{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Security News - Software vulnerabilities, data leaks, malware, viruses","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/rss-feed\/security-news\/","language":"en-us","description":"The latest news on cyber security, network security, software vulnerabilities, data leaks, malware, and viruses","item":[{"title":"Q&A: How organic glass scintillators could improve nuclear security","description":"As the demand for nuclear security solutions grows, distinguishing a benign medical isotope from a potential threat is critical. Organic glass scintillators can help meet the need for accurate, cost-effective radiation detectors.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-qa-glass-scintillators-nuclear.html","category":"Engineering","pubDate":"Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:40:04 EDT","guid":"news699877801"},{"title":"New WebAssembly memory layout could stop Heartbleed-style browser attacks with no visible slowdown","description":"Google Earth, Zoom, Twitch.tv or Photoshop\u2014thanks to the WebAssembly standard, many powerful applications now run directly in a browser without installation. However, some of these web apps have serious security vulnerabilities. Researchers from paluno\u2014The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen\u2014have developed a solution to secure COTS applications by automatically reorganizing their memory.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-webassembly-memory-layout-heartbleed-style.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:20:01 EDT","guid":"news699869552"},{"title":"Stronger security measures are needed as the energy retail sector faces escalating cyber threats","description":"A doctoral dissertation by Mikko Suorsa, to be defended at the University of Vaasa, Finland, reveals that the energy retail sector is an essential yet vulnerable part of the energy industry's value chain and of critical infrastructure. Having received comparatively little attention in cybersecurity efforts, the sector requires strengthened resilience, and the study introduces concrete methods to achieve this. It is one of the first studies to focus specifically on energy retail organizations.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-stronger-energy-retail-sector-escalating.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:20:01 EDT","guid":"news699805142"},{"title":"AI worm adapts across networks, turning any online device into potential target","description":"A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered a new class of cyberthreat that gives hackers more power and reach at far less cost. It can be built with free AI models. Every online device is a potential target. And current cyber defenses are not yet ready for it.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-ai-worm-networks-online-device.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:40:08 EDT","guid":"news699787261"},{"title":"Two animal-inspired algorithms just changed how software-defined networks catch attacks before disruptions spread","description":"Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-based system designed to improve cyberattack detection in software-defined networks (SDNs), a networking architecture widely used in data centers and enterprise systems.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-animal-algorithms-software-networks-disruptions.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:40:01 EDT","guid":"news699707098"},{"title":"Quantum computers could expose our digital secrets, but there are much better reasons to build them","description":"Quantum computers are coming. Or, at least, that's what current predictions say. These machines harness the power of quantum mechanics, the set of rules governing how physics operates at atomic and sub-atomic scales.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-quantum-expose-digital-secrets.html","category":"Computer Sciences","pubDate":"Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:40:01 EDT","guid":"news699540232"},{"title":"A retention-aware system turns a computer's storage chip into a cybersecurity shield","description":"Hackers are ruthless. They can take control of your computer, delete files and disappear without a trace. However, FIU cybersecurity researcher Weidong Zhu has discovered a way to transform a computer's storage chip into an additional tool for cyber defense. Working with collaborators at the University of Florida, Zhu created a system that makes data on these chips last longer\u2014extending the lifespan of your files in the critical window after your computer is compromised. The work is published in the journal Proceedings of the 2025 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-retention-aware-storage-chip-cybersecurity.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:00:03 EDT","guid":"news699548041"},{"title":"AI and ultralow-energy lasers enable an ultrafast authentication system","description":"The security of modern communications heavily relies on systems that can rapidly and reliably verify users and the devices they are using. This process, known as authentication, essentially entails confirming that users or devices are legitimate (i.e., who or what they claim to be).","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-ai-ultralow-energy-lasers-enable.html","category":"Electronics & Semiconductors","pubDate":"Fri, 29 May 2026 09:40:01 EDT","guid":"news699246329"},{"title":"Bluesky accounts hijacked in pro-Russia propaganda campaign","description":"A Russian influence campaign hijacked hundreds of Bluesky accounts\u2014many belonging to influential Americans\u2014to spread propaganda, researchers said, in a striking disinformation tactic that weaponized authentic identities rather than relying on fake accounts.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-bluesky-accounts-hijacked-pro-russia.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Fri, 29 May 2026 05:00:01 EDT","guid":"news699247319"},{"title":"Graph Time-Frequency Mixed Anomaly Detection framework achieves 99.71% accuracy detecting sensor attacks on drones","description":"A new machine learning framework designed to detect malicious interference in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, has shown strong performance in identifying both sudden and slow-developing sensor attacks, according to research in the International Journal of Automation and Control. The system, called GTF-MAD (Graph Time-Frequency Mixed Anomaly Detection), achieved a peak F1 score of 99.71% in detecting bias in tests on a quadrotor drone.