mass attacks from the Internet are a common fear: Millions of requests in a short time span overload online services, grinding them to a standstill for hours and bringing Internet companies to their ... read more
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