According to a study, Google and Genomic England may soon discuss how Google’s AI firm DeepMind can be used in the latter’s gene sequencing work. Genomic England was established by UK’s Department of Health to sequence 100,000 DNA codes and has access to thousands of patients’...
In a recent exclusive report, Facebook’s deputy chief privacy officer Rob Sherman said that the Indian government should address the privacy needs of its citizens while promoting innovation and economic growth in the creation of its new data protection laws. In his recent visit to...
As law enforcement face an increasing amount of threats, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming an important factor in helping officers deal with crime. However, the need to provide access to information to learning machines raises considerable privacy concerns. The director of strategic...
University of Virginia researchers successfully developed a prototype for a new password manager. “Horcrux” creators Hannah Li and David Evans describes it as a security and privacy-focused password manager for “paranoids”. The application works by inserting dummy credentials on web pages, as opposed to normal password managers...
Computers in a shared network with infected M.E.Doc software may have to face more trouble following the NotPetya attack. The attack is a smokescreen to make the virus look like ransomware to hide its true intentions, according to deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential administration and former...
A study in Australia revealed that scammers are now fooling more people with phone and text scams. David Glance, Director of the Centre for Software Practices at the University of Western Australia reports that online scammers have included phone and SMS scams on top of email...
After the NHS cyber attacks, Dentistry Scotland releases a series of warnings and guides so dental practitioners can protect themselves from future issues. DDU dento-legal adviser, David Lauder, tells practitioners to avoid using mobile devices to capture procedures or patient details as these are at risk...
A commission created by US President Donald Trump to gather voter data is being sued by a privacy advocate group. Last week, Trump’s Advisory Commission on election Integrity asked officials from 50 states to provide voter information, including names, addresses, birthdays, past convictions, political affiliations, and...
A new kind of PC takes an extreme route to protecting physical device and data security. Orwl, a palm-sized computer, is made specially to protect data. It uses a number of layers to block even the most persistent of hackers. To turn on the device, users...
A trader from an illegal auction site claims to be offering Australian Medicare card details for less than $30. The trader says Medicare details of any Australian can be retrieved “upon request” by “exploiting a vulnerability” in a government system. The trader uses an Australian Department...