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-graph-frequency-anomaly-framework-accuracy.html","category":"Engineering","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 20:40:02 EDT","guid":"news699190723"},{"title":"Agentic AI tests the limits of data protection law, study finds","description":"The growing use of agentic artificial intelligence will test how organizations comply with existing data protection law, warns a study appearing in the Computer Law & Security Review.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-agentic-ai-limits-law.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 15:20:02 EDT","guid":"news699199382"},{"title":"IBM says to boost open-source security with $5 bn project","description":"American tech giant IBM and its IT services subsidiary Red Hat said Thursday that they would deploy billions of dollars and thousands of staff to secure open source software against new cybersecurity threats.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-ibm-boost-source-bn.html","category":"Business","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 10:40:02 EDT","guid":"news699181060"},{"title":"Privacy isn't dead, it's just that tech companies have made it inconvenient","description":"\"You have zero privacy \u2026 Get over it,\" Scott McNealy, then CEO of Sun Microsystems, declared in 1999.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-privacy-isnt-dead-tech-companies.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Wed, 27 May 2026 13:00:03 EDT","guid":"news699103621"},{"title":"Breaking the optical barrier: Terahertz tech could help enable quantum internet security","description":"A new method to distribute cryptographic keys using terahertz waves could help enable secure communication in the quantum-powered internet of the future, researchers say. Engineers from the University of Glasgow are pioneering the development of a new method of quantum key distribution (QKD) using terahertz waves transmitted with a wireless communications system adapted from mobile and WiFi networks.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-optical-barrier-terahertz-tech-enable.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Wed, 27 May 2026 10:20:03 EDT","guid":"news699092848"},{"title":"Optical wireless quantum security: Free-space QKD and Li-Fi in one system","description":"The German consortium QuINSiDa has achieved a major step toward mobile quantum-secure communication. They demonstrated a one-of-a-kind free-space data transfer channel supporting, for the first time, LiFi and major quantum key distribution (QKD) implementations. Additionally, the system integrates key management (KMS), encryption, and monitoring, illustrating technological readiness.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-optical-wireless-quantum-free-space.html","category":"Telecom","pubDate":"Tue, 26 May 2026 08:20:01 EDT","guid":"news699000543"},{"title":"Workers' information shared with third-party companies, new research reveals","description":"Companies are sharing workers' identifiable information and online activity with third-party companies, including Microsoft, Google and Facebook, using employee monitoring software known as \"bossware,\" new Northeastern University research has revealed.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-workers-party-companies-reveals.html","category":"Business","pubDate":"Fri, 22 May 2026 16:20:05 EDT","guid":"news698665839"},{"title":"Researchers discover novel IT attacks\u2014the defense mechanism is already operational","description":"Researchers at the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Information Security have developed a new security standard to counter a novel form of cyberattack\u2014one they had previously identified themselves. The attacks specifically target web protocols used, for example, to manage login processes. This affects, among others, industries that handle sensitive data\u2014such as health care, insurance, and banking. Researchers from Stuttgart will present their defense mechanism at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP2026) held in San Francisco May 18\u201321.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-defense-mechanism.html","category":"Computer Sciences","pubDate":"Thu, 21 May 2026 14:00:03 EDT","guid":"news698589482"},{"title":"New earphone design verifies users by their heartbeat, simplifying authentication","description":"The use of biometric data in personal devices has been popular with consumers for tracking things like heart rate and sleep stages, but it is becoming increasingly common for identification purposes too. Identifying data can be used for device security authentication, secure access control and identity verification for financial transactions, which can make everyday activities like making purchases, using devices or entering your home more convenient, while providing enhanced security.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-earphone-users-heartbeat-authentication.html","category":"Hi Tech & Innovation","pubDate":"Thu, 21 May 2026 13:50:01 EDT","guid":"news698589354"},{"title":"Watching the detectors: Researchers probe efficacy\u2014and danger\u2014of AI detection tools","description":"Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., has questions. When the professor and interim chair of the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering saw reports in the media positing that scientific literature is increasingly being generated by artificial intelligence, he wondered, \"How do they know?\"","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-detectors-probe-efficacy-danger-ai.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Wed, 20 May 2026 13:20:07 EDT","guid":"news698500982"},{"title":"Crashes with consequences: Serial code-reuse attack SFOP breaks Intel CET in Linux","description":"A code-reuse attack named \"Segmentation Fault Oriented Programming (SFOP)\" exploits weaknesses in signal handling and Intel CET in Linux systems. SFOP is capable of bypassing Intel CET in any program by producing segmentation faults in sequence. The program under attack is first made to access a restricted area of memory and then repeatedly crashed by executing invalid instructions. Every time it receives a SIGSEGV signal in return, the attacker registers a signal handler that succeeds in crashing the program. SFOP is enabled by 12 previously unknown weaknesses that affect Linux signals.