Showing posts with label Security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Security. Show all posts
Wall Street is getting into bed with hackers in a lucrative new arrangement --interesting
Cybersecurity researchers have always had an unspoken truce with companies. When hackers find a problem, they typically report it to the company and give them a chance to fix it before going public with it. This often leads to ‘bounties’ the company pays out for spotting the vulnerability, although not always.
FBI to take control of the nation's cyber-attack --Interesting
President Barack Obama this Tuesday gave the FBI charge over the Cyber Attack in the Nation.
Analysts say this action was needed because it was never clear just what agency was taking the lead in response to a cybe attack -- the U.S. Secret Service, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or some other federal agency.
Researchers warn of the dangers of ‘Brainjacking’
Vulnerability of brain implants to cyber-security attacks could make “brainjacking”, which has been discussed in science fiction for decades, a reality, say researchers from the University of Oxford. Writing in The Conversation, an Australia-based non-profit media, Laurie Pycroft discussed brain implants as a new frontier of security threat. The most common type of brain implant is the deep brain stimulation (DBS) system.
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