An anonymous reader quotes the BBC: Scientists at Oxford say they’ve invented an artificial intelligence system that can lip-read better than humans. The system, which has been trained on thousands of hours of BBC News programs, has been developed in…
Could We Eliminate Spam With DMARC?
An anonymous reader writes: “The spam problem would not only be significantly reduced, it’d probably almost go away,” argues Paul Edmunds, the head of technology from the cybercrimes division of the U.K.’s National Crime Agency — suggesting that more businesses…
Some HTTPS Inspection Tools Actually Weaken Security
America’s Department of Homeland Security issued a new warning this week. An anonymous reader quotes IT World: Companies that use security products to inspect HTTPS traffic might inadvertently make their users’ encrypted connections less secure and expose them to man-in-the-middle…
Google's New Campus Will Open Its Restaurants To The Public
Google’s new 18-acre campus will feature a 595,000-square foot building for 2,400 employees, most of them engineers — and its bottom floor will be open to the public. An anonymous reader quotes Recode: People will be able to walk through…
Bruce Schneier Calls for IoT Legislation, Argues The Internet Is Becoming One Giant Robot
“We’re building a world-size robot, and we don’t even realize it,” security expert Bruce Schneier warned the Open Source Leadership Summit. As mobile computing and always-on devices combine with the various network-connected sensors, actuators, and cloud-based AI processing, “We are…
Studies are nice, but women in security say it’s time for the next step
It’s time to stop commissioning studies and get on with fixing the culture
Ethical hacking: should you pay a white hat to break in?
Naked Security reporter Paul Ridgewell thinks it’s odd to attach the word ‘ethical’ to an activity that’s usually considered criminal – do you agree with him?
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