The hard part is figuring out the strategic goal behind the hack.
Johnson & Johnson CISO: Healthcare orgs are seeing nation-state attacks every single minute of every single day
… "There's only going to be so many people who could get information and turn it into a vaccine," she said. "Then we're going to have the group of people who just decide that 'well I don't want the world to have a vaccine'.
Now even easier to hack remotely?
https://www.makeuseof.com/you-can-now-text-alexa/
The No Voice Assistant: You Can Now Text Alexa
The new messaging service, called Type with Alexa, is a handy way to interact with Alexa when you aren't within speaking range. It could be the perfect way to trigger smart home devices like thermostats and lights before you arrive home.
While much of the functionality is no different from a traditional web search, there may be some instances of personalized information that can now be accessed silently, perfect for interacting with Alexa around sleeping kids or late at night.
Free is good.
The 2020 Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS)
The workshop on Economics and Information Security is always an interesting conference. This year, it will be online. Here’s the program. Registration is free.
This has been strange from the start.
TikTok Sale Deadline on Hold as Talks With U.S. Continue
A deadline set by the Trump administration for the forced sale of TikTok’s U.S. assets will come and go Friday without a final deal, according to people familiar with the discussions.
… The U.S. Treasury Department told TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. that they won’t face a fine or other punishment for missing the deadline because the sides are still negotiating. The deal, which has been in the works for months, is close to being finished, and the administration is eager to complete it before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, according to one of the people.
A scientific view…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-artificial-intelligence-ever-live-up-to-its-hype/
Will Artificial Intelligence Ever Live Up to Its Hype?
When I started writing about science decades ago, artificial intelligence seemed ascendant. IEEE Spectrum, the technology magazine for which I worked, produced a special issue on how AI would transform the world. I edited an article in which computer scientist Frederick Hayes-Roth predicted that AI would soon replace experts in law, medicine, finance and other professions.
That was in 1984. Not long afterward, the exuberance gave way to a slump known as an “AI winter,” when disillusionment set in and funding declined.
No longer just for scifi geeks.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/12/are-humans-really-the-best-role-models-for-a-robot/
Imagine a world in which AI is in your home, at work, everywhere
Fourth and last in a series that taps the expertise of the Harvard community to examine the promise and potential pitfalls of the rising age of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and how to humanize them.
Another view of the future.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/getting-there-structured-data-semantics-robotics-and-the-future-of-ai/
Getting there: Structured data, semantics, robotics, and the future of AI
… Marcus, known in AI circles among other things for his critique on deep learning, recently published a 60-page long paper titled "The Next Decade in AI: Four Steps Towards Robust Artificial Intelligence." In this work, Marcus goes beyond critique, putting forward concrete proposals to move AI forward.
Options is good.
https://www.makeuseof.com/chrome-alternatives-to-browse-in-unique-ways/
5 Chrome Alternatives to Browse the Web in Unique Ways
… With Brave and Vivaldi providing some great alternatives to Chrome recently, you might wonder what other browsers are going to bring to the party. Well, quite a bit. Some focus on security, some on productivity, and others on cutting the clutter or unique features like text to speech.
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