The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The partners aim to combine fingerprint and facial data to more effectively authenticate employees in workplace settings. It’s now commonplace for high-resolution video cams to feed endless streams of image data into increasingly intelligent data mining software. The partnering of SureID and Robbie.AI

Privacy 157

Privacy Retail Authentication Artificial Intelligence 157

Troy Hunt

MARCH 27, 2018

This screen faces out into the retail store with people constantly wandering past it only a couple of meters away, well within the distance required to observe the contents off it. She was pretty shocked when I showed her this as it was precisely the same verbal password as she used to authenticate to her bank.

Security 61

Security Passwords Authentication Mining 61

Elie

MAY 30, 2018

A very recent example of such behavior is the rise of abusing cloud services such as Google Cloud to mine cryptocurrencies in response to the surge of bitcoin price late 2017. skyrocketed past $10,000, we saw a surge of new attacks that attempted to steal Google cloud compute resources to mine. bitcoin prices. Obviously, this.

Mining 107

Mining Cloud Paper Artificial Intelligence 107

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another. There, denizens with computer rigs that are built primarily for mining virtual currencies can set to work using those systems to crack passwords. started receiving emails with a “cash back” offer.

Passwords 353

Passwords Phishing Mining Data breaches 353

Elie

MAY 30, 2018

A very recent example of such behavior is the rise of abusing cloud services such as Google Cloud to mine cryptocurrencies in response to the surge of bitcoin price late 2017. skyrocketed past $10,000, we saw a surge of new attacks that attempted to steal Google cloud compute resources to mine. bitcoin prices. Obviously, this.

Mining 91

Mining Cloud Paper Artificial Intelligence 91

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

The 57 percent rate statistic is the highest of all verticals we measured in this year’s report (others include the healthcare industry, the retail industry, and the financial services industry) or any region surveyed. Look at how frequently we hear about AWS S3 buckets left out in the clear with sensitive information for hackers to mine.

Encryption 48

Encryption Cloud Data breaches Government 48

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. A report commissioned by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reveals that most big U.S.

Passwords 225

Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 225