A small town girl living in a robots world. But these robots only exist online and don't look like Gabriel Luna. I cover things relating to AI and cybersecurity, topics that are increasingly converging.
When the broader internet is monitored, peer-to-peer mesh networking apps like Bridgefy and FireChat may be the savior to say connected without government surveillance. At least that is what protestors in Hong Kong are trying. The protestors are increasingly trading in SMS, emails and China’s social network of choice, WeChat, for off-the-grid messagingContinue Reading
The attack that used websites to hack iPhones with malware is now believed to have originated in China and,to have targeted Android, and Microsoft Windows operating systems as well. The attack, revealed Aug. 30 by Google’s Project Zero was traced back at least two years. Over the weekend TechCrunch broke the story linking ChinaContinue Reading
The IRS is warning taxpayers about an email attack using messages pretending to be legitimate IRS communications. The goal of the attack is installing malware on users computers; to gain control of the device or install software like a keystroke logger, so as to eventually gain passwords to sensitive accounts,Continue Reading
Hackers have added a new challenge for corporate HR departments, after targeting companies with a phishing campaign that hides malware in résumés sent as email attachments. The hack, uncovered by Cofense Intelligence a security services provider, uses résumé files attached as .doc to deliver Quasar RAT. Quasar RAT is a completely legitimate open-sourceContinue Reading
Politico reports that Google will be shelling out between $150 and $200 million to settle an FTC regulatory probe into children’s privacy on YouTube. The investigation launched last year following an massive joint appeal from 20 advocacy groups. Who claim YouTube violated the COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) by collecting dataContinue Reading
On August 28, 2019 a federal grand jury indicted former Amazon engineer, Paige Thompson. If found guilty of the multiple counts of wire fraud and computer fraud Thompson faces up to 25 years in prison. The indictment alleges not only that she stole data, but also that after forcing access to cloudContinue Reading
The U.S. DoJ confirmed a criminal indictment against Anthony Levandowski, a former Google engineer. At a press conference in San Jose the DoJ announced a total of 33 charges for theft and attempted theft of trade secrets. Alleging Levandowski took confidential information from Google’s self-driving car project to Uber. Levandowski worked at Google’s self-drivingContinue Reading
According to reporting by the Guardian the BBC is planning to introduce its own voice assistant to compete with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. They key competitive advantage of the BBC voice assistant; the voice will be trained to understand British accents. On British comedy TV it’s become common to depictContinue Reading
Sony announced a partnership with Yamaha for the joint development on the SC-1 Sociable Cart, a vehicle the company says “delivers a new mobility experience”. Sony and Yamaha plan to launch services using this model in Japan, before April 2020. Sony says the SC-1 is designed to transform a mere meansContinue Reading
Officials from the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and Federal Trade Commission are reportedly resistant to a proposal that would task them with regulating the editorial policies of social media companies’. The officials, reportedly responding to a drafted executive order have raised First Amendment concerns with discouraging web companies from removing or censoringContinue Reading