Security

Fraudulent payments—where people are tricked into sending money to criminals—cost consumers £460 million in England and Wales last year. To give consumers more protection, the UK government now plans to give banks 72 hours to delay completion of potentially fraudulent transfers.... Read more

Smart homes are intended to make life easier, but logging into individual devices is often still an onerous task. Researchers from ETH Zurich have investigated how everyday routines could be used for secure and user-friendly authentication—with no need for cumbersome passwords.... Read more

A hacking group that is believed to be Chinese state-sponsored has compromised two websites with ties to the Tibetan community in an attack meant to install malware on users' computers, according to findings released Wednesday by a private cybersecurity firm.... Read more

The cybersecurity refrain when encountering phishing emails invariably advises: "don't click on that link" and "report that email"—but new research from Drexel University and Arizona State University has revealed a problematic reality: Most major companies do little to support reporting and few take action to shut down phishing sites disguised... Read more

The growth of extended reality technology means new enhanced measures are needed to protect people's privacy, a new study says.... Read more

Ethereum, a decentralized online platform that allows users to conduct financial transactions in Ether cryptocurrency, prides itself on the system's high security.... Read more

A new study by researchers, including at The University of Western Australia, has revealed how U.S. data breach notification (DBN) laws are influencing the cost of private debt for companies.... Read more

Fitness apps have revolutionized the way we approach health and exercise. They provide users with the ability to track their workouts, monitor their progress towards fitness goals and share achievements with a like-minded community. However, these benefits come with significant privacy and security risks, particularly regarding the disclosure of users'... Read more

Scientists claim to have developed an artificial intelligence tool to consolidate the privacy of vehicles and their drivers.... Read more

The World Health Organization and some 50 countries issued a warning Friday at the United Nations about the rise of ransomware attacks against hospitals, with the United States specifically blaming Russia.... Read more

A South Korean research team has succeeded in developing a new technology that can detect and track illegal flying drones that cause crimes such as unauthorized flying, terrorism, and privacy invasion. This technology is expected to strengthen national security and enhance public safety against the threat of illegal drones.... Read more

Alongside artificial intelligence, quantum computing is one of the fastest-growing subsets in the high-performance computing community. But what happens when this relatively new and powerful computing method reaches the limit of the cyberinfrastructure and network security capabilities of today?... Read more

More of our personal data is now collected and stored online than ever before in history. The rise of data breaches should unsettle us all.... Read more

Most internet communications today rely on the TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol, which protects against eavesdropping on the network, but not against access by service providers themselves. While end-to-end encryption (E2EE) ensures only the sender and recipient can read the messages, existing solutions are often not user-friendly or widely adopted.... Read more

Billions of people around the world are using internet-connected medical devices to monitor their health, but could be putting themselves at risk of hackers using their data for unhealthy reasons, according to a new cybersecurity study.... Read more