French Daredevils Leap Off a Perfectly Good Mountain into a Moving Airplane
James Bond once did it without a wingsuit. But these guys did it for real.
Read more at Air and Space Magazine
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
Google AI teaches itself ‘superhuman’ chess skills in four hours
Google’s “superhuman” AlphaZero artificial intelligence (AI) taught itself chess from scratch in four hours. Then, it wiped the floor with the former world-leading chess software, Stockfish 8. Out of 100 matches, AlphaZero won 28 games and drew (tied) the remaining 72.
So long AOL ...
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This guy is Jeff Bezos, the CEO of the gargantuan super-retailer Amazon.com. Would you give him the keys to your house? No? Well now you can! Amazon recently launched their new Amazon Key service, a smartphone app controlled door lock. As an Amazon Prime member myself, I have received several emails about this new product. My first thought was “what could possibly ...
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There is a new threat appearing on corporate and personal networks called “fileless malware.” It can sneak by traditional signature recognition endpoint security programs. It is able to hide and stay resident by using trusted operating system and software application files to run the exploit.
Fileless malware exploits are estimated to comprise almost 30% of new exploits, and that percentage is rising as cyber-crime group move to this newer technology. Fileless malware exploits are being target at financial institutions and other ...
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I often talk about how the Internet has changed everything. On the plus side, it has leveled the economic marketplace so even tiny businesses can compete with gigantic corporations. There is also the instant availability of knowledge on any subject. You can be an expert on anything in 20 minutes. Need to perform an emergency appendectomy? There’s a YouTube video for that. Actually, there are a bunch of YouTube videos for that
But then on ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
Over 75% of Android apps are secretly tracking users
Yale Privacy Lab has discovered hidden trackers in hundreds of popular Android apps that send app manufacturers your location, activity, and other personal info.
Cayla doll too eavesdroppy to put under the Christmas tree, says France
That Bluetooth Cayla doll and i-Que surveillance robot can be ...
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Many companies and organization are moving their data repositories to the cloud, to places such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). Hopefully, if your company is moving to the cloud, you are doing a better job securing this information than the Department of Defense or the National Security Agency.
The first story involves a trove of data left on AWS servers, and discovered by ...
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A guest post by Megan Wells from InvestmentZen.com
Identity theft. Those words are enough to start the heart racing. You think, “How can this be? I do everything possible to protect my private information.” Yes, and the criminals always seem to be one step ahead.
Recent financial industry changes like EMV (chip cards), reduced card-cloning in retail stores and some restaurants, but gas stations’ deadline for conversion is ...
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Let’s say you have finally committed to creating new, unique, and long passwords for all your online, network, business, and machine user accounts. How are you going to keep track of the dozens, if not hundreds of uniquely different passwords? Using a system makes your passwords guessable, and writing them down in a spiral notebook is a hassle, and makes ...
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