A new attack called Plundervolt gives attackers access to the sensitive data stored in a processor's secure enclave.
Wired From ACM News | December 11, 2019
Doug Engelbart didn't just want to show off new technology. He wanted to demonstrate a system for improving humanity.
Wired From ACM News | December 6, 2019
Scientists discovered a new underwater fault five miles off Monterey Bay, CA, through the use of infrared laser pulses fired along an idle fiber-optic cable.
Wired From ACM TechNews | December 5, 2019
A new paper concludes that it takes more than four times as much energy to mine $1 of bitcoin as mining $1 of copper.
Wired From ACM News | November 22, 2019
Yoshua Bengio, co-recipient of the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award, thinks artificial intelligence will not realize its full potential until it can learn more about...Wired From ACM TechNews | October 9, 2019
Recently discovered vulnerabilities in a nearly 20-year-old industry standard network protocol from Interpeak could potentially make millions of devices exploitable...Wired From ACM TechNews | October 2, 2019
Israeli cybersecurity firms Check Point and Intezer have charted Russian hackers' toolkits from wide-ranging analysis of 2,500 malware samples.
Wired From ACM TechNews | September 25, 2019
Machine-learning systems are black boxes even to the researchers that build them. That makes it hard for others to assess the results.
Wired From ACM News | September 17, 2019
By releasing its homegrown differential privacy tool, Google will make it easier for any company to boost its privacy bona fides.
Wired From ACM News | September 6, 2019
A 2011 Kentucky law requires judges to consult an algorithm when deciding whether defendants must post cash bail. More whites were allowed to go home, but not blacks...Wired From ACM News | September 6, 2019
Google researchers discovered thousands of iPhones have been compromised with sophisticated spyware over the last two years, contradicting assumptions about the...Wired From ACM TechNews | September 5, 2019
The threat of cyberwar looms over the future: a new dimension of conflict capable of leapfrogging borders and teleporting the chaos of war to civilians thousands...Wired From ACM News | August 26, 2019
For the past four years, Facebook has quietly used a homegrown tool called Zoncolan to find bugs in its massive codebase.
Wired From ACM News | August 19, 2019
Hackers can exploit vulnerabilities in the Zoom videoconferencing desktop app to commandeer a user's Webcam, a security researcher warns.
Wired From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2019
City leaders, academic researchers, and the U.S. Department of Transportation are working to predict car crashes and reduce emergency response times using data...Wired From ACM TechNews | July 11, 2019
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials are concerned that 5G wireless phones could interfere with weather forecasts.
Wired From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2019