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Digital Images Stored Perfectly in DNA

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Smartphone Hacks 3-D Printer by Measuring 'Leaked' Energy and Acoustic Waves

Sep. 7, 2016 — Researchers illustrate how smartphones, due to their ubiquity and sophisticated gadgetry, can easily hack 3-D printers by ... read more

People Disregard Security Warnings on Computers Because They Come at Bad Times, Study Finds

Aug. 17, 2016 — Software developers listen up: if you want people to pay attention to your security warnings on their computers or mobile devices, you need to make ... read more

RetroScope Opens Doors to the Past in Smart Phone Investigations

Aug. 11, 2016 — The increasing use of mobile technology in today's society has made information stored in the memory of smart phones just as important as evidence recovered from traditional crime scenes. Now ... read more

Record-Breaking Logic Gate 'Another Important Milestone' on Road to Quantum Computers

Aug. 5, 2016 — Researchers have achieved a quantum logic gate with record-breaking 99.9% precision, reaching the benchmark required theoretically to build a quantum ... read more

Can We Protect Against Computers Being Fingerprinted?

July 19, 2016 — Researchers are working to find new methods of protecting against the "fingerprinting" of personal computers – and are now giving members of the community the chance to see firsthand their own ... read more

Greater Privacy, Security Measures Needed to Protect Patient Info in Mobile Health Tech

July 13, 2016 — With over two-thirds of US adults owning a smartphone, and the rise in miniaturized sensors and low-power body area networks that are used for remote ... read more

Researchers Devise Secure, Efficient Anonymity Network

July 11, 2016 — A new anonymity scheme has been presented by experts that provides strong security guarantees but uses bandwidth much more efficiently than its predecessors. In experiments, the researchers' system ... read more

Did Your Smart Watch and Fitness Tracker Just Give Away Your PIN?

July 11, 2016 — A new research report reveals that popular wearable devices may leak information as you use them. Researchers discovered that the motions of your hands as you use PIN pads, which is continually and ... read more

Extortion Extinction

July 8, 2016 — Ransomware – what hackers use to encrypt your computer files and demand money in exchange for freeing those contents – is an exploding global problem with few solutions, but a team of researchers ... read more

Bitcoin: Energy-Efficient Security Mechanisms for Digital Currency

June 28, 2016 — A new cryptographic puzzle has been developed that might one day be used as a security mechanism for digital currency such as bitcoin. It consumes significantly less energy than the method used to ... read more

A Satellite That Shoots Light Could Make China Unhackable

'Quantum Leap' For China Satellite

EU Files Fresh Anti-Trust Charges Against Google

Fiat Chrysler Offers Bug Bounty

One in Two Users Click on Links from Unknown Senders

Aug. 29, 2016 — Most people know that e-mails and Facebook messages from unknown senders can contain dangerous links. However, many users still click on them and researchers have investigated why. The results: up to ... read more

Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in iPhone, iPad Operating System

Aug. 25, 2016 — An international team of computer science researchers has identified serious security vulnerabilities in the iOS -- the operating system used in Apple's iPhone and iPad devices. The ... read more

Cybersecurity Student Researches How to Keep Cars Safe from Hacking

Aug. 19, 2016 — Cybersecurity student researches spent the summer researching how to keep cars safe from cyberattacks during an intensive eight-week cybersecurity summer research ... read more

New Hacking Technique Imperceptibly Changes Memory of Virtual Servers

Aug. 11, 2016 — For the first time ever a team of Dutch hacking experts managed to alter the memory of virtual machines in the cloud without a software bug, using a new attack ... read more

More Efficient Way to Write Data Into Non-Volatile Memory Devices Improves Performance

July 27, 2016 — A scheme to write data into next generation memory chips has been developed. The proposal requires considerably fewer resources to write data safely into memory -- even during a system ... read more

Lab Storing Information Securely in DNA

July 11, 2016 — Bioengineers in the United States have developed a new method for encrypting and storing sensitive information in DNA. Digital data storage degrades and can become obsolete and old-school books and ... read more

Brilliant Hard Drive Quality With Magnetic Field Sensors Made of Diamond

June 30, 2016 — Quantum mechanics is not only of high interest in fundamental research. The current progress in quantum technologies promises numerous innovations of industrial relevance, which will be transferred ... read more

Video Privacy Software Lets You Select What Others Can See

June 28, 2016 — Camera-equipped smartphones, laptops and other devices make it possible to share ideas and images with anyone, anywhere, often in real-time. But in our cameras-everywhere culture, the risks of ... read more

Visual Cloud Computing Methods Could Help First Responders in Disaster Scenarios

June 23, 2016 — Visual data created by numerous security cameras, personal mobile devices and aerial video provide useful data for first responders and law enforcement. That data can be critical in terms of knowing ... read more

Fixing Vulnerabilities in Internet Encryption Protocol Transport Layer Security

June 20, 2016 — The Internet encryption protocol TLS – short for Transport Layer Security – is being fundamentally modified. Involved in attacks, researchers have contributed to revealing security gaps in the ... read more

FBI Approach to Investigations Puts Security at Risk, Experts Say

June 16, 2016 — Experts say the FBI's efforts to compel Apple to write software to unlock an iPhone used by a terrorist reflects an outdated approach to law enforcement that threatens to weaken smartphones ... read more

Internet of Things: Closing Security Gaps in Internet-Connected Household

June 9, 2016 — IT security experts are developing a new method for detecting and fixing vulnerabilities in the applications run on different devices – regardless of the processor integrated in the respective ... read more

Hobby Drones Made to Crash to Expose Design Flaws

June 8, 2016 — New research raises concerns about how easily hackers could take control of flying drones and land or, more drastically, crash ... read more

