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A study forced people to quit Facebook to see if it made them happier
Can staying off Facebook make you happier? Apparently so. Researchers from the ridiculous-sounding Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen recruited 1,095 daily Facebook users to …
Tor Project warns: Academics accused of helping FBI de-anonymize Internet users
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon are being accused of helping the FBI exploit a vulnerability that allowed investigators to gather information on users of Tor, …
CISA won’t do much to turn threat intelligence into action
With the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) the feds are trying to make it more attractive to share threat intelligence, but it won’t do …
Crypto researchers: Time to use something better than 1024-bit encryption
It’s actually possible for entities with vast computing resources – such as the NSA and major national governments – to compromise commonly used Diffie-Hellman …
Snowden espouses about data ethics and privacy
In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s controversial leaks that revealed widespread US surveillance and data gathering, researchers, scholars, lawyers, and privacy advocates gathered at …
Thousands of medical devices are vulnerable to hacking, security researchers say
Next time you go for an MRI scan, remember that the doctor might not be the only one who sees your results. Thousands of …
Hackers Can Remotely Steal Fingerprints From Android Phones
Over a year ago I wrote an article on The Hacker News that warned of serious security concerns created by the iPhone and Android’s …
Researcher discloses zero-day vulnerability in FireEye
On Sunday, Kristian Erik Hermansen disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in FireEye’s core product, which if exploited, results in unauthorized file disclosure. As proof, he …
Intel says GPU malware is no reason to panic, yet
Malware that runs inside GPUs (graphics processing units) can be harder to detect, but is not completely invisible to security products. Researchers from Intel …
Researchers improve de-anonymization attacks for websites hiding on Tor
Researchers have developed a new technique that could allow attackers to determine with a high degree of accuracy which Tor websites users are accessing …
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