Security
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1.8KMalware Targeting Uber’s Android App Discovered
Researchers at Symantec, most known for its Norton product line, have discovered malware that spoofs Uber’s Android app. The malware gets a...
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4.9KUS Military Funds Project to Catch Deepfakes
This summer, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will gather the world’s leading digital forensics experts to compete against each other in...
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1.8KCivil Rights Organizations Unite to Stop the Use of Amazon Face Recognition
Civil rights organizations are forcing Amazon to stop selling its artificial intelligence (AI) software to government agencies for fear that this software...
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1.9KFacebook Supposedly Took Down 21 Million Inappropriate Posts
Facebook is continuously trying to fight not only inappropriate content, but also spam, hate speech, terrorist propaganda, and fake accounts, all of...
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3.1KGoogle Employees Resign in Protest over Pentagon Contract
Three months ago, both Google employees as well as the general public learned of the company’s plans to provide artificial intelligence to...
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3.3KIBM Bans Staff from Using Removable Storage Devices
Shamla Naidoo, IBM global chief Information Security Officer, has recently announced that the company “is expanding the practice of prohibiting data transfer...
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3.9KNew Technology Identifies Thousands of Lost Indian Children
In India, there are almost 2000,000 missing children, with around 90,000 placed in child care institutions. Most of those lost have been...
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4.0KCrow Tries to Use Credit Card at Ticketing Machine
This amazing crow just proved that nature does it best, even when it comes to stealing money or purchasing things on a...
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2.7KiOS Feature To Disable USB Connection If Left Locked for Seven Days
In what could be a move designed as a response to the FBI drama from a while ago, Apple decided to add a...
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2.6KFacial Recognition Fail: 2,300 People Falsely Identified As Potential Criminals
Facial recognition is one of the hottest topics today and not just because it offers easy smartphone authentication. Companies and authorities believe it...
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2.6KAlexa Can’t Listen to Your Every Move… Anymore
Security researchers from Checkmarx just confirmed what everyone always suspected: Amazon’s voice-controlled personal assistant Alexa listens to your every move. While it was...
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3.2KFacebook Won’t Extend GDPR Privacy Protection for Users Worldwide
On May 25, Europe will be getting the biggest, most comprehensive regulation to help users gain control over their data. While Facebook...
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3.2KMicrosoft Joins 33 IT Companies In Promising Cybersecurity
It is no surprise that with a larger presence and dependence on technology, there have been more hackers and cyberattacks. Cybersecurity has...
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3.1KFacebook User Or Not, The Company Is Still Tracking You
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s hearings left a lot of questions unanswered. The Product Management Director of Facebook, David Baser, went online to...
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2.7KCops Identify Drug Dealer From WhatsApp Photo Fingerprints
Who, even 10 years ago, would have imagined that your fingerprints could be taken from a photograph and used to identify you?...
