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Ruben De Fraye

Hacking the Lights Out: The Computer Virus Threat to the Electrical Grid: Scientific Am... - 0 views

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  • Last year word broke of a computer virus that had managed to slip into Iran’s highly secure nuclear enrichment facilities. Most viruses multiply without prejudice, but the Stuxnet virus had a specific target in its sights—one that is not connected to the Internet.
dr tech

Want to Find a Misinformed Public? Facebook's Already Done It - The Markup - 0 views

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  • dr tech on 25 Apr 20
     
    ""We've taken down hundreds of thousands of pieces of misinformation related to COVID-19, including theories like drinking bleach cures the virus or that physical distancing is ineffective at preventing the disease from spreading," Zuckerberg wrote. But at the very same time, The Markup found, Facebook was allowing advertisers to profit from ads targeting people that the company believes are interested in "pseudoscience." According to Facebook's ad portal, the pseudoscience interest category contained more than 78 million people."
dr tech

5 Security Software Myths That Can Prove Dangerous - 0 views

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  • dr tech on 05 Mar 14
     
    "Excluding mobile operating systems for tablets and smartphones, Windows still owns about 90% of the global computing market, so it's no surprise it remains a prime target for malware. That doesn't mean other operating systems are perfectly safe, however, as they too can prove easy pickings."
dr tech

Briton who stopped WannaCry attack arrested over separate malware claims | Technology |... - 0 views

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  • dr tech on 04 Aug 17
     
    "Marcus Hutchins, the 23-year-old British security researcher who was credited with stopping the WannaCry outbreak in its tracks by discovering a hidden "kill switch" for the malware, has been arrested by the FBI over his alleged involvement in another malicious software targeting bank accounts."
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