2017

Lyft’s about to change the race for self-driving cars

The urban dream of a shared fleet of self-driving cars summoned by an app is inching closer to a reality. Uber, of course, has already …

Your Anti-virus Software is not Enough

There was a time when anti-virus software was the height of computer security, especially if you were a Windows user. But the landscape of threats …

Hackers Are Targeting Nuclear Facilities, Homeland Security Dept. and F.B.I. Say

Since May, hackers have been penetrating the computer networks of companies that operate nuclear power stations and other energy facilities, as well as manufacturing plants …

5 Things We Learned From Recent Ransomware Attacks

On Friday, some hospitals in the United Kingdom were struck with a peculiar attack: computers taken over, data inside encrypted and held ransom, all for …

The Biggest Ransomware Attack in History Crippled UK Hospitals

A serious ransomware attack called WanaCrypt0r is currently affecting a wide variety of people and companies in 74 countries. Among the first affected are multiple …

Computer Scientists are Developing a ‘Master’ Fingerprint that Could Unlock Your Phone

  Fingerprint readers, like the TouchID on an iPhone, exist to make your device extra secure while keeping the process of unlocking it easy. Computer …

Ransomware Attacks will Double in 2017

Ransomware attacks quadrupled in 2016 and will double again in 2017, according to a report issued on Monday by Beazley, a provider of data breach …

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