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Hackers Used Never-Before-Seen Wiper in Attack on Iranian Train System
SentinelOne analysts were able to recreate the July 9 attack and identify the threat actor behind it.
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The Really Critical Infrastructure Need: American-Made Semiconductors
About 40% of new chip-production capacity projected to be added in the next decade will be in China.
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White House Pushes for Stronger Critical Infrastructure Security
Securing critical infrastructure requires a "whole-of-nation" effort, government official says.
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University of Minnesota Develops Tool to Help Farmers Make Crop Input Decisions
Farmers can formulate a budget balance sheet for nitrogen reduction plans and view customized economic and environmental impacts and benefits of the fields they...
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Hackers Turning to 'Exotic' Programming Languages for Malware Development
For example, earlier this year, enterprise security firm Proofpoint discovered new malware written in Nim and Rust.
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Connected Autonomous Vehicles Make Intersections Safer
Scientists at Arizona State University and Carnegie Mellon University are enhancing intersection safety with connected autonomous vehicles and distributed real-time...
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Open-Source Software to Help Cities Plant in Pursuit of Clean Air
Researchers in the U.K. have developed free open source software that towns and cities can use to estimate reductions in air pollutant concentrations from different...
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Detecting Deception
Advanced machine learning algorithms can spot lying even better than a polygraph.
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Police Are Telling ShotSpotter to Alter Evidence From Gunshot-Detecting AI
Prosecutors in Chicago are being forced to withdraw evidence generated by the technology, which led to the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo earlier this...
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The Unionization of Technology Companies
New unions could change how tech giants engage with their employees.
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Upholding ACM's Principles
Repeated ethical violations ends with membership revocation and ban.
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TSA Issues Cybersecurity Rules for Pipeline Companies
A U.S. Transportation Security Administration directive imposes new rules requiring pipeline operators to strengthen their cyberdefenses.
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Trucks Move Past Cars on the Road to Autonomy
Money is pouring into autonomous trucking startups, just as many are souring on the short-term prospects for self-driving cars.
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What Should Happen to Our Data When We Die?
Anthony Bourdain's A.I.-generated voice is just the latest example of a celebrity being digitally reincarnated. These days, though, it could happen to any of us...
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Researchers Hid Malware Inside an AI's 'Neurons' And It Worked Scarily Well
In a proof-of-concept, researchers reported they could embed malware in up to half of an AI model's nodes and still obtain very high accuracy.
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Microsoft Just Published a Workaround for this Important Windows 10 Flaw
Microsoft offers a workaround to a bug that could give attackers the ability to copy an organization's password hashes for offline cracking.
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From Satellite to Smartphone, App Warns Public of Unsafe Water
A new smartphone application can provide early warnings of cholera contamination in water.
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Astronomers Use Artificial Intelligence to Reveal the Actual Shape of the Universe
Using artificial intelligence-driven data analysis to peel back the noise and find the actual shape of the universe.
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The Pentagon Is Bolstering Its AI Systems—by Hacking Itself
A new "red team" will try to anticipate and thwart attacks on machine learning programs.
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