Security

Almost 80% of U.K. adults support national security agencies collecting and processing personal data to investigate terrorism and serious crime, according to new research by the Center for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS) at The Alan Turing Institute, in collaboration with Savanta and Hopkins Van Mil, published on Tuesday.... Read more

The personal information of more than 9,300 people may have been exposed in a recent data breach at health insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, according to the company.... Read more

Oregon's environmental agency won't say if a group of hackers stole data in a cyberattack that was first announced earlier this month.... Read more

Cyberattacks can snare workflows, put vulnerable client information at risk, and cost corporations and governments millions of dollars. A botnet—a network infected by malware—can be particularly catastrophic. A new Georgia Tech tool automates the malware removal process, saving engineers hours of work and companies money.... Read more

What if your work self didn't know about your personal life, and your home self had no idea what you did for a living? In Apple TV's Severance, that's exactly the deal: a surgical procedure splits the memories of employees into "innies" (who only exist at work) and "outies" (who... Read more

Every day, cancer patients visit medical facilities for treatments to lessen or alleviate the destructive illness. Treatments often include radioisotopes and other radioactive materials that target and destroy cancer cells effectively.... Read more

Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS)—the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer diagnostics, infectious disease tracking, and gene research—could become a prime target for hackers.... Read more

Pedestrian crosswalks in California's Silicon Valley were emitting recordings over the weekend that mocked US President Donald Trump and tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, according to widely shared videos.... Read more

A new study finds about 10% of websites that claim to comply with online advertising standards are running ads that violate those standards. The finding tells researchers that the ad-filtering rules browser extensions use to enforce the standards have flaws advertisers can take advantage of to display non-compliant ads.... Read more

Fraud is widespread in the United States and increasingly driven by technology. For example, 93% of credit card fraud now involves remote account access, not physical theft. In 2023, fraud losses surpassed $10 billion for the first time.... Read more

A new ultra-lightweight artificial intelligence (AI) model has been developed that assists in generating high-quality images without directly sending sensitive data to servers. This technological advancement paves the way for the safe utilization of high-performance generative AI in environments where privacy is paramount, such as in the analysis of patient... Read more

The UK government has announced £65 million in funding for a new system called Borealis which is intended to help the UK military defend its satellites against threats. Borealis is a software system that collates and processes data to strengthen the UK military's ability to monitor what's going on in... Read more

Google is secretly using its education products, including those used in many Bay Area schools, to identify students individually, track their online activity including sites they visit and links they click, and "steal" their personal data for profit, a lawsuit filed by California parents and others claims.... Read more

Morocco's social security agency said troves of data were stolen from its systems in a cyberattack this week that resulted in personal information being leaked on the messaging app Telegram.... Read more

A digital twin is an exact virtual copy of a real-world system. Built using real-time data, they provide a platform to test, simulate, and optimize the performance of their physical counterpart. In health care, medical digital twins can create virtual models of biological systems to predict diseases or test medical... Read more