A malicious website can work out which sites you visit and which apps you open, using nothing but JavaScript and the timing of your SSD. The attack, called FROST, needs no native code, no extension, and no permission prompt. You open the page, leave the tab sitting there, and it watches the drive for contention…
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AI, Global Security News
Your New AI Professor Is the Rapper From the Black Eyed Peas
What started as a visit to MIT’s Media Lab became a long-term tech love affair for will.i.am, and now he’s passing on that love.
Global Security News
When ransomware gets physical: cybercriminals turn to threats of violence
Pay up, or we’ll pay someone to pay you a visit. Cybercrime gangs are increasingly turning to real-world threats – and even hiring local muscle to deliver the message. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Global Security News
The Vastness of Time
A recent visit to the National Museum Australia and a discussion on the history of the Pyramids recalled the emergence of iterative software development methods in the 1990’s