The hacking wizard dies a few days before he could address hacking and security professionals at the Black Hat convention. The words,”Sometimes you have to demonstrate the darker side,’ uttered by Barnaby Jack to defend his computer-hacking proficiency speaks about his sudden death. Jack made a lot of revelations and that is the reason why […]
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Smart Homes –An Easy Prey to Hackers
The growing fashion of owning smart homes may pose serious security threats and breaches. According to Managing consultant of Trustwave Daniel Crowley, Smart homes that allow denizens to control alarms, locks and much more over the internet are unlocking doors for burglars having hacking knacks. Computer security specialists are suspecting that internet […]
Posting online supports hackers to enhance “spear phishing” attacks.
On Monday, the security experts revealed that sharing on social media supports hackers to enhance “spear phishing” attacks as they find a deceptive way to peep in to the computers . Ulisses Albuquerque of the security firm Trust wave said that customizing deceptive messages sent to people to quirk them into clicking on links or […]
Scientists are developing new data security protocols which cannot be broken even by NASA
Employing the unique science of quantum mechanics, scientists are developing new data security protocols which are unbreakable and cannot be even broken by the NASA. “It sounds like there’s some quantum magic in this new technology, but of course it’s not magic, it’s just very modern science,” Gisin says. Dr. Nicolas Gisin, a […]
Scientists implant false memories in mice—a milestone to discover how similar structures in the human brain work.
Researchers have been successful in instilling false memories into the brain of mice. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed the technology to implant false memories in the brain cells of mice. The mice were able to mistakenly associate a kind environment to a prior unpleasant experience from unlike environs. The scientists implanted in genetically […]
Cliodynamics: predicting future with the help of history
Even in this age of multi skilled and multi disciplinary world it is difficult to imagine a field of study which blends history and mathematics together.But that is exactly what cliodynamics seeks to do by looking for explanation of historical events through the study of historical data.Not only this it also claims to predict the […]