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Deceiving the Masses on Social Media
The social media platforms like their freedom, but information gerrymandering may require legislation to fix.
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Critical 'Starbleed' Vulnerability in FPGA Chips Identified
Scientists have discovered a vulnerability in field-programmable gate array chips.
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Academics Steal Data From Air-Gapped Systems Using PC Fan Vibrations
Academics have developed a technique for stealing data from air-gapped systems by manipulating the vibrations of the fans inside computers.
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Facebook-Backed Libra Cryptocurrency Project Is Scaled Back
After months of criticism, the cryptocurrency is moving ahead with significant revisions.
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U.S., U.K. Cyber Officials Say State-Backed Hackers Taking Advantage of Outbreak
Cybersecurity officials in the U.S. and the U.K. warn that state-backed hackers and cybercriminals are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic.
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'Unkillable' Android Malware Gives Hackers Full Remote Access to Your Phone
A researcher at cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab found the xHelper malware uses a system of nested programs that makes it difficult to root out.
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Internet Voting is Not the Solution to the Coronavirus Election Challenge
The scientific evidence is clear: Security risks pose threat to free and fair elections
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Docker Servers Targeted by Kinsing Malware Campaign
Over the past few months, a malware campaign has been scanning the Internet for Docker servers running API ports exposed without a password.
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Give Tax Time Phishing Attacks the Slip
Learning how to recognize tax-time email scams can help taxpayers and businesspeople avoid them.
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Linux Security: Chinese State Hackers May Have Compromised 'Holy Grail' Targets Since 2012
A BlackBerry research and intelligence team said five Chinese advanced persistent threat groups have long been attacking Linux servers.
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Hackathons Target Coronavirus
Thousands of technology enthusiasts and others worldwide are participating in hackathons to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
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RAND Study Advocates 'Postquantum Cryptography'
A government think tank says a coordinated, long-term approach is needed to confront the "retroactive risk" to secure communications posed by quantum computing....
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Hacker Group Is Eavesdropping on Corporate Email, FTP Traffic
The Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 reports that a hacker group has been eavesdropping on corporate networks since at least early December.
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Crypto-Mining Botnet Has Been Hijacking MSSQL Servers for Almost Two Years
A malware botnet has been launching brute-force attacks against Microsoft SQL databases for nearly two years.
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A Digital Court for a Digital Age
Researchers have created a mechanism that uses blockchain to settle legal disputes.
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Attackers Can Bypass Fingerprint Authentication with an ~80% Success Rate
Fingerprint-based authentication is fine for most people, but it's hardly foolproof.
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WhatsApp is Limiting Message Forwarding to Combat Coronavirus Misinformation
From today, messages identified as "highly forwarded" can be forwarded to a single person, instead of five.
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Covid-19: The Race to Create Privacy-focused Contact Tracing Tools
As authorities seek technological solutions to the pandemic, experts fear the consequences for civil liberties.
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COVID-19 Malware Will Wipe Your PC, Rewrite MBR
ZDNet has identified five COVID-19-themed malware strains that can wipe an infected PC's files or rewrite its master boot record (MBR).
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