Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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OECD Countries Limit Government Access to Personal Data
Officials from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 38 member-states finalized a framework to limit governments' access to citizens' personal...
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Microsoft Finds macOS Bug That Lets Malware Bypass Security Checks
Gatekeeper is a macOS security feature that automatically checks all apps downloaded from the Internet if they are notarized and developer-signed (approved by Apple)...
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Uber Eats Launches Robot Delivery Service in Miami
Online food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats has launched a robot food delivery service in Miami via a partnership with robotics firm Cartken.
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Gen Z Overwhelmed by 'Tech Shame' at Work
An HP survey of 10,000 office workers worldwide found Generation Z employees are most likely to feel technological frustration at work.
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Cyberattacks on Hospitals Thwart India's Push to Digitize Healthcare
Massive cyberattacks targeting hospitals in India have undermined the nation's healthcare digitization initiatives.
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Security Researchers Cite Theorem of Infinitely Typing Monkeys
An international team of scientists led by Germany's Ruhr-Universität Bochum is developing new techniques to efficiently identify coding errors in embedded systems...
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New Attack Method to Bypass Popular Web Application Firewalls
Researchers devised a method that could be used by attackers to access sensitive business and customer information by bypassing Web application firewalls to infiltrate...
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Researchers Propose Methods for Automatic Detection of Doxing
Pennsylvania State University researchers have developed an automated technique that uses machine learning to identify doxing on social media.
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Blockchain Fails to Gain Traction in the Enterprise
Maersk and IBM last month shut down their global platform that was supposed to bring blockchain to the shipping industry. Other big bets are moving slowly.
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FBI Cybersecurity Program for Critical Infrastructure Hacked
A database with contact information for elite cybersecurity professionals is now being sold on the dark web to the highest bidder.
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Bluetooth Security Challenged
Researchers identify a security loophole in the wireless standard.
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U.S. Finds its 'Center of Gravity' in the Fight Against Ransomware
Yet the threat remains pervasive.
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Severe Vulnerabilities Found in Most Industrial Controllers
Three-quarters of devices that keep facilities like electricity and water treatment plants safe and operational have severe, unpatched cybersecurity vulnerabilities...
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Researcher Exploits Power Supply to Transmit, Steal Data from PC
Mordechai Guri at Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev transmitted stolen data from a personal computer by manipulating the device's power supply.
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A Faster Way to Preserve Privacy Online
Researchers have developed a method for retrieving private information from a database that is approximately 30 times faster than comparable methods.
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Self-Driving Taxis Are Causing All Kinds of Trouble in San Francisco
They have blocked traffic, driven on the sidewalk, sped away from cops — and the city is powerless to stop them.
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Attackers Keep Targeting the U.S. Electric Grid
Plus: Chinese hackers stealing U.S. Covid relief funds, a cyberattack on the Met Opera website, and more.
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How the Global Spyware Industry Spiraled Out of Control
The market for commercial spyware — which allows governments to invade mobile phones and vacuum up data — is booming. Even the U.S. government is using it.
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San Francisco Has Reversed Its Killer Robot Plan
The city rolled back a controversial decision to let robots use lethal force without human intervention. But the fight is far from over.
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