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-consequences-serial-code-reuse-sfop.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Wed, 20 May 2026 12:55:44 EDT","guid":"news698500194"},{"title":"AI can seem more human than real humans in a classic Turing test","description":"A new University of California San Diego study unveils the first empirical evidence that a modern artificial intelligence system can pass the Turing test\u2014a major scientific benchmark that asks whether a machine can imitate human conversation so convincingly that people can't reliably tell it apart from a real person. In a series of experiments, people were often unable to tell the difference between humans and advanced large language models (LLMs).","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-ai-human-real-humans-classic.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Tue, 19 May 2026 17:40:06 EDT","guid":"news698430421"},{"title":"Hackers found a way around Intel CET\u2014PLaTypus locks down library jumps","description":"In June 2020, Intel announced the first hardware availability of Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (CET). This hardware-based protection mechanism has been gradually introduced since Intel's 10th and 11th Core generations and is integrated into newer Windows and Linux operating systems. CET is designed to make so-called code-reuse attacks more difficult, in which attackers exploit existing program code to compromise systems.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-hackers-intel-cet-platypus-library.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Tue, 19 May 2026 09:40:01 EDT","guid":"news698402198"},{"title":"Should you accept internet cookies? Researchers say the open web could suffer without them","description":"It's a choice you may face multiple times a day\u2014and, at this point, your reaction is probably reflexive. Are you going to accept those internet cookies, reject them, or spend a little time customizing your settings?","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-internet-cookies-web.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Mon, 18 May 2026 14:10:01 EDT","guid":"news698331560"},{"title":"Crackdown in Southeast Asia pushes scam networks to Sri Lanka","description":"A surge in arrests of suspected foreign scammers in Sri Lanka has authorities concerned that the island is fast becoming a hub for online crime, following sweeping crackdowns in hotspots Cambodia and Myanmar.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-crackdown-southeast-asia-scam-networks.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Sun, 17 May 2026 11:11:47 EDT","guid":"news698235078"},{"title":"Merged security model could close 5G gaps with 98% attack detection","description":"Research into 5G cellular network security suggests that we need to unify encryption and intrusion detection to better protect those networks rather than treating encryption and detection as separate processes. The research in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology focuses on the demands of 5G networks, which offer high data speeds, very low latency, and massive device connectivity. These capabilities allow us to use sophisticated mobile applications and have autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and industrial automation. But they come at a cost of increased exposure to fast-changing security threats from malware and malicious third parties.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-merged-5g-gaps.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Tue, 12 May 2026 19:40:03 EDT","guid":"news697810028"},{"title":"Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform","description":"The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-hackers-delete-stolen-canvas-platform.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Tue, 12 May 2026 09:40:04 EDT","guid":"news697794609"},{"title":"Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit an unknown weakness in a company's digital defense","description":"Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group's attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company's previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries across government and private industry about AI's risks for cybersecurity.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-google-disrupts-hackers-ai-exploit.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Mon, 11 May 2026 13:00:08 EDT","guid":"news697722295"},{"title":"Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools","description":"Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-canvas-online-cyberattack-disrupted-thousands.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Sat, 09 May 2026 05:14:58 EDT","guid":"news697522454"},{"title":"Hackers just stole data from 9,000 schools and unis around the world. How can we protect student privacy?","description":"This week, US-based education technology provider Instructure announced a significant cybersecurity incident affecting its Canvas system. This is used by schools and universities around the world, including in Australia.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-hackers-stole-schools-unis-world.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Fri, 08 May 2026 17:00:01 EDT","guid":"news697448885"},{"title":"A Canvas outage tied to a cyberattack has wreaked havoc on colleges' final exam season","description":"Schools and universities across the country are recovering from an outage that knocked down Canvas, an online platform that manages exams, course notes, lecture videos and grades. The disruption tied to a cyberattack hit in the middle of finals period for many colleges, a high-stress time when students and instructors rely heavily on the platform.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-cyberattack-canvas-thousands-schools-loom.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Fri, 08 May 2026 04:09:57 EDT","guid":"news697432159"}]}}