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AI Security
Introduction to AI-Enabled Disinformation
In recent years, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many sectors, bringing about significant advancements in various fields. However, one area where AI has presented a dual-edged sword is in information operations, specifically in the propagation of disinformation.…
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AI Security
The Unseen Dangers of GAN Poisoning in AI
GAN Poisoning is a unique form of adversarial attack aimed at manipulating Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) during their training phase; unlike traditional cybersecurity threats like data poisoning or adversarial input attacks, which either corrupt training data or trick already-trained models,…
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Industry
IBM Osprey: A 433-Qubit Quantum Leap
IBM has announced Osprey, a superconducting quantum processor with a record-breaking 433 qubits – by far the largest of its kind as of its 2022 debut. Revealed at the IBM Quantum Summit in November 2022, Osprey more than triples the…
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AI Security
“Magical” Emergent Behaviours in AI: A Security Perspective
Emergent behaviours in AI have left both researchers and practitioners scratching their heads. These are the unexpected quirks and functionalities that pop up in complex AI systems, not because they were explicitly trained to exhibit them, but due to the…
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Policy & Sovereignty
White House Memo Urges Federal Agencies to Prepare for Post-Quantum Cryptography
November 20, 2022 - The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a new memorandum that could reshape federal cybersecurity for the coming quantum era. OMB Memorandum M-23-02, titled "Migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography," was released on November…
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Quantum Networks
Entanglement Distribution Techniques in Quantum Networks
Quantum entanglement is a unique resource that enables new forms of communication and computation impossible with classical means. Distributing entanglement between distant locations is essential for applications such as quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum teleportation, and connecting quantum computers for…
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5G Security
Can we afford to keep ignoring Open RAN security?
I’m skeptical of ‘futurists’. Work closely enough with the development of technology solutions and you’ll know that the only certain thing about the future is that it’s constantly changing. For example, few ‘futurists’ predicted the Covid-19 outbreak that brought the…
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Crypto Security
How Blockchain Security Differs From Traditional Cybersecurity – 3 – User Security
This article is the third in a four-part series exploring the differences between traditional IT security and blockchain security. Check out the first two articles in the series exploring the differences for node operators and application developers. This article explores…
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Crypto Security
How Blockchain Security Differs From Traditional Cybersecurity – 2 – Smart Contract Developers
This article is the second in a four-part series discussing the differences between traditional IT security / cybersecurity and blockchain security. Check out the first article in the series discussing the differences for node operators. This article focuses on the…
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AI Security
How Dynamic Data Masking Reinforces Machine Learning Security
Data masking, also known as data obfuscation or data anonymization, serves as a crucial technique for ensuring data confidentiality and integrity, particularly in non-production environments like development, testing, and analytics. It operates by replacing actual sensitive data with a sanitized…
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AI Security
How Label-Flipping Attacks Mislead AI Systems
Label-flipping attacks refer to a class of adversarial attacks that specifically target the labeled data used to train supervised machine learning models. In a typical label-flipping attack, the attacker changes the labels associated with the training data points, essentially turning…
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Quantum