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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:42:33 +0000
As a recent flare-up around Expensify shows, behind every AI that analyzes your data, teams of human workers pick up the slack.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:00:02 +0000
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| A major macOS vulnerability in High Sierra was reported. Anyone can log in as “root” with an empty password. Learn more. Categories: Tags: AppleHigh SierramacOSmacOS vunerabilityroot user |
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Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0000
A new analysis of the FCC’s net neutrality comment period shows millions of fake or duplicate email addresses and other alarming absurdities.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Andrey Doukhvalov| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:51:38 +0000
How we can say that KasperskyOS is really a secure platform
Read MoreCredit to Author: Bajrang Mane| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:23:03 +0000
IcedID is a new player in the banking Trojan family. It has a modular architecture and capable of stealing banking credentials of the user by performing a man-in-the-middle attack (MITM). IcedID sets up a local proxy and redirects all Internet traffic through it. Additionally, it can download and execute components…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Natasha Hellberg (Senior Threat Researcher)| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:00:41 +0000
One of the questions I am asked often is why am I not more concerned about sophisticated attacks? Why do I not deeply investigate new exploits as they are released? To which I reply “because the old ones still cause more damage.” After 30 years of looking at the security of networks, the main trend…
Credit to Author: Andrew D. Selbst| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Opinion: The US argues that police can access cell phone records freely because customers volunteer that data. But cell phones are no longer optional.
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:46:54 +0000
The bad news: Tuesday’s missile test shows that North Korea’s ICBM can likely hit the US. The slightly less bad news: It’s still a long way off from actually doing so.
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