As more and more devices get connected to the Internet of Things, researchers say compromising gas pumps has become a hot topic on cyber criminal forums.

The social media giant is putting $10 million into the “Deepfake Detection Challenge,” which aims to spur detection research. As part of the project, Facebook is commissioning researchers to produce realistic deepfakes to create a data set for testing detection tools.

Predictions based on two university reports on media, politics, disinformation and their impact on the 2020 presidential election.

Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, described a settlement with Google over children’s privacy violations on YouTube as “a significant victory” for parents.

Dorsey’s account began posting racial epithets, profanities and bomb threats. A company spokesman confirmed it was hacked.

A French cryptographer exposes a security breach that allows access to voters' choices after a Russian radio station issues a public challenge to test the system.

A case for the use of storytelling as a more effective approach to teach ethics to computer science students, particularly sci-fi where near-future developments in tech can be imagined and discussed.

Smart technology can make it easier to keep tabs on your home when you’re on vacation, but it also makes it harder to really get away.

The European Commission is reportedly considering sweeping reforms to facial recognition regulation to protect citizens from public surveillance. These discussions follow the introduction of a number of public trials around Europe, some of which have been conducted without people knowing they were taking place.

Hackers demanding collective ransoms of $2.5 million dollars have infiltrated 22 Texas municipalities simultaneously. This article discusses this event and the rise of ransomware attacks against government bodies.