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4 in 5 small businesses had cyberscams in 2025 and almost half of attacks were AI powered
One more reason things cost more today: cybercrime.This article is brought to you by this site.
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Forensic system cuts IoT attack analysis time by three-quarters
A new forensic framework designed specifically for the Internet of Things (IoT) is discussed in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. This deep learning-driven system offers benefits over earlier approaches in detecting […]
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AIs behaving badly: An AI trained to deliberately make bad code will become bad at unrelated tasks, too
Artificial intelligence models that are trained to behave badly on a narrow task may generalize this behavior across unrelated tasks, such as offering malicious advice, suggests a new study. The research probes the mechanisms that […]
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New legal framework clarifies liability for AI-generated child abuse images
A short, seemingly harmless command is all it takes to use Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok to turn public photos into revealing images—without the consent of the people depicted. For weeks, users have been flooding the […]
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Your voice gives away valuable personal information—expert raises privacy concerns
You can probably quickly tell from a friend’s tone of voice whether they’re feeling happy or sad, energetic or exhausted. Computers can already do a similar analysis, and soon they’ll be able to extract a […]
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What can technology do to stop AI-generated sexualized images?
The global outcry over the sexualization and nudification of photographs—including of children—by Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, has led to urgent discussions about how such technology should be more […]
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What does cybersecurity look like in the quantum age?
Quantum computers promise unprecedented computing speed and power that will advance both business and science. These same qualities also make them a prime target for malicious hackers, according to Swaroop Ghosh, professor of computer science […]
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Patient privacy in the age of clinical AI: Scientists investigate memorization risk
What is patient privacy for? The Hippocratic Oath, thought to be one of the earliest and most widely known medical ethics texts in the world, reads: “Whatever I see or hear in the lives of […]
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N. Zealand health hackers seek cash and ‘good reputation’
Hackers claiming to have accessed more than 100,000 people’s health records in New Zealand have reportedly extended a ransom deadline until Friday, after saying they want to build a “good reputation.”This article is brought to […]
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How California’s Delete Act will protect personal information from data brokers in the New Year
Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it—along with […]