Google uses AI to create troll-spotting tool to clean up comments
Google uses machine learning to teach troll-spotting bot how to identify ‘toxic’ comments Continue reading Google uses AI to create troll-spotting tool to clean up comments
Author Archives: Lisa Vaas
Taxpayers shrug off ID fraud warnings even as attacks rise
Are you doing enough to protect yourself during tax season? We’ve got some tips to help you be safer Continue reading Taxpayers shrug off ID fraud warnings even as attacks rise
Drones can steal data from infected PCs by spying on blinking LEDs
Is that a drone hovering outside your office window snooping on your disk’s flashing lights? Time to move it away from the window Continue reading Drones can steal data from infected PCs by spying on blinking LEDs
Lawmakers set to overturn broadband privacy rules, as ISPs requested
Congress is preparing to overturn rules that require ISPs to get customers to opt in before selling data
Continue reading Lawmakers set to overturn broadband privacy rules, as ISPs requested
Sure, you might have bought the car, but does someone else control it?
A researcher who was able to control his so-called ‘smart’ car three years after he sold it raises concerns about secondhand IoT devices Continue reading Sure, you might have bought the car, but does someone else control it?
Border agents could be forced to get a warrant before searching devices
Senator warns that border agents’ ‘digital dragnets’ are distracting them from actual threats Continue reading Border agents could be forced to get a warrant before searching devices
Thugs who sent Brian Krebs heroin and a SWAT team sentenced
No word on when we’ll see the movie, but the plot points keep coming. Continue reading Thugs who sent Brian Krebs heroin and a SWAT team sentenced
Watch out for phishing scams when preparing your tax return
Phishing scams topped the IRS’s Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2017 Continue reading Watch out for phishing scams when preparing your tax return
Fallen for a fake Twitter account? Here’s how to spot them
An account impersonating Trump adviser Mike Flynn fooled news organizations and individuals alike, fuelling further concerns about ‘fake news’
Continue reading Fallen for a fake Twitter account? Here’s how to spot them
‘World’s eighth-worst spammer sent more than a million emails’
Michael Persaud faces 10 counts of wire fraud, each punishable by up to 20 years in jail Continue reading ‘World’s eighth-worst spammer sent more than a million emails’