5 most popular methods of biometric identification Modern methods of biometrics: • recognition of physiological signs of the human body that do not change significantly over time and remain with their carrier throughout its life (fingerprints, face, iris and retina, palms, ears, DNA); • study of behavioral characteristics, the dynamics Read more…
In the last article, we talked about the largest data leaks from biometric Big Data systems. Today we look at the characteristic vulnerabilities of biometrics: the natural limitations of personal identification methods using machine learning (ML) and targeted attacks. 2 main vulnerabilities of biometric Big Data systems based on Machine Read more…
How biometric personal data flows: 7 striking examples over the past 5 years In August 2019, more than 27.8 million records with a total volume of 23 GB were publicly available, including biometric information (fingerprints and photos), unencrypted user logins and passwords, visitor logs, access level information, and personal data Read more…
Today, information is updated very quickly. It is difficult to handle manually, and it takes a lot of time, you can miss important things. Therefore, special programs have been created – web scrapers that automatically analyze and collect the data of interest. They handle huge amounts of continuously updated values. Read more…
Why Machine Learning is needed in Cybersecurity: 5 areas of automation In 2018, the CIA, the FBI, the US Department of Defense, the United Kingdom, the International Olympic Committee, the People’s Bank of China, the Marriott hotel chain, as well as users of BitTorrent, GitHub, Skype, Tinder, WhatsApp, YouTube, suffered Read more…
Among the threats of unauthorized use of Big Data, personal data leaks are the most dangerous. When information about the identities of hundreds of thousands of people around the world is once again “leaked” to the public, companies are again thinking about protecting information. In this article, we will tell Read more…
Digitalization does not always bring only positive results: increased profits, reduced costs, and other business optimization bonuses. Big Data is a big responsibility that not everyone can handle. In this article, we have collected 5 of the most striking events in the IT world over the past couple of years Read more…
On September 9, the U.S. 9th circuit court of Appeals ruled (Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California) that web scraping public sites does not violate the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act). This is a really important decision. The court not only legalized Read more…
Web scraping or otherwise web parsing is an automated collection of information from various Internet resources, which is carried out through the use of a specially developed computer program-bot. Bots are developed for those cases when it is necessary to perform monotonous, routine, based on the same algorithm of actions, Read more…
