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From the archive: computer security, and a key experiment by Pascal



There cannot be many people whose names are not recorded on the peripheral equipment of some computer or other. Even Mr Howard Hughes, who values his privacy highly … has more to fear from the …

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Ransomware experiment shows the dangers of hacking robots

  1. Ransomware experiment shows the dangers of hacking robots  CNNMoney
  2. Vulnerability in Robots Can Lead To Costly Ransomware Attacks  Threatpost
  3. Security bods exploit flaws in Pepper the robot to bork it with ransomware  The INQUIRER
  4. Inner Circle Podcast: Episode 004  TechSpective
  5. Full coverage

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AdGholas malvertisers experiment with ransomware, delivered through Astrum EK – SC Magazine


SC Magazine

AdGholas malvertisers experiment with ransomware, delivered through Astrum EK
SC Magazine
The AdGholas malvertising threat group conducted a new campaign in May and June 2017 using the Astrum exploit kit to infect victims with Mole ransomware – an unusual change-up for these adversaries, who historically have favored banking trojans, …

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Did Facebook’s emotion experiment break the law? ICO probes

Did Facebook’s emotional manipulation study break data protection laws? The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office is to investigate the experiment, which caused outrage after it manipulated the feeds of close to 700,000 users to determine how they reacted to positive or negative news.
Naked Security – Sophos