data security

The Federal Trade Commission (F.T.C.) opened an investigation into OpenAI, the company that made ChatGPT. The agency sent a 20-page letter asking questions, including how the start-up trains its A.I. models and treats personal data.…

by Jon Gabay, engineer So, you think your passwords are protecting you from hackers and criminals? Think again. Digital data and encryption have never been 100% secure, but with the increasing advancement of quantum computers, our…

Thoughtworks released Volume 27 of the Technology Radar, a biannual report based on the company’s global observations, conversations, and frontline experiences solving tough business challenges. With the growth of computational power on…

Cybersecurity training and certification: SANS Institute has partnered with Microsoft to deliver a new series of computer-based training (CBT) videos for the "Defender for O365" offering for security professionals using Microsoft‘s 365 E5…

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Human Technology Institute outlines a model law in a recent report for facial recognition technology to protect against harmful use and to help foster innovation. Facial recognition and other…

Researchers created a metasurface device that can display three types of images depending on illumination. They envision that the three-channel device can be instrumental as an anti-counterfeiting measure or in delivering encrypted…

Privacy Affairs released Dark Web Price Index 2022, taken from data scanning dark web marketplaces, forums, and websites. Criminals can acquire credit card details and online banking login information for as little as $50. The price list on…

Training a machine-learning model to perform a task requires thousands, millions, or even billions of examples. These vast datasets are a privacy challenge. Researchers from MIT and MIT startup DynamoFL are using federated learning to make…

New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science shows that companies that have had data breaches intentionally stage the timing of the announcements around other significant breaking news to reduce media coverage. What does that mean…

Tampering with hardware used to read out information is a huge security risk. Researchers in Bochum developed a method to detect such manipulations—monitoring the systems with radio waves that react to the slightest changes in the ambient…