The World-Wide Web turns thirty years old today. Tim Berners-Lee, a British physicist and computer scientist, devised a new way to access the Internet on March 12, 1989, that relied on hyperlinks to enable people…
At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Google demonstrated how machine learning algorithms that use neural networks may be fooled to give erroneous results. By targeting these algorithms with inputs specifically tuned to trick them,…
Iranian hackers have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage over the past two years, according to a recent study by Microsoft. They have targeted hundreds of companies through a variety of means, including…
Passwords are one of the Internet’s weak links. A secret doesn’t stay one for long if you have to share it often, and passwords are, by definition, frequently shared secrets. While not all passwords are…
These days, when your charge card is compromised, your bank knows about it almost instantly. It uses sophisticated algorithms to detect anomalous behavior. If it notices that your charge card was used in Denver, but…
The government showdown beginning in January and coming to a head this past month underscored a growing concern in our country. This was not the perceived threat at our southern border, even when most media…
A new report about cybersecurity released today offers a number of sobering statistics. One of the most concerning statistics would be that the number of phishing attacks grew by 36% over the past year, and…
The field of Computer Science has gotten extremely broad. Long gone are the days when “Computer Science” meant simply “programming”. Programming is an essential tool for any computer scientist, regardless of their focus within the…
The Girls Create with Technology program was created five years ago by Dr. Cindy Howard, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Lewis University. The purpose of the program is to introduce girls to the many…
When you need to log into a site, you typically enter a username and a password. Using a password is the most popular way to prove to a website that you authorized to use it.…