Day: April 29, 2020

Google’s medical AI was super accurate in a lab. Real life was a different story, so they need to tweak

Posted on by Robin Edgar

The covid-19 pandemic is stretching hospital resources to the breaking point in many countries in the world. It is no surprise that many people hope  AI could speed up patient screening and ease the strain on clinical staff. But a study from Google Health—the first to look at the impact of a deep-learning tool in Read more about Google’s medical AI was super accurate in a lab. Real life was a different story, so they need to tweak[…]

NSO Employee Abused Phone Hacking Tech to Target a Love Interest

Posted on by Robin Edgar

An employee of controversial surveillance vendor NSO Group abused access to the company’s powerful hacking technology to target a love interest, Motherboard has learned. The previously unreported news is a serious abuse of NSO’s products, which are typically used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The episode also highlights that potent surveillance technology such as Read more about NSO Employee Abused Phone Hacking Tech to Target a Love Interest[…]

How Spies Snuck Malware Into the Google Play Store—Again and Again: by upgrading a vetted app

Posted on by Robin Edgar

At a remote virtual version of its annual Security Analyst Summit, researchers from the Russian security firm Kaspersky today plan to present research about a hacking campaign they call PhantomLance, in which spies hid malware in the Play Store to target users in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and India. Unlike most of the shady apps found Read more about How Spies Snuck Malware Into the Google Play Store—Again and Again: by upgrading a vetted app[…]

Space Launch Market for Heavy Lift Vehicles: Charts and Data Set of Addressable Launches 2007–2018

Posted on by Robin Edgar

In 2019, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) asked the RAND Corporation to independently analyze the heavy lift space launch market to assess how potential USAF decisions in the near term could affect domestic launch providers and the market in general. RAND’s analysis was published as Assessing the Impact of U.S. Air Force National Security Space Read more about Space Launch Market for Heavy Lift Vehicles: Charts and Data Set of Addressable Launches 2007–2018[…]