Archive for the ‘security’ category: Page 100
Aug 30, 2016
Forget Passwords, This Device Locks Your PC Based On Your Proximity
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: computing, encryption, security
The Gatekeeper keychain uses bluetooth 4.0 technology with an AES encryption method to automatically lock your computer when you walk away.
Every office has that one coworker—that person who sneaks on to your computer and posts absurd messages on your various social media pages. Fortunately, computers come with handy security features and are generally password protected.
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Aug 26, 2016
Virtual reality robots could someday TELEPORT juries to crime scenes
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: robotics/AI, security, virtual reality
Virtual reality robots could someday teleport juries to gruesome crime scenes to investigate murders…
Juries are rarely allowed to visit crime scenes.
There are some exceptions, usually in difficult, high-profile murder cases such as the O.J Simpson trial in 1995.
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Aug 25, 2016
Russia More Prey Than Predator to Cyber Firm Wary of China
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: military, security
Aug 25, 2016
Ban Ki-moon: ‘digital technologies like 3D printing have the potential for massive destruction’
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, biological, law, security, space, terrorism
More on the UN’s concern on the next gen technologies.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
Aug 24, 2016
World not prepared for biological attacks, new technology threats: Ban Ki-moon
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, bioengineering, biological, government, robotics/AI, security, space
CISO & CSO at many companies are certainly going to have their work cut out for them in the long-term future as more and more new tech such as 3D Printing, Synthetic Bio, etc. are adopted into companies; really brings a new level of security concerns not only in government; but also the private sector.
He pointed out that while there were international organisations to prevent the spread of nuclear and chemical weapons, there was no such agency to deal with biological weapons.
Speaking at the Council debate on weapons of mass destruction (WMD), he sought to expand its definition beyond nuclear, chemical and biological to embrace the threats arising from 21st century science, technology and globalisation.
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Aug 24, 2016
The NSA Plans for a Post-Quantum World
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, encryption, government, information science, internet, privacy, quantum physics, security
Hope they’re working with QC researchers in Los Alamos and DARPA; it is the US Government which is known for its silos and multi-layer bureaucracies.
Quantum computing is a novel way to build computers — one that takes advantage of the quantum properties of particles to perform operations on data in a very different way than traditional computers. In some cases, the algorithm speedups are extraordinary.
Specifically, a quantum computer using something called Shor’s algorithm can efficiently factor numbers, breaking RSA. A variant can break Diffie-Hellman and other discrete log-based cryptosystems, including those that use elliptic curves. This could potentially render all modern public-key algorithms insecure. Before you panic, note that the largest number to date that has been factored by a quantum computer is 143. So while a practical quantum computer is still science fiction, it’s not stupid science fiction.
Aug 19, 2016
Senior DARPA Scientist Warns of Widespread LETHAL ATTACKS Upon the Public Coming From Microwave Towers
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: mobile phones, security, terrorism
Hmmmm;
It is an old issue, but with a new revelation by the most credible insider source to date. Recently, I was contacted by Dr. Paul Batcho. Batcho is a former DARPA senior scientist who worked at Los Alamos and held a top secret security clearance. In short, Batcho asserts that clandestine forces are purposely engaging in “acts of terrorism” against the general public through emission of dangerous frequencies from cell phone and microwave towers in the St. Petersburg/Orlando/ Tampa, Florida area.
Before launching into a revelation of the stunning claims presented to me by Dr. Batcho, let’s establish his crediblity as a reliable witness.
Aug 17, 2016
Exploring the promise of the quantum realm
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: engineering, nanotechnology, particle physics, quantum physics, security, terrorism, transportation
Nice work; understanding the quantum effects in nanomechanical systems is closer to reality in being achieved. Imagine a nanobot or microbot with quantum mechanic properties.
Rob Knobel is probing the ultimate limits of nanomechanical systems to develop and build tiny vapour sensors, which could be used as airport security tools to prevent terrorism or drug smuggling.
He and his students are using highly specialized equipment in the $5-million Kingston Nano Fabrication Laboratory (KNFL), which opened a year ago in Innovation Park, to fabricate nanosensors made from graphene, a form of carbon a single atom thick.
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Aug 17, 2016
DARPA’s EXTREME Program will Manipulate Light to Strengthen US National Security
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: materials, security
It aims to introduce engineered optical materials (EnMats) and associated design tools for creating innovative optical systems with improved performance, new functionality, and drastically reduced size and weight.
It will do this by finding ways to manipulate light in ways beyond the conventions of classical reflection and refraction, delivering optical systems the size of a sugar cube.
If successful, EXTREME could introduce a new era in optics and imagers for national defense.
