Is dnyuz.com a Russian or Eastern European hacksite masquerading as a news site? [closed]

A news aggregator sent my browser there.

The name of the site looked like it was Russian or similar. While my browser was there, I looked for any info about them and their “About” and “Contact Us” links require JavaScript, which means you… Continue reading Is dnyuz.com a Russian or Eastern European hacksite masquerading as a news site? [closed]

Modern Mass Surveillance: Identify, Correlate, Discriminate

Communities across the United States are starting to ban facial recognition technologies. In May of last year, San Francisco banned facial recognition; the neighboring city of Oakland soon followed, as did Somerville and Brookline in Massachusetts (a s… Continue reading Modern Mass Surveillance: Identify, Correlate, Discriminate

Modern Mass Surveillance: Identify, Correlate, Discriminate

Communities across the United States are starting to ban facial recognition technologies. In May of last year, San Francisco banned facial recognition; the neighboring city of Oakland soon followed, as did Somerville and Brookline in Massachusetts (a statewide ban may follow). In December, San Diego suspended a facial recognition program in advance of a new statewide law, which declared it… Continue reading Modern Mass Surveillance: Identify, Correlate, Discriminate

What is the current state of author recognition software and what can be done about it?

I’m curious what the current state of author recognition software is, i.e. software that detects the author of a certain anonymous text based on a certain pool of texts obtained from elsewhere. This could identify people in d… Continue reading What is the current state of author recognition software and what can be done about it?

Machine Authentication Solutions Plug an Emerging Security Hole

Machine authentication can address the growing power of machines and their ability in providing hackers with new entryways. Computer communications are changing, and system security must change as well. Traditionally, corporate security focused on hum… Continue reading Machine Authentication Solutions Plug an Emerging Security Hole

Ping Identity files for $100M IPO on Nasdaq to trade as ‘PING’

Some eight months after it was reported that Ping Identity’s owners Vista Equity had hired bankers to explore a public listing, today Ping Identity took the plunge: the Colorado-based online ID management company has filed an S-1 form indicating that it plans to raise up to $100 million in an IPO on the Nasdaq exchange under […] Continue reading Ping Identity files for $100M IPO on Nasdaq to trade as ‘PING’

Bypassing Apple FaceID’s Liveness Detection Feature

Apple’s FaceID has a liveness detection feature, which prevents someone from unlocking a victim’s phone by putting it in front of his face while he’s sleeping. That feature has been hacked: Researchers on Wednesday during Black Hat USA 2019 demonstrated an attack that allowed them to bypass a victim’s FaceID and log into their phone simply by putting a pair… Continue reading Bypassing Apple FaceID’s Liveness Detection Feature