Adalytics reported Google's YouTube advertised adult products from over 300 brands on close to 100 YouTube videos geared toward children, with several ads displaying...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | August 24, 2023
A post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithm developed by researchers at Google and Switzerland's ETH Zurich enables quantum-resistant encryption for FIDO2 security...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | August 24, 2023
A multi-institutional team of researchers developed malware to extract caller information by screening vibration data from ear speakers recorded by a smartphone's...Texas A&M Engineering News From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2023
How the Dark Web continues to operate, and why law enforcement will not shut it down anytime soon.
Esther Shein From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2023
A driverless Cruise taxi with a passenger collided with a fire truck Thursday night, just one week after state officials allowed the service to expand.
The New York Times From ACM News | August 21, 2023
Software company Vicarius unveiled vuln_GPT, a generative artificial intelligence tool that automatically identifies and repairs software vulnerabilities, at the...Dark Reading From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2023
Cybersecurity researchers at Trellix have identified vulnerabilities in commonly used applications in data centers that could allow hackers to gain access and shut...CyberScoop From ACM TechNews | August 16, 2023
University of Massachusetts Amherst's Brian Levine and a dozen computer scientists have developed a computational model that evaluates customer reviews of social...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | August 16, 2023
Bank of Ireland has fixed technical problems that allowed some customers to withdraw or transfer funds above what was in their accounts, it said Wednesday after...Reuters From ACM News | August 16, 2023
Nearly 2,500 hackers at the DEFCON conference's AI Village spent this past weekend poking and probing some of the most popular large language models for flaws.
...Axios From ACM News | August 14, 2023
Researchers at NIST suggest good strategies for talking to kids about online privacy and security, from a young age through high school.
National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | August 14, 2023
Computer scientists found hackers can translate the movements of virtual and augmented reality headset users into words using spyware and artificial intelligence...UC Riverside News From ACM TechNews | August 11, 2023
Cybercriminals are touting large language models that could help them with phishing or creating malware. But the AI chatbots could just be their own kind of scam...Wired From ACM News | August 10, 2023
Eye-Shield uses an innovative pixelation scheme to obscure device screens when viewed from a distance, safeguarding against shoulder surfing attacks.
Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan From ACM News | August 10, 2023
The vulnerability could allow attackers to take advantage of an information leak to steal sensitive details like private messages, passwords, and encryption keys...Wired From ACM News | August 9, 2023