Collaborate Disseminate
A data breach at the Georgia Institute of Technology, better known as Georgia Tech, potentially exposed the personal data of as many as 1.3 million users. On 2 April, the public research university published a statement on its website in which it revea… Continue reading Georgia Tech Data Breach Potentially Exposed 1.3M Users’ Personal Data
Black soldier flies are the Joey Chestnuts of the larvae world. Continue reading Watch 10,000 Maggots Scarf Down a Pizza in Two Hours
On two occasions this past year I’ve published stories here warning about the prospect that new European privacy regulations could result in more spams and scams ending up in your inbox. This post explains in a question and answer format some of the reasoning that went into that prediction, and responds to many of the criticisms leveled against it. Continue reading Security Trade-Offs in the New EU Privacy Law
A free new service from the U.S. Postal Service that provides scanned images of incoming mail days before it is slated to arrive at its destination address is raising eyebrows among security experts who worry about the service’s potential for misuse by private investigators, identity thieves, stalkers or abusive ex-partners. The USPS says it hopes to have changes in place by early next year that could help blunt some of those concerns. Continue reading USPS ‘Informed Delivery’ Is Stalker’s Dream
An academic paper to be presented today at IEEE posits that analysis of network signals provides a better early warning of malware than infections than current practices. Continue reading Malware Network Communication Provides Better Early Warning Signal
Watch out! A team of autonomous quadcopters can now work together without crashing. Continue reading Drone Swarms Avoid Crashing With ‘Safety Bubbles’
Watch out! A team of autonomous quadcopters can now work together without crashing. Continue reading Drone Swarms Avoid Crashing With ‘Safety Bubbles’
The king of the jungle is moving to the farm. Continue reading Farmers Could Have Teams of Tarzan Robots Swinging Around Their Fields in the Future
The student who formerly hacked a rival school is now getting $300,000 worth of air miles from United Airlines’ Bug Bounty Program. Continue reading Student cybervandal earns $300,000 for hacking US Airlines