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Intel and Facebook are working together on a new artificial intelligence (AI) chip. Called the Nervana Neural Network Processor (NNP-I), it is an AI chip for inference-based workloads. The new chip is expected to be finished in the second half…
Comcast had made an important announcement about a new AI-powered service that is meant to monitor, block and inform customers about online threats connected to home networks. The service is called xFinity xFi Advanced Security, and its main purpose is…
A series of attacks have been detected on the popular crypto exchange Coinbase which led to the suspension of all transactions of Ethereum Classic. The transactions are suspended on Coinbase’s trading platforms, products and services. The incident resulted in the…
It’s no news that macOS users also need protection against malicious code. The good news is that macOS users now have a new tool designed to help them identify generic keyloggers that may be plaguing their systems. The tool is…
GHIDRA is the name of a free reverse engineering tool that will be released by the NSA during the upcoming RSA security conference in March in San Francisco. The software is a disassembler that is designed to break down executable…
Google has just fixed a three-year old vulnerability in Chrome for Android. The vulnerability was originally discovered in May 2015, but it took a while for Google to evaluate the threat and its potential. In 2015, Nightwatch Cybersecurity researchers discovered…
The European Union is about to sponsor 14 bug bounty programs for vulnerabilities in 14 popular open-source software projects. The announcement was made a few days ago by Julia Reda, who represents the German Pirate Party in the European Parliament.…
5G networks are rapidly expanding across the globe, with many countries launching commercial 5G services and deploying infrastructure. Apparently, Qatar’s Ooredoo has already launched a commercial service, and South Korea and China are planning to launch 5G next year. 5G…
2018 hasn’t been easy on Facebook. The social platform has been through some dramatic data and security breaches that affected millions of its users. Facebook also experienced several drops on the stock market. It is interesting to note that Facebook’s…
Google and Yahoo have been targeted in new phishing attacks that are able to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA). Secure email services are also victims of these attacks as they can be successfully compromised, researchers said in a report published by…
Microsoft has just released a security update for Internet Explorer after receiving a report from Google about a new vulnerability being used in targeted attacks. The vulnerability, which was given the CVE-2018-8653 identifier, could allow for arbitrary code execution. Affected…
NASA has been through a data breach which most likely affected the personal details of both current and former employees. At least one of NASA’s servers has been hacked. According to the agency, unknown hackers successfully gained access in late…
Microsoft just announced that Windows 10 19H1 will be equipped with a sandbox feature starting early in 2019. Windows Sandbox is an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where users can run untrusted software without the fear of negative effects on their…
Scholars have identified yet another way to defeat text-based CAPTCHA systems using a machine learning algorithm. The new “captcha solver” method was developed by scientists from UK’s Lancaster University, China’s Northwest University and Peking University. The method is built upon…
Security researchers just discovered a security flaw residing in the popular SQLite database engine. The vulnerability hasn’t been given a CVE identifier yet but is dubbed Magelan. It affects thousands of desktop and mobile applications, including IoT devices, desktop software,…
A security audit of the US ballistic missile system carried out by the US Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) has revealed a range of severe security issues. The report was conducted in response to a congressional requirement to…
“My take is, privacy is precious. I think privacy is the last true luxury. To be able to live your life as you choose without having everyone comment on it or know about,” said spy novelist Valerie Plame. Defending your…
The story of infected Android apps is endless, and the possibility you’ve downloaded a malicious app instead of a useful one is not small at all. Some malicious apps are worse than others, and such is the case with a…
CVE-2018-8611 is one the vulnerabilities addressed in December 2018’s Patch Tuesday. The flaw is a kernel zero-day which was just patched but appears to be exploited by several threat actors, Kaspersky Lab researchers report. CVE-2018-8611 Kernel Zero-Day Bug Recently Exploited…
Microsoft’s Windows 10 has been associated with dubious data collection and telemetry techniques since its inception. And it is indeed a widely known fact that the operating system logs data about users on their computers. This is not the issue,…