De-Coding the Character of a Hacker

June 1, 2016 — A characteristic called systemizing provides insight into what makes and motivates a hacker, says new ... read more

Computing a Secret, Unbreakable Key

May 23, 2016 — What once took months by some of the world's leading scientists can now be done in seconds by undergraduate students thanks to new software, paving the way for fast, secure quantum ... read more

New Method of Producing Random Numbers Could Improve Cybersecurity

May 16, 2016 — A new method for producing truly random numbers could be used to encrypt data, make electronic voting more secure, conduct statistically significant polls and more accurately simulate complex systems ... read more

Social Engineering: Password in Exchange for Chocolate

May 12, 2016 — It requires a lot of effort and expense for computer hackers to program a Trojan virus and infiltrate individual or company computers. They are therefore increasingly relying on psychological ... read more

New Design of Primitive Quantum Computer Finds Application

May 10, 2016 — Scientists and engineers have developed how to efficiently simulate a 'quantum walk' on a new design for a primitive quantum ... read more

Evaluating Patient Files Without Violating Privacy

May 9, 2016 — Patient files may contain vital hints for detecting diseases at an early stage. However, evaluating them would violate patient privacy. This is where mathematics can help, say ... read more

Not So Safe: Security Software Can Put Computers at Risk

May 4, 2016 — Is the antivirus program running on your computer really making your computers safer to use, say, for online banking? Is the parental control software you bought to keep your child off inappropriate ... read more

Monday, August 29, 2016

One in two users click on links from unknown senders

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Researchers find vulnerabilities in iPhone, iPad operating system

Friday, August 19, 2016

Cybersecurity student researches how to keep cars safe from hacking

Thursday, August 11, 2016

New hacking technique imperceptibly changes memory of virtual servers

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

More efficient way to write data into non-volatile memory devices improves performance

Monday, July 11, 2016

Lab storing information securely in DNA

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Brilliant hard drive quality with magnetic field sensors made of diamond

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Video privacy software lets you select what others can see

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Visual cloud computing methods could help first responders in disaster scenarios

Monday, June 20, 2016

Fixing vulnerabilities in Internet encryption protocol Transport Layer Security

Thursday, June 16, 2016

FBI approach to investigations puts security at risk, experts say

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Internet of things: Closing security gaps in internet-connected household

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Hobby drones made to crash to expose design flaws

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

De-coding the character of a hacker

Monday, May 23, 2016

Computing a secret, unbreakable key

Monday, May 16, 2016

New method of producing random numbers could improve cybersecurity

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Social engineering: Password in exchange for chocolate

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

New design of primitive quantum computer finds application

Monday, May 9, 2016

Evaluating patient files without violating privacy

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Friday, April 15, 2016

New debugger finds security flaws in popular web apps

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Location data on two apps enough to identify someone, says study

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Commonly used strategy for website protection might not work

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

New laser technique promises super-fast and super-secure quantum cryptography

Friday, April 1, 2016

Hard mathematical problems as basis for new cryptographic techniques

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Electronic counterpart to ecological models revealed

Monday, March 21, 2016

Breakthrough technology to improve cyber security

Friday, March 18, 2016

Cryptographic system lets users control access to their data

Thursday, March 17, 2016

New technique wipes out unwanted data

Friday, March 11, 2016

Android smartphone data spies exposed like bank robbers

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Smartphone security: Why doodling trumps text passwords

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Health apps and the sharing of information with third parties

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Quantum computer factors numbers, could be scaled up

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Dynamic cyber warning software looks promising

Monday, February 29, 2016

Three 'twisted' photons in three dimensions

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Is zero-effort computer security a dream? Breaking a new user verification system

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Monday, February 22, 2016

Method to safely share password data

Friday, February 19, 2016

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Cyber thieves making millions in profits

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

You’ve heard of string theory. What about knot theory?

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Monday, February 1, 2016

Planning for a disease outbreak? There's a game for that

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Images, codes could provide secure alternative to multiple device password systems

Friday, December 18, 2015

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Let go my info: People are info-egoists when it comes to their privacy

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Comfort is important in identification: Bank identification is the most trusted method, passwords come second

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Computing with time travel?

Monday, December 7, 2015

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Quantum spin on molecular computers

Friday, November 20, 2015

Researchers confirm 'realistic' answer to quantum network puzzle

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Email security improving, but far from perfect

Monday, November 16, 2015

Quantum computer coding in silicon now possible

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Focusing on user habits key to preventing email phishing, according to research

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Online tracking more common than most realize

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Shields up: Researchers are making the internet more secure

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Potential security hole in genomic data sharing network identified

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Researchers find vulnerabilities in use of certificates for Web security

Friday, October 23, 2015

Cyberattacks studied through the lens of EEG and eye tracking

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Smart car cyberattack warning: Flaws found in security systems

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Think again before tapping the install button for that app

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Friday, October 9, 2015

New tool expands tracking of personal data on the Web

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Theoretical computer science provides answers to data privacy problem

Monday, October 5, 2015

Crucial hurdle overcome in quantum computing

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Identifying problems with national identifiers

Friday, September 25, 2015

Scientists stop and search malware hidden in shortened urls on Twitter

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Information handling by some health apps not as secure as it should be

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Protecting identities in a sea of big data

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Quantum teleportation: World record of 100 kilometers

Monday, September 21, 2015

'SafePay': First anti-fraud system to use existing credit card readers

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Monday, August 24, 2015

Issues surrounding security tools for software developers

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Social security, social safety

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Securing data from tomorrow's supercomputers

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Eleven security flaws found in popular internet browsers

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Computers: Protecting your cloud

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Paving the way for a faster quantum computer

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Monday, August 3, 2015

Small tilt in magnets makes them viable memory chips