Day: November 6, 2017

Machine learning of neural representations of suicide and emotion concepts identifies suicidal youth | Nature Human Behaviour

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The clinical assessment of suicidal risk would be substantially complemented by a biologically based measure that assesses alterations in the neural representations of concepts related to death and life in people who engage in suicidal ideation. This study used machine-learning algorithms (Gaussian Naive Bayes) to identify such individuals (17 suicidal ideators versus 17 controls) with Read more about Machine learning of neural representations of suicide and emotion concepts identifies suicidal youth | Nature Human Behaviour[…]

Hackers Compromised the Trump Organization 4 Years Ago—and the Company Never Noticed

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In 2013, a hacker (or hackers) apparently obtained access to the Trump Organization’s domain registration account and created at least 250 website subdomains that cybersecurity experts refer to as “shadow” subdomains. Each one of these shadow Trump subdomains pointed to a Russian IP address, meaning that they were hosted at these Russian addresses. (Every website domain Read more about Hackers Compromised the Trump Organization 4 Years Ago—and the Company Never Noticed[…]

How we fooled Google’s AI into thinking a 3D-printed turtle was a gun

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Students at MIT in the US claim they have developed an algorithm for creating 3D objects and pictures that trick image-recognition systems into severely misidentifying them. Think toy turtles labeled rifles, and baseballs as cups of coffee. It’s well known that machine-learning software can be easily hoodwinked: Google’s AI-in-the-cloud can be misled by noise; protestors Read more about How we fooled Google’s AI into thinking a 3D-printed turtle was a gun[…]

Signed Malware: using digital certificates to circumvent malware checks

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Digitally signed malware can bypass system protection mechanisms that install or launch only programs with valid signatures. It can also evade anti-virus programs, which often forego scanning signed binaries. Known from advanced threats such as Stuxnet and Flame, this type of abuse has not been measured systematically in the broader malware landscape. In particular, the Read more about Signed Malware: using digital certificates to circumvent malware checks[…]

Millions of South Africans’ personal information may have been leaked online

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The personal information of more than 30 million South Africans has apparently been leaked online. This is according to Australian security researcher and creator of ‘Have I Been Pwned’, Troy Hunt. His website allows people to check if their personal information has been compromised in a data breach.He took to Twitter on Tuesday to say Read more about Millions of South Africans’ personal information may have been leaked online[…]

Virtually everyone in Malaysia pwned in telco, govt data hack spree

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Information on 46.2 million cellphone accounts was slurped from Malaysians telecoms providers. To put that in context, the population of Malaysia is 31.2 million; obviously, some people have more than one number.The stolen telco records include people’s mobile phone numbers, SIM card details, device serial numbers, and home addresses, all of which are useful to Read more about Virtually everyone in Malaysia pwned in telco, govt data hack spree[…]