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Mar 9, 2020

Brain-Computer Interface Technology: Helping Or Hacking?

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, neuroscience, virtual reality

Brain Computer Interface (BCI)


Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a technology that agree to communicate between a human-brain with an external technology. The term can be referred to an interface that takes signals from the brain to an external piece of hardware that sends signals to the brain. There are different brain-computer interface technologies developed, through different methods and for diversified purposes, including in virtual reality technology.

Benefits of Brain Computer Interface

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Mar 8, 2020

An Unfixable Flaw Threatens 5 Years of Intel Chips

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Plus: A J. Crew breach, CIA hacking, and more of the week’s top security news.

Mar 6, 2020

One billion Android devices at risk of hacking

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones

Watchdog Which? wants Google to be more transparent about security updates for old phones.

Mar 5, 2020

Physicists link quantum memories across the longest distance ever

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, internet, particle physics, quantum physics

A team of scientists in China has linked quantum memories over more than 30 miles (50 kilometers) of fiber optic cable, beating the previous record by more than 40 times over. This feat is an important step toward a hack-proof internet, scientists said.

The internet we use today was truly a revolutionary invention. It connected the world with information and allowed us to share millions of photos of cute and cuddly cats. But the internet is also filled with hackers trying to intercept important or sensitive information. To fight back, physicists have come up with a solution, with a little help from Schrödinger’s cat, the famous, hypothetical dead-and-alive feline meant to expose the weird nature of subatomic particles.

Mar 3, 2020

Could Gene Editing Turn You Into Captain America?

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode

DNA hacking could save humanity—or destroy it. Author Jamie Metzl joins Inside the Hive to discuss the future of designer babies.

Feb 25, 2020

UN warns of rise of ‘cybertorture’ to bypass physical ban

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, internet

Rapporteur warns against trivialising psychological torture as states exploit internet to target individuals.

Feb 12, 2020

Chinese Hackers Charged In Alleged Cyber-Theft Of 145 Million Americans’ Data

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, military

The credit agency Equifax was compromised by a cyberattack that permitted China’s military to steal names, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information.

Feb 6, 2020

3D Printed Heads Can Unlock Phones. What Does that Mean for Biometric Security?

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones, privacy, robotics/AI

Facial recognition technology is likely not as safe as you may have thought. This was illustrated by a recent test where 3D printed busts of peoples’ heads were used to unlock smartphones.

Out of five tested phones, only one refused to open when presented with the fake head.

Other biometric security measures are also showing less resilience to hacking than you might expect. A group of Japanese researchers recently showed it was possible to copy a person’s fingerprints from pictures like the ones many of us post on social media.

Feb 1, 2020

CAREFUL! Cybersecurity experts warn of viruses disguised as coronavirus information

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode

Cybersecurity experts are issuing a warning surrounding threats of computer viruses posing online as files about the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

“It’s getting their attention, because everyone’s been in tune, around the world, on this virus,” Raleigh cybersecurity expert Giovanni Masucci said to our NBC affiliate WECT.

Jan 31, 2020

Microsoft launches Xbox bug bounty program with rewards of $20,000 or more

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Microsoft is looking for security issues with Xbox Live. The software giant is launching a new Xbox Bounty Program so anyone can report issues and get up to $20,000 in rewards.