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Week in review: Kali Linux gets on Linode, facial recognition defeated, Log4j exploitation
2022-07-17 08:30

Linode + Kali Linux: Added security for cloud instancesKali Linux, the popular open source Linux distribution specialized for penetration testing, ethical hacking and security auditing, can now be used by Linode customers. The enemy of vulnerability management? Unrealistic expectationsOrganizations vary by size, industry, level of maturity, but one thing that they all have in common is needing to know how to quickly remediate security vulnerabilities.

Researchers defeat facial recognition systems with universal face mask
2022-07-12 08:04

Can attackers create a face mask that would defeat modern facial recognition systems? A group of researchers from from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Tel Aviv University have proven that it can be done. "We validated our adversarial mask's effectiveness in real-world experiments by printing the adversarial pattern on a fabric face mask. In these experiments, the FR system was only able to identify 3.34% of the participants wearing the mask," they noted.

Facial recognition market to reach $12.67 billion by 2028
2022-03-10 04:00

The facial recognition market size is projected to reach $12.67 billion by 2028 from $5.01 billion in 2021, growing at a CAGR of 14.2% from 2021 to 2028, according to the Insight Partners. The use of facial recognition has grown due to rising applications in physical security and intelligent signage, as well as increasing technological improvements such as cloud-based services and 3D-based recognition systems.

Eurostar tests facial recognition system on London train station
2021-12-06 19:25

Eurostar is testing a new biometric facial recognition technology on passengers traveling from London's St Pancras International station to continental Europe. The system will involve two facial scans, one at the ticket gate to verify the ticket check and one at the UK Exit Checkpoint, to confirm that the passport information is valid.

S3 Ep61: Call scammers, cloud insecurity, and facial recognition creepiness [Podcast+Transcript]
2021-12-02 20:50

Oh! No! The wannabe wizard that went to school with a trainee Sith. LISTEN NOW. Click-and-drag on the soundwaves below to skip to any point in the podcast.

Facebook to Shut Down Facial Recognition System and Delete Billions of Records
2021-11-03 23:41

Facebook's newly-rebranded parent company Meta on Tuesday announced plans to discontinue its decade-old "Face Recognition" system and delete a massive trove of more than a billion users' facial recognition templates as part of a wider initiative to limit the use of the technology across its products. The Menlo Park tech giant described the about-face as "One of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology's history."

Facebook to Shut Down Facial Recognition System and Delete Billions of Records
2021-11-03 23:41

Facebook's newly-rebranded parent company Meta on Tuesday announced plans to discontinue its decade-old "Face Recognition" system and delete a massive trove of more than a billion users' facial recognition templates as part of a wider initiative to limit the use of the technology across its products. The Menlo Park tech giant described the about-face as "One of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology's history."

Army Testing Facial Recognition in Child-Care Centers
2021-08-30 20:32

Live video feeds of daycare centers are common, but the Army wants to take their kid-monitoring capabilities to the next level. Under a new pilot program being rolled out at a Fort Jackson, S.C. child-care center, the military is looking for service providers to layer commercially available facial recognition and artificial intelligence over existing closed-circuit television video feeds to improve childcare and cut costs.

Regulating facial recognition technology? It's the 'Wild West out there,' says US law boffin
2021-07-15 14:16

The role of facial-recognition technology was put under the microscope earlier this week after the US House Committee on the Judiciary heard evidence about how it's used by law enforcement agencies. Dr Cedric Alexander, a former member of President Barack Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, underlined the minefield facing lawmakers by laying out how, on the one hand, FRT can promote justice and "Even save lives" but not if it means sacrificing constitutional rights.

Facial-recognition technology gets a smack in the chops from civil rights campaigners
2021-07-14 19:14

Civil rights campaigners in the US have called on retailers to stop using facial-recognition technology amid worrying privacy concerns and fears that it could lead to people being wrongly arrested. While Fight for the Future claims retail giants such as Walmart and Kroger have said they would not deploy facial recognition in stores, it claims others - including Macy's, Albertsons, and Lowe's - are still using the technology.