Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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'Pre-Bunking' Shows Promise in Fight Against Misinformation
Researchers have found that "pre-bunking" is a simple, promising method to prevent misinformation.
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NFTs Increasingly Targeted by Criminals
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic warned criminals are increasingly targeting nonfungible tokens (NFTs).
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Protecting Children's Privacy Online
Assuring youngsters they can use websites without giving away their personal information is not child's play.
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Voting Machine Tampering Points to Concern for Fall Election
U.S. election officials and security experts are concerned that conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential election could encourage interference with...
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LastPass, Password Manager with Millions of Users, Is Hacked
On Aug. 25, online password manager LastPass reported the theft of some of its source code and proprietary information.
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5G Networks Are Worryingly Hackable
German security researchers determined 5G networks can be hacked, having breached and hijacked live networks in a series of "red teaming" exercises.
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Remote Scan of Student's Room Before Test Violated His Privacy, Judge Rules
A federal judge said Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when it used software to scan a student's bedroom.
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Amazon Keeps Growing, and So Does Its Cache of Data on You
Amazon is expanding its reach into the healthcare and smart home industries through its acquisition of a primary care company and a merger with iRobot.
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'Quantum-Safe' Crypto Hacked by 10-Year-Old PC
Many challenges still lie ahead for post-quantum cryptography.
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Facebook, Twitter, Others Remove Pro-U.S. Influence Campaign
It was the first time that an influence operation promoting U.S. interests abroad had been discovered and taken down from the social media platforms.
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Oracle Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Tracking 5 Billion People
A class-action lawsuit against U.S. multinational technology company Oracle claims it tracks and collects personal information on billions of people.
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TikTok Browser Can Track Users' Keystrokes
A privacy researcherfound the TikTok video application's Web browser can track users' keystrokes.
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Your Smartphone Could Recognize You by How You Hold It
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence-powered algorithm to identify individuals based their hand vibrations when holding a smartphone.
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Sloppy Software Patches Are a 'Disturbing Trend'
The Zero Day Initiative has found a concerning uptick in security updates that fail to fix vulnerabilities.
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The Road to 6G
Looking past 5G to sixth-generation wireless technology.
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Flaw in VA's Medical Records Platform May Put Patients at Risk
Security researcher Zachary Minneker discovered a flaw in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' VistA records platform and determined that hackers easily can...
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Thinking Like a Cyber-Attacker to Protect User Data
Researchers exploit computer processor's on-chip interconnect to launch side-channel attacks.
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Thousands of GitHub Repositories Hacked to Include Malware
Software developer Stephen Lacy identified a malicious URL in the code of an open source project on GitHub that he found through a Google search.
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Zoom Used In Smuggled Code Attack
Google Project Zero security researcher Ivan Fratric launched a remote code execution attack by exploiting the technology underlying Zoom and other applications...
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