Recent concerns from tech luminaries about a robot apocalypse may be overblown, but artificial intelligence researchers need to start thinking about security measures as they build ever more intelligent machines, according to a group of AI experts.
Grant Gross | 01 Jul | Read more
A bug in the OS X client for Synology’s Cloud Station for syncing files across devices could allow an attacker to take over the machine.
Hackers attacked the infrastructure of Tor, the anonymizing service, earlier this month in an incident that may have compromised a number of hidden services, according to an announcement posted today by the Tor Project's director, Roger Dingledine.
The TOR Project thinks it has figured out how the author of a canceled Black Hat talk cracked its software to mask the source of Internet traffic, and it is working on a patch.
Tim Greene | 23 Jul | Read more
Developers of Tor software believe they've identified a weakness that was scheduled to be revealed at the Black Hat security conference next month that could be used to de-anonymize Tor users.
Lucian Constantin | 23 Jul | Read more
Like precocious teenagers, some employees don't want to be told what to do when it comes to cyber security. Too many rules about what they can and cannot do with technology can lead to bad decisions that inadvertently put company data at risk. Instead, a more subtle approach is required to help them make better decisions on their own.
Stacy Collett | 12 Feb | Read more