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UK police say they disrupted cyber fraud network that stole personal data from thousandsA website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords has been infiltrated and disrupted, London police said Thursday.... Read more
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Russian 'cyber sabotage' a global threat: Security firmA cyber group with links to Russian military intelligence is set to become a significant global threat after playing an increasing critical role in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, a leading cybersecurity firm warned Wednesday.... Read more
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Colorado law protects brain data captured by gadgetsColorado on Wednesday expanded its privacy law to include brain data gathered by the booming array of gadgets people use for feedback about sleep, fitness, sports, and lifestyle.... Read more
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Websites deceive users by deliberately hiding the extent of data collection and sharingWebsites sometimes hide how widely they share our personal information, and can go to great lengths to pull the wool over our eyes. This deception is intended to prevent full disclosure to consumers, thus preventing informed choice and affecting privacy rights.... Read more
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AI is making smart devices easier to hack—here's how to stay safeFrom asking our smart speakers for the weather to receiving personalized advice from smartwatches, devices powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly streamlining our routines and decision making. The technology is seeping into our lives in subtle ways.... Read more
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Atrium Health shared patient data with Facebook, class-action lawsuit allegesA class-action lawsuit filed in North Carolina accuses Atrium Health of allowing Facebook and Google to access patient information online to use in targeted ads.... Read more
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Paris faces cyber battle to keep Games running and realThe Paris Olympics are bracing themselves to fight off an unprecedented level of cyber attacks, for the first time augmented by artificial intelligence.... Read more
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Safeguarding the future of online security with AI and metasurfacesResearchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have advanced online security by integrating an AI-based metasurface with oblique helicoidal cholesteric liquid crystals.... Read more
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Microsoft, beset by hacks, grapples with problem years in the makingThe world's largest seller of cybersecurity products has a problem with its own cybersecurity.... Read more
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Israel using AI to identify human targets raising fears that innocents are being caught in the netA report by Jerusalem-based investigative journalists published in +972 magazine finds that AI targeting systems have played a key role in identifying—and potentially misidentifying—tens of thousands of targets in Gaza. This suggests that autonomous warfare is no longer a future scenario. It is already here and the consequences are horrifying.... Read more
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Security vulnerability in browser interface allows computer access via graphics cardModern websites place ever greater demands on the computing power of computers. For this reason, web browsers have also had access to the computing capacities of the graphics card (Graphics Processing Unit or GPU) in addition to the CPU of a computer for a number of years.... Read more
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US House okays renewal of controversial surveillance programThe US House of Representatives voted Friday to reauthorize an electronic surveillance program targeting foreigners, a practice officials say is critical to national security but criticized by opponents over concerns for American citizens' privacy.... Read more
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Will AI be listening in on your future job interview? On law, technology and privacyThe law and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications need to be better aligned to ensure our personal data and privacy are protected. Ph.D. candidate Andreas Häuselmann can see opportunities with AI, but dangers if this does not happen.... Read more
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World-first 'Cybercrime Index' ranks countries by cybercrime threat levelFollowing three years of intensive research, an international team of researchers have compiled the first ever "World Cybercrime Index," which identifies the globe's key cybercrime hotspots by ranking the most significant sources of cybercrime at a national level.... Read more
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The real battle for data privacy begins when you dieIn 2012 a 15-year-old girl died in Berlin after being hit by a subway train. Her bereaved parents asked Facebook to turn over her private messages in hopes of understanding whether her death was a suicide or an accident.... Read more