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On the Equifax Data Breach

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breaches, datacollection, fraud, identitytheft, nationalsecuritypolicy, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Last Thursday, Equifax reported a data breach that affects 143 million US customers, about 44% of the population. It’s an extremely serious breach; hackers got access to full names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver’s license numbers — exactly the sort of information criminals can use to impersonate victims to banks, credit card companies, … Read More “On the Equifax Data Breach” »

New Techniques in Fake Reviews

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academicpapers, crowdsourcing, forgery, fraud, Security technology

Research paper: “Automated Crowdturfing Attacks and Defenses in Online Review Systems.” Abstract: Malicious crowdsourcing forums are gaining traction as sources of spreading misinformation online, but are limited by the costs of hiring and managing human workers. In this paper, we identify a new class of attacks that leverage deep learning language models (Recurrent Neural Networks … Read More “New Techniques in Fake Reviews” »

Survey Data on Americans and Cybersecurity

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cyberattack, cybersecurity, fraud, reports, Security technology, trust

Pew Research just published their latest research data on Americans and their views on cybersecurity: This survey finds that a majority of Americans have directly experienced some form of data theft or fraud, that a sizeable share of the public thinks that their personal data have become less secure in recent years, and that many … Read More “Survey Data on Americans and Cybersecurity” »