Privacy and security threats lurk in these everyday choices

"We provide online service, app, and content providers with detailed information about our whereabouts, our thoughts, our feelings, our moods, and our life patterns."

Boston University • futurity
Oct. 28, 2019 ~1 min

‘Genetic hacking’ is a risk of online genealogy

Your search for long-lost cousins could open you up to "genetic hacking." And unlike credit card information, you can't just cancel your old genome and get a new one.

Andy Fell-UC Davis • futurity
Oct. 23, 2019 ~5 min


Stealthy tool detects malware in JavaScript

A new tool called VisibleV8 can protect you against malware in JavaScript programs on your favorite sites.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Oct. 22, 2019 ~3 min

These factors influence which teens start hacking

How do teens get involved in cybercrime? New research identifies contributing factors, including gender.

Caroline Brooks-Michigan State • futurity
Sept. 23, 2019 ~4 min

Hacking self-driving cars could cause mass mayhem

Hacking cars could plunge a city into gridlock and it wouldn't even take hacking a majority of internet-connected vehicles to do it.

Ben Brumfield-Georgia Tech • futurity
July 30, 2019 ~7 min

Which warnings fight email phishing scams best?

Phishing scams can get people to give up private information, but the right warning can help us avoid the scammers.

Laurel Thomas-Michigan • futurity
May 20, 2019 ~3 min

‘Morpheus’ chip turns hacking into an impossible Rubik’s cube

With a new chip, "even if a hacker finds a bug, the information needed to exploit it vanishes 50 milliseconds later."

Nicole Casal Moore-Michigan • futurity
May 6, 2019 ~4 min

T cell photos make data encryption truly random

Uncrackable encryption keys made from images of 2,000 wiggling T cells could keep your data safe from hackers and security breaches.

A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn State • futurity
Dec. 31, 2018 ~4 min


Artificial intelligence fools fingerprint security systems

Think your smartphone is secure because you unlock it with your fingerprint? Think again.

Kathleen Hamilton-NYU • futurity
Dec. 7, 2018 ~4 min

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