Image-Based System Could Replace Multi-Factor Authentication
Researchers from the Centre for Security Communication and Network Research (CSCAN) at Plymouth University have developed a new system for secure, multi-level authentication that...
ISIS’ Newest Propaganda Weapon: An Android App
ISIS is known for its advanced application of propaganda techniques, far more so than their predecessors. Ghost Security Group, an online hacktivist collective whose...
The Necessary Use of Terrain Dominance Technologies
In today’s world of terror threats and subversive elements operating within countries’ borders, intelligence has never been more crucial. With no opposing country to...
Tesla’s Powerwall Is Soon Available For Purchase
In April this year Tesla announced another one of its revolutionary technologies - the Powerwall. The announcement immediately garnered much attention and in the...
Ransomware Could Target Medical Devices
Medical devices may not be ever-present in headlines, but that does not mean no new developments in the field happen. Rather, in recent years...
Reporting Crime With Your Smartphone
If you live in the state of New York, reporting crimes and suspicious activity has just gotten a whole lot simpler. The New York...
Watch: A Robot Refusing An Order
Researchers at Tufts University Human-Robot Interaction Lab are working on an issue that has been troubling science fiction fans for decades: when can (and...
Is Your Android Device Really Secure?
We have written before about China building its own secure smartphone ecosystem - including a homegrown operating system and even processing chips - all...
“Israel’s Nightmare” App To Showcase Iran’s Missile Arsenal
Apps have become ubiquitous. They provide us with tools for nearly every task imaginable. From shopping lists to fully fledged remotes to control drones....
Soon WiFi Could Power Your Devices
Wireless technology has revolutionised our lives. The now ubiquitous WiFi connects us instantaneously to the wider internet, but soon it will be able to...
Watch Drones Make Virtual Reality Physical
Virtual and augmented reality have advanced leaps and bounds in recent years. In the 80s we imagined virtual reality (VR) as us donning huge,...
Toyota To Open $1 Billion AI, Robotics Research Institute In US
Toyota is set to invest $1 billion to create a new research institute focusing on AI and robotics in the United States. Slated to...
The Encryption Dilemma In The Wake Of Paris Attacks
Encrypted communications specialist Silent Circle said that in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, it was tightening access to its mobile apps and secure smartphone...
Paris Attacks Raise Privacy Debate Once More
Paz Shabtai
Following the Paris attacks, apparently planned under the noses of French and Belgian authorities, one possibility is that Islamic State militants have found...
Security Technology Can Save The Euro 2016 Games
The UEFA European Football Championship is one of the world’s most prestigious football tournaments, second only to the World Cup. The competition is held...
Active Camouflage To Make Drones (Almost) Invisible
Being far smaller, and with the added benefit of having quiet electric motors, modern drones are a lot less conspicuous than their manned predecessors....
UK Struggles To Keep Tab On Cyber Stage Of Terror
Paz Shabtai
While around 250 Jihadists have returned to France from Syria, England is reported to expect almost double that. As of now, MI5 and...
Technology Can Rival Terror
Due to recent events - terror attacks in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and terror threats and alerts in most parts of the...
Military and C4I Technologies For Terrain Dominance
In today’s world, information is power - in any field. The more information we are receiving, the better our advantage and dominance in a...
How To Help A Battlefield Commander Handle The Flood Of Information
Olga Grosman-Ezrahi
The IDF is adjusting its land forces to cope with a "flood" of information from various sources, to turn what might be confusing...
Microsoft Admits: Windows 10 Spying Cannot Be Stopped
Windows 10 constantly calls home - a lot. Back in August, Ars Technica reported on a list of features in Microsoft Windows 10 that...
Policing Algorithm To Reduce Crime
Can math help keep our streets safer? A new study by a UCLA-led team of scholars and law enforcement officials suggests the answer is...
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This Balloon-Launched Missile Is Designed to Ignore GPS Jamming
Electronic warfare has become one of the defining features of modern conflict. Jamming systems can disrupt satellite navigation, interfere with communications, and reduce the...
