Category: Security

UK police’s facial recognition system has an 81 percent error rate

Post author By Randall
Post date July 4, 2019
Categories In biometrics, China, crime, evidence, facial recognition, Internet, met, metropolitan, Mobile, police, Politics, Security, surveillance, suspects, Tech, tomorrow, Uk

[ad_1] The report, obtained by Sky News, is the first independent evaluation of the scheme since the technology was first used at Notting Hill Carnival in August 2016. Since then it has been used at 10 locations, including Leicester Square and during Remembrance Sunday services. Researchers measured the accuracy of the technology from six of […]

Kia made a tiny Faraday cage to protect your wireless key from thieves

Post author By Randall
Post date July 4, 2019
Categories In car, Cars, faraday, faraday cage, gear, key fob, keyless, keyless entry, kia, kiasafe, Security, Tech, Transportation, wireless key

[ad_1] The case is available for £10 (slightly under $13) both during the transfer process for both new and existing Kia owners. Before you ask: yes, Kia is fully aware that this isn’t an ideal situation. It’s promising that future wireless key fobs are “as close to impervious to attack as possible” through technologies like […]

Superhuman email client turns off location tracking after ‘spying’ controversy

Post author By Randall
Post date July 3, 2019
Categories In Email, Internet, location tracking, pixel tracking, Privacy, rahul vohra, Security, superhuman, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The email app Superhuman was profiled by the New York Times just a week ago as a buzzworthy startup with big names from Silicon Valley lining up to pay $30 per month for its service. Since then, a blog post by Mike Davidson dived into what that money gets users has caused a war […]

D-Link agrees to 10-year security assessment to settle FTC lawsuit

Post author By Randall
Post date July 3, 2019
Categories In d-link, Ftc, gear, Security, Tech

[ad_1] The agency took D-Link to court back in 2017 over the security of its routers and IP cameras. FTC says the company failed to address preventable security flaws, such as storing passwords on its app in plain text and using hard-coded login credentials for its devices with easy-to-guess usernames and passwords. The court dismissed […]

US Cyber Command warns of nation-state hackers exploiting Outlook

Post author By Randall
Post date July 2, 2019
Categories In apt33, cyber command, Email, exploit, gear, Hack, Internet, iran, malware, Microsoft, outlook, Security, shamoon, Tech, vulnerability

[ad_1] ZDNet noted that a known Iran-backed hacking team, APT33, had used the same vulnerability in December to install back doors on servers and promptly push the flaw to Outlook users. Chronicle Security’s Brandon Levene also found that Cyber Command’s code samples appeared related to APT33’s disk-wiping Shamoon malware. Symantec had also warned of increased […]

Russia’s hypersonic weapon is reportedly running short on carbon fiber

Post author By Randall
Post date July 1, 2019
Categories In avangard, hypersonic, hypersonic flight, kremlin, missiles, Politics, Russia, Security, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Russia’s current supply of carbon fiber material is unable to withstand the extreme temperatures of hypersonic flight. According to a US intelligence report reviewed by CNBC, Russia is hunting for an alternative source of carbon fiber, but so far has had no luck. “It’s expected that they will make no more than 60 of […]

Brave web browser is really fast at blocking ads

Post author By Randall
Post date July 1, 2019
Categories In adblocking, brave, browser, chromium, gear, manifestv3, Security, speed, Tech

[ad_1] Nowadays, a large number of browsers including Opera, Brave and even Microsoft’s Edge run on Google’s Chromium engine. As such, Google gets to dictate terms, and launched the Manifest V3 proposal. That would help speed up browsing by blocking an API called webRequest, but would also have the effect of making most third-party ad-blockers […]

How a trivial cell phone hack is ruining lives

Post author By Randall
Post date June 28, 2019
Categories In 2-factor, at&t, bad password, data breach, data security, digital security, gear, Gmail, Google, identity theft, infosec, Internet, Mobile, opinion, Security, services, sim, sim swapping, sms, t-mobile, Tech, Twitter, two-factorauthentication

[ad_1] “This is still very raw (I haven’t even told my family yet),” Coonce wrote in an anguished Medium post. “I can’t stop thinking about the small, easy things I could have done to protect myself along the way.” On a Monday night in June, Matthew Miller’s daughter woke him up to say that his […]

Government hackers reportedly broke into Russian search company Yandex

Post author By Randall
Post date June 28, 2019
Categories In agency, Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, five eyes, Hack, hackers, intelligence, Internet, malware, Politics, reign, Security, spy, spying, Tech, tomorrow, user accounts, western intelligence, yandex

[ad_1] In the fall of 2018, the hackers deployed a type of malware called Reign, which is linked to “Five Eyes,” an intelligence-sharing alliance comprised of the US, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It’s unclear which of those countries might be behind the breach, though. A Yandex spokesperson told Reuters that the hack was […]

House passes bill to protect election systems, but Senate passage is unlikely

Post author By Randall
Post date June 27, 2019
Categories In Politics, Security, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The SAFE Act is the most recent attempt by Congress to respond to Russia’s hacking of US election systems outlined in the Mueller report. If passed, the bill would mandate the use of paper ballots and require all voting machines be made in the US. The bill would also authorize $600 million for states […]