Replacing Social Security Numbers Is Harder Than You Think
Credit to Author: Steven Bellovin| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:30:00 +0000
Social security numbers are bad, but it’s really hard to do better.
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Nobel Winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Never Let Me Go’ Predicted the Gene Editing Debate
Credit to Author: Ben Richmond| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:29:03 +0000
On Thursday, Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Read MoreBeware Undestroyable ‘Hypersonic Missiles’
Credit to Author: David Axe| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:00:00 +0000
The US, Russia, and China are all separately developing these speedy munitions, which can fly faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
Read MoreCyberattacks Against Abortion Clinics Have Increased At an Alarming Rate
Credit to Author: Rebecca Grant| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Abortion providers have long faced harassment, both online and and in person. But a recent wave of cyberattacks have caused havoc lately—and proved difficult to stop.
Read MoreCanada Is Looking to Airbnb to Help Fix Its Housing Crisis
Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:00:00 +0000
This is a terrible idea.
Read MoreWhen Phishing Starts from the Inside
Credit to Author: Chris Taylor| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:00:54 +0000
A growing concern of security professionals is internal phishing attacks – phishing emails sent from one trusted user to another of the same organization. Internal phishing emails are used in multi-stage attacks in which an email account is owned either by controlling the users device with previously installed malware or by compromising the account credentials…
This Forgotten Nintendo 64 Game Is One Part Photoshop, One Part ‘Mario Paint’
Credit to Author: Jason Johnson| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +0000
An obsolete memory card from the 90s made Mario’s foray into photoshopping inaccessible until now.
Read MoreThe Disturbing Rise of Cyberattacks Against Abortion Clinics
Credit to Author: Rebecca Grant| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Abortion providers have long faced harassment, both online and and in person. But a recent wave of cyberattacks have caused havoc lately—and proved difficult to stop.
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