When Edward Snowden met with reporters in a Hong Kong hotel room to spill the NSA's secrets, he famously asked them put their phones in the fridge to block any...Wired From ACM News | July 21, 2016
Microsoft pulled the strings. At least, that’s what Google and so many business and tech journalists said when the search giant first faced antitrust complaints...Wired From ACM News | July 15, 2016
Car-hacking demonstrations tend to get all the glory in the security research community—remotely paralyzing a Jeep on the highway or cutting a Corvette’s brakes...Wired From ACM News | July 14, 2016
For anyone who cares about Internet security and encryption, the advent of practical quantum computing looms like the Y2K bug in the 1990s: a countdown to an unpredictable...Wired From ACM News | July 7, 2016
In the past two years a group of researchers in Israel has become highly adept at stealing data from air-gapped computers—those machines prized by hackers that,...Wired From ACM News | June 29, 2016
If you follow the ongoing creation of self-driving cars, then you probably know about the classic thought experiment called the Trolley Problem.Wired From ACM News | June 9, 2016
Google's Adrian Ludwig says computer security should manage risk so it can learn to spot potential vulnerabilities on the fly using deep neural networks. Wired From ACM TechNews | June 8, 2016
Security flaws in software can be tough to find. Purposefully planted ones—hidden backdoors created by spies or saboteurs—are often even stealthier.Wired From ACM News | June 1, 2016
The White House is adamant the government must determine how to regulate and utilize artificial intelligence technology before it gets out of control. Wired From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2016
IBM's Watson supercomputer hardly needs any more resumé-padding. It’s already wonJeopardy, written a cookbook, and dabbled in revolutionizing healthcare. Wired From ACM News | May 13, 2016
Stingrays, a secretive law enforcement surveillance tool, are one of the most controversial technologies in the government’s spy kit.Wired From ACM News | May 9, 2016
End-to-end encryption by default is quickly becoming the new standard for any communications app that claims to care about the privacy of those who use it.Wired From ACM News | April 27, 2016
Cornell Tech researchers have shown brute-force attacks against shortened uniform resource locators can enable hackers to spread malware on victims' computers.Wired From ACM TechNews | April 19, 2016
Apple's move to encrypt your iPhone and WhatsApp's rollout of end-to-end encrypted messaging have generated plenty of privacy applause and law enforcement controversy...Wired From ACM News | April 14, 2016
For most of the past six weeks, the biggest story out of Silicon Valley was Apple's battle with the FBI over a federal order to unlock the iPhone of a mass shooter...Wired From ACM News | April 6, 2016