The cryptopocalypse is the point at which quantum computing becomes powerful enough to use Shor’s algorithm to crack PKI encryption.
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Cyber Insights 2023: Ransomware
The changing nature of what we still generally call ransomware will continue through 2023, driven by three primary conditions.
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NATO hosts conference marking International Day for Women and Girls in Science
On Wednesday 8 February 2023, the NATO Science and Technology Organisation is organising a conference at NATO Headquarters to mark the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This is an occasion to pay tribute to the valuable ro…
AIs as Computer Hackers
Hacker “Capture the Flag” has been a mainstay at hacker gatherings since the mid-1990s. It’s like the outdoor game, but played on computer networks. Teams of hackers defend their own computers while attacking other teams’. It’s a controlled setting for what computer hackers do in real life: finding and fixing vulnerabilities in their own systems and exploiting them in others’. It’s the software vulnerability lifecycle.
These days, dozens of teams from around the world compete in weekend-long marathon events held all over the world. People train for months. Winning is a big deal. If you’re into this sort of thing, it’s pretty much the most fun you can possibly have on the Internet without committing multiple felonies…
Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes
Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions — the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.Artificial Intelligence is redefini…
Russia’s Wagner Soldiers ‘Very Likely’ On ‘Drugs Before Attack,’ Climb Over Friends’ Corpses: Report
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Iran accuses Israel of launching drone attack on weapons facility
Israel has said it is ready to strike targets in Iran if diplomacy fails to rein in Iran’s nuclear program or missile development.
Experts warn of two flaws in popular open-source software ImageMagick
Experts disclosed details of two security flaws in the open-source software ImageMagick that could potentially lead to information disclosure or trigger a DoS condition. Researchers at Metabase Q discovered a couple of security vulnerabilities in the open-source image manipulation software ImageMagick that could potentially lead to information disclosure or trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition (CVE-2022-44268, CVE-2022-44267). ImageMagick is […]
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