AMAZON FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE

AMAZON FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS RACIAL BIAS, PER REPORT

Facial technology software from Amazon used by some law enforcement agencies has shown inaccuracies, particularly when it comes to women of color. Sometimes the technology mistakes dark-skinned women as men. The system worked fine when recognizing men. It’s identifying women that became a glaring problem for the software. An MIT report says Amazon’s Recognition misidentified…

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Cryptojacking: How Hackers are Mining Cryptocurrencies without Your Knowledge

What is Crypto-jacking? There are two types of Cryptojacking: File-based Cryptojacking File-based Crypto-jacking requires a corporate network in conjunction with a malware based infiltration.   Many of these attacks are self-propagating, spreading through the network, and creating enormous cleanup costs. They may also drop additional malware in the internal system as they propagate. Browser-based Cryptojacking…

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