A Google-owned company has built a device that combines the learning properties of a neural network with the computational ability of a computer. The combined architecture brings artificial intelligence technology closer.
Now the company has revealed a prototype computer that mimics the way a human brain stores and recalls information in short-term memory. The device is a novel kind of neural network. Such networks are similar to organic brains consisting of interconnected neurons. The drawback of artificial neuron networks is that they can't work with memory the way digital computers can. Or at least couldn't before NTM was built.
Read moreMasterCard and Zwipe have announced the launch of a biometric contactless payment card with integrated fingerprint sensor, which they say will improve security and consumer convenience.
Senior executives from MasterCard and Zwipe are marketing the new card as a more secure way to pay than other contactless payment options and a convenient method of transacting due to the lack of PIN number required at the point of sale. It includes an integrated biometric sensor and the Zwipe secure authentication technology. It is the first of its kind to combine biometric authentication with contactless payment.
Read moreToday Facebook unveiled its hidden service that lets users access their website more safely. Users and journalists have been asking for our response; here are some points to help you understand our thinking.
I didn't even realize I should include this section, until I heard from a journalist today who hoped to get a quote from me about why Tor users wouldn't ever use Facebook. Putting aside the (still very important) questions of Facebook's privacy habits, their harmful real-name policies, and whether you should or shouldn't tell them anything about you, the key point here is that anonymity isn't just about hiding from your destination.
Read moreIt has become somewhat of an embarrassment to talk about privacy these days. What use is it to protect privacy if careless users are eager to exhibit their personal data to anyone on social networks anyways? Today, users are readily spending their hard-earned money to sign up, deliberately, for house arrest-style services similar to those used for tracking criminals.
We are not talking about just wristbands or clips here; don’t forget about the thousands of apps tracking your sleep and movements, diet and cycle, and symptoms and medication schedules. For being so varied, they are not all that different: all of them are sending your data to a network. Impressed so far?
Read moreGoogle is developing tiny magnetic particles that could help detect cancer and other health problems by coursing through a patient’s bloodstream. The wearable would be able to count the particles and possibly compile information about what potential medical conditions they detected.
The so-called Nanoparticle Platform comes in the form of pills that are covered with antibodies or molecules that detect other molecules. The particles would be less than one-thousandth the size of a red blood cell and would attach to molecules, proteins and cells in the body. The nanoparticles could help detect arterial plaque or high sodium levels.
Read moreThe size and volume of distributed denial-of-service attacks has exploded in the past year, with a 389 per cent increase in average attack bandwidth between the third quarter of 2013 and the third quarter of 2014.
This should make companies consider using Cloud-based security services, such as the DDoS filtering technology Akamai provides. Defending against DDoS attacks in the cloud gives companies the ability to fight and deflect these attacks with a distributed infrastructure. One extended campaign targeting a gaming site featured 39 distinct DDoS attacks over a two-month period, with eight of the attacks peaking at over 100 Gbps.
Read moreChapman University conducted research for the survey. The survey asked 1,500 people nationwide about fears and concerns across different categories, including manmade fears, the government, natural disasters and personal fears.
Top 5 personal fears: walking alone at night, becoming the victim of identity theft, safety on the Internet, being the victim of a mass/random shooting and public speaking Crime was rated at the high levels of fear, despite the fact that violent crime has been on the decline in the past 20 years. Survey respondents who reported high levels of fear in one category typically also had higher levels of fear in other categories.
Read moreTwo researchers have demonstrated how to hide a malicious Android APK in images. Mobile devices are continuously under attacks, cyber criminals are improving their technique to attack mobile users and increase the profits.
A new technique recently disclosed, allows attackers to hide encrypted malicious Android applications inside images, the method allows threat actors to evade detection by antivirus products and potentially also the checks run by Google Play. During the presentation the Android device displayed a permission request when the wrapper application tried to install the decrypted file.
Read moreA company that develops cyber security and information security products and services to defend organizations against cyber attacks and to protect critical assets has published a new report and introduced a list of countries most under threat from cyber attack.
APTs are complex attacks by hackers for which complicated techniques are used to sneak into a network and carry out prolonged information gathering attacks. They are often carried out by state-backed players or sophisticated criminals and have an element of human control, in contrast with some cyberattacks solely carried out by an automated piece of code.
Read moreUsing Skype, Twitter and other western services harms the security of the country, says the head of Chechnya. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that the spread of western communication services on the Internet harms national security.
Their use encourages the ongoing double standards west policy, Kadyrov said. He considers situation to be unacceptable in which the West controls Russian users, and Russia is far from the steering information. The main problem is lack of control. Kadyrov also offered to turn off the Internet, as a global network, in his opinion, interfere with the proper education of youth.
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