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Computer Sciences
Computer scientists run a password update campaign efficiently and with minimal IT costs
Updating passwords for all users of a company or institution's internal computer systems is stressful and disruptive to both users and IT professionals. Many studies have looked at user struggles and password best practices. ...
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Engineers develop hack to make automotive radar hallucinate
A black sedan cruises silently down a quiet suburban road, driver humming Christmas carols quietly while the car's autopilot handles the driving. Suddenly, red flashing lights and audible warnings blare to life, snapping ...
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Expert explains the alarming creativity of today's cyberattacks, and five unlikely places you're vulnerable
Associate Research Professor Charles Harry likes to strike up conversations with his new students by asking about their pets: Their favorite memories, the name of their first pet, even if they chose the collar based on their ...
Jan 30, 2024
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Fighting deepfakes, shallowfakes and media manipulation
Photo, audio and video technologies have advanced significantly in recent years, making it easier to create convincing fake multimedia content, like politicians singing popular songs or saying silly things to get a laugh ...
Jan 30, 2024
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Security
Deepfakes: How to empower youth to fight the threat of misinformation and disinformation
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2024 has issued a stark warning: misinformation and disinformation, primarily driven by deepfakes, are ranked as the most severe global short-term risks the world faces in the ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Pet technology, meant to provide help and security for pets and owners, has vulnerabilities of its own
Pet owners are increasingly turning to technology for various pet care purposes such as feeding, health monitoring and activity and movement tracking. Much of this technology operates via devices and apps connected to the ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Security
New research combats burgeoning threat of deepfake audio
With every passing day, it seems like it is getting harder to trust what you see—and hear—on the internet. Deepfakes and doctored audio have become easier to create with the press of a button. New research by three School ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Security
Predictive model detects potential extremist propaganda on social media
The militant Islamic State group, or ISIS, lost its physical territory in 2019, but it remains an active force on social media, according to researchers from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Internet
How to protect your data privacy: Expert provides steps you can take and explains why you can't go it alone
Perfect safety is no more possible online than it is when driving on a crowded road with strangers or walking alone through a city at night. Like roads and cities, the internet's dangers arise from choices society has made. ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
How To Tech: Why it's important to turn on Apple's new Stolen Device Protection
You're in a crowded bar when a thief watches you unlock your iPhone with your passcode, then swipes it. That sinking feeling hits when you realize it's gone, along with priceless photos, important files, passwords on banking ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Security
HP Enterprise discloses hack by suspected state-backed Russian hackers
Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed Wednesday that suspected state-backed Russian hackers broke into its cloud-based email system and stole data from cybersecurity and other employees.
Jan 25, 2024
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Security
Russian sentenced to five years in prison for Trickbot malware
A Russian man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for his involvement in developing the Trickbot malware used to extort businesses, including hospitals during the COVID pandemic, the US Justice Department ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Offshore wind farms are vulnerable to cyberattacks, study shows
The hurrying pace of societal electrification is encouraging from a climate perspective. But the transition away from fossil fuels toward renewable sources like wind presents new risks that are not yet fully understood.
Jan 24, 2024
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Security
Russian hackers suspected of Sweden cyber attack
Online services at some Swedish government agencies and shops have been disrupted in a ransomware attack believed to have been carried out by a Russian hacker group, IT consultancy Tietoevry said.
Jan 23, 2024
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Security
A sanction has been imposed on a hacker who released Australian health insurer client data
A Russian national has been sanctioned by the Australian government for his role in a cyber attack that compromised the personal information of more than 10 million Australians.
Jan 23, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Researchers unveil new way to counter mobile phone 'account takeover' attacks
Computer science researchers have developed a new way to identify security weaknesses that leave people vulnerable to account takeover attacks, where a hacker gains unauthorized access to online accounts.
Jan 22, 2024
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