Security News

Let's recap reCAPTCHA gotcha: Our cunning AI can defeat Google's anti-bot tech, say uni boffins
2019-09-04 18:56

Machine-learning code developed to solve image puzzles just like us netizens Video US-based academics have developed a machine-learning system to beat Google's bot-detecting reCAPTCHA system.…

Red flag: Home Office inks £45m border tech extension with IBM
2019-09-04 11:31

After 15 years, Semaphore DB that flags up persons of interest goes into extra (Brexit) time The Home Office has inked a £45m 33-month contract extension with IBM for its creaking Semaphore border...

How fraud prevention tech can save banks €10M a year
2019-09-04 04:00

A typical European bank, serving 10 million customers, could save up to €10 million annually and avoid growing fines by the regulator by implementing technology to improve the ‘Know Your Customer’...

Tech Giants Join Forces on Confidential Computing
2019-08-22 12:07

The Linux Foundation this week announced an industry-wide effort aimed at accelerating the adoption of confidential computing. read more

Owners of Fake Tech Company Plead Guilty to Fraud Charges
2019-08-15 09:54

Two Florida men have pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges filed in southern Illinois, where they targeted people with fake technical support services. Michael Austin Seward of Deerfield Beach and...

Tech news roundup: Managing IoT, new iPhones, and phishing concerns
2019-07-24 19:13

This week's stories from TechRepublic and ZDNet include AI's influence on retail, the onslaught of malicious emails, and a look at why 50% of employees aren't satisfied.

Tech firms “can and must” put backdoors in encryption, AG Barr says
2019-07-23 18:55

He's tired of "dogmatic announcements that lawful access simply cannot be done."

U.S. Tech CEOs Support Trump on Huawei Restrictions: White House
2019-07-23 00:35

Chief executives from several US tech companies met with President Donald Trump on Monday and expressed "strong support" for policies restricting the use of products from Chinese telecom giant...

Tech news roundup: Amazon Prime Day and the highest-rated workplaces of 2019
2019-07-17 17:16

This week's TechRepublic and ZDNet stories include a breach of Sprint customers' data, notes from the Duo Security 2019 access report, and how execs are taking charge of digital transformation plans.

AMD's SEV tech that protects cloud VMs from rogue servers may as well stand for... Still Extremely Vulnerable
2019-07-10 23:22

Evil hypervisors can work out what apps are running, extract data from encrypted guests Five boffins from four US universities have explored AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) technology...