Researchers discovered nine new Domain Name System vulnerabilities that could imperil more than 100 million connected Internet of Things devices.
Computer Weekly From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2021
Detailed by researchers at Forescout, the Name:Wreck vulnerabilities could allow attackers to control devices and remotely execute code, act as a gateway to the...ZDNet From ACM News | April 13, 2021
Intel's RealSense ID solution performs facial identification on device, not in the cloud.
R. Colin Johnson Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | April 13, 2021
Researchers have designed a context-aware system that could enable robots to work alongside humans on assembly lines with greater efficiency, while foregoing needless...KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) From ACM TechNews | April 12, 2021
Facebook disproportionately shows certain types of job ads to men and women, raising questions about efforts to eliminate bias in its algorithms.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | April 12, 2021
A new version of physically unclonable functions could prevent even the most sophisticated hackers from accessing electronic devices.
Ohio State News From ACM TechNews | April 9, 2021
China's new digital yuan cryptocurrency is expected to give its government a vast economic and social monitoring tool, and strip users of their anonymity.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | April 7, 2021
Online children's book platform Epic uses an anonymous trove of data collected from readers to customize reading recommendations and guide new title creation.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2021
A new crop of Internet browsers from Brave, DuckDuckGo, and others offer stronger privacy protections than what you might be used to.
The New York Times From ACM News | April 1, 2021
A researcher says the Android operating system transmits about 20 times more information from smartphone handsets to Google than iOS sends to Apple.
Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2021
Cybersecurity researchers said TikTok's underlying computer code does not pose a national security threat to the U.S.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | March 29, 2021
Companies and countries that depend on travel or large gatherings are counting on a totally unproven concept.
Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | March 26, 2021
Researchers in Singapore found that support for autonomous vehicle adoption generally is based on perceptions of safety issues.
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2021
Researchers say a botnet targeting Windows devices is expanding, due to a new infection method that lets malware spread between computers with weak passwords.
TechCrunch From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2021