https://techxplore.com/security-news/ en-us The latest news on cyber security, network security, software vulnerabilities, data leaks, malware, and viruses Looking for an at-home HIV test on CVS' website is not as private an experience as one might think. An investigation by The Markup and KFF Health News found trackers on CVS.com telling some of the biggest social media and advertising platforms the products customers viewed. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-hiv-online-facebook.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:50:01 EDT news608482062 Scam calls using AI to mimic voices of people you might know are being used to exploit unsuspecting members of the public. These calls use what's known as generative AI, which refers to systems capable of creating text, images or any other media such as video, based on prompts from a user. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-scam-imitating-familiar-voices.html Security Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:30:02 EDT news608473628 Thousands of satellites are currently orbiting the Earth, and there will be many more in the future. Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbrücken have assessed the security of these systems from an IT perspective. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-satellite-lags-decades-state-art.html Telecom Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:55:58 EDT news608478934 As increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI) systems become widespread, the question of the risks they may pose has taken on new urgency. Governments, researchers and developers have highlighted AI safety. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-alignment-silicon-valley-favorite.html Security Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:10:01 EDT news608474205 Many scholars, analysts, and other observers have suggested that resistance to innovation is an Achilles' heel of authoritarian regimes. Such governments can fail to keep up with technological changes that help their opponents; they may also, by stifling rights, inhibit innovative economic activity and weaken the long-term condition of the country. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-tocracy-emerges.html Security Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:36:58 EDT news608463410 Chinese-based hackers seeking intelligence information breached the email accounts of a number of US government agencies, computer giant Microsoft said. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-chinese-hackers-breached-govt-email.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 03:45:59 EDT news608438750 Blake Smith was confused when his contractor told him at the end of June that the city of Dallas still hadn't approved his application for a new fence. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ransomware-delays-dallas-ive-weeks.html Consumer & Gadgets Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:35:03 EDT news608225701 To control pandemics like the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), data such as the age, gender, family composition, and medical history of infected individuals are required. While patients themselves may provide this information to medical institutions, these details are highly confidential. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-privacy-preserving-collaborative-analysis-values.html Security Fri, 07 Jul 2023 14:21:54 EDT news607958512 Workers feeling a specific form of stress are more likely than others to become the victims of a phishing attack, according to a study at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-stressed-bit-dont-click-cybersecurity.html Security Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:03:05 EDT news607795382 The recent coronation of King Charles III was a high-profile example of when facial recognition technology has been used to monitor a crowd, but there are plenty of others. The technology is used by law enforcement all over the UK and other countries. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-facial-recognition-technology-everywherehere-safer.html Security Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:30:01 EDT news607778547 The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy—even suicide attempts. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ransomware-criminals-dumping-kids-private.html Security Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:03:50 EDT news607748624 UCLA says it is the latest victim of a cyberattack, but university officials did not specify what information was accessed or whether any information was posted online. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ucla-cyberattack.html Security Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:00:02 EDT news607622063 International experts in artificial intelligence have proposed using AI to help protect critical infrastructure including power, water and communication networks. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-vital-networks-experts.html Security Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:13:02 EDT news607605181 Federal health officials have notified Congress of a data breach that could involve the information of more than 100,000 people. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-latest-victim-moveit-breach-department.html Security Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:51:11 EDT news607276269 Numerous government agencies, including the FBI, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Treasury Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, Navy and Coast Guard, have purchased vast amounts of U.S. citizens' personal information from commercial data brokers. The revelation was published in a partially declassified, internal Office of the Director of National Intelligence report released on June 9, 2023. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-agencies-buy-vast-quantities-personal.html Internet Thu, 29 Jun 2023 11:06:05 EDT news607255557 A savvy hacker can obtain secret information, such as a password, by observing a computer program's behavior, like how much time that program spends accessing the computer's memory. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-cybersecurity-methods.html Computer Sciences Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:53:04 EDT news607175581 Software systems are all around us—from the operating systems of our computers to search engines to automation used in industrial applications. At the center of all of this is data, which is used in machine learning (ML) components that are available in a wide variety of applications, including self-driving cars and large language models (LLM). Because many systems rely on ML components, it is important to guarantee their security and reliability. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-backdoor-robust-machine.html Security Tue, 27 Jun 2023 17:11:03 EDT news607104661 Toshiba Europe and global telecommunications corporation Orange say they have achieved a significant advance in securing network communications from ever-more powerful computer attacks. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-corporate-collaboration-bolsters-quantum-encryption.html Security Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:38:06 EDT news607102677 Computer scientists at the University of Waterloo have discovered a method of attack that can successfully bypass voice authentication security systems with up to a 99% success rate after only six tries. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-voice-authentication-success.html Computer Sciences Tue, 27 Jun 2023 06:24:16 EDT news607065846 Personal information for more than 8,000 applicants to become pilots at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines was stolen when hackers broke into a data base maintained by a recruiting company. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-hackers-personal-thousands-applicants-american.html Security Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:13:03 EDT news607057978 Bitcoin is probably the best-known cryptocurrency in the world today—but there are many others, each implementing and offering different technical features. For exchanging a cryptocurrency for another, so-called "bridges" are used, often provided by companies that hold large sums of different cryptocurrencies and offer to exchange them. However, this has repeatedly led to security problems and spectacular criminal cases; cryptocurrencies worth billions of euros have been stolen in the process. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-team-bridge-cryptocurrencies.html Business Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:50:02 EDT news607017001 Austrian authorities said Monday they have extradited the suspected administrator of a vast dark web marketplace for drugs and other illicit goods to the United States. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-admin-dark-web-drug-site.html Security Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:00:01 EDT news607006299 Macquarie University cyber security experts have invented a multi-lingual chatbot designed to keep scammers on long fake calls and ultimately reduce the huge number of people who lose money to global criminals every day. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-scamming-scammers-ai-created-fake-victims.html Security Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:45:54 EDT news607005949 Warnings about artificial intelligence (AI) are ubiquitous right now. They have included fearful messages about AI's potential to cause the extinction of humans, invoking images of the Terminator movies. The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has even set up a summit to discuss AI safety. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-ways-criminals-ai-victims.html Security Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:13:10 EDT news606741186 Collecting sufficient data without distribution bias is essential to improve the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) analysis. AI technology is required to collect data dispersed across multiple institutions and safely perform integrated analysis while keeping certain information confidential, such as personal information and know-how. Specifically, the use of data is believed to be restricted if personal information is involved and identifiable in the shared data. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-ai-technology-safer-analysis-held.html Security Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:54:02 EDT news606740041 California pension officials say personal information of about 769,000 retired state employees and other beneficiaries—including Social Security numbers—was among data stolen by Russian cybercriminals in the breach of a popular file-transfer application. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-personal-california-workers-beneficiaries-stolen.html Security Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:00:02 EDT news606671938 When a person is notified of a data breach involving their personal information, if they react with a feeling of fear—as opposed to anger—they're more likely to stop using the site. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-trumps-anger-breaches.html Internet Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:24:03 EDT news606666241 Online fraud is today's most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defenses of their targets, regardless of how intelligent they are. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-scammers-psychology-convincing-internet-consand.html Internet Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:19:04 EDT news606662341 Children are growing up in a digital world where technology plays a role in their everyday lives. Research on human-computing interaction (HCI) shows that designing technologies for children's privacy and security online, like parental controls and monitoring systems, and centering the interests of children in these efforts is complex and challenging. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-engagement-tech-children-online-privacy.html Business Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:23:04 EDT news606658981 Free medical clinics and legal aid clinics, where college students and their instructors help their communities while also learning more about their professions, are now commonplace. Google hopes to add cybersecurity clinics to that list. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-google-creation-cybersecurity-clinics-million.html Security Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:10:20 EDT news606647410