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Flaw in Wix website builder risked computer worm

04

Nov

2016

Wix, the provider of a widely used cloud-based web development platform, appears to have had a significant bug on its hands that could have paved the way for a computer worm to do serious damage to websites around world. The problem was related to an XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerability that was found in websites built […]

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Algorithms, Arrogance and Collateral Damage

31

Oct

2016

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the future. It’s a complex subject that basically boils down to mathematics. Mathematical rules, or algorithms, process data and deliver decisions (actually, they deliver probabilities and we decide what level of probability constitutes a decision). Those decisions already control much of our lives, from something as simple as stop/go sequences that […]

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Skyping and Typing the Latest Threat to Privacy

20

Oct

2016

Multitasking while on a work-related Skype call may be good for productivity, but perhaps not so much for privacy. Typing while using Skype or over other Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services presents an opportunity for an attacker to record the conversation, separate out the emanations from the typing, and use previous work in this […]

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