Communications of the ACM
NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Candidate Cracked
It took researchers in Belgium just an hour to crack the SIKE cryptographic algorithm.
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We are Still Failing to Learn the Most Important Lesson in Cybersecurity
We know the problems and the answers. So why do so few organizations act?
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Deepfake Detector Can Spot Real/Fake Video from Blood Flow
Semiconductor giant Intel claims its FakeCatcher technology can detect whether videos are genuine or deepfakes with 96% accuracy in real time.
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Singapore, Germany to Mutually Recognize IoT Cybersecurity Labels
Singapore and Germany have agreed to mutually recognize their respective smart computer product cybersecurity rating labels.
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Microsoft: Hackers are Using Open Source Software, Fake Jobs in Phishing Attacks
The software giant details how hackers are using easily available tools and non-existent job offers to trick developers and IT workers.
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IBM Open Source Tools Help Companies Spot Bias in Advertising
IBM's Artificial Intelligence Fairness 360 toolkit has confirmed the existence of bias in digital advertising.
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Linux Malware Has a Sneaky Way of Staying Hidden
Researchers discovered the Syslogk Linux rootkit delivers a backdoor trojan hides on a targeted machine until triggered.
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Ed Tech Wrongfully Tracked Schoolchildren During Pandemic: Human Rights Watch
A study of 164 government-endorsed education technology products found 146 endangered children's privacy by collecting and selling their data to ad tech companies...
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Zyxel Remote Execution Bug Being Exploited
Researchers found that a bug in Zyxel firewalls that could enable unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code.
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Decade-Old Bugs Discovered in Avast, AVG Antivirus Software
Researchers at cybersecurity software company SentinelOne reported two high-severity bugs in Avast and AVG antivirus products that have gone undetected for a decade...
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Corrupted Open Source Software Enters the Russian Battlefield
A programmer behind the popular open-source npm program node-ipc poisoned it with malware that erased the hard drives of computers located in Russia or Belarus....
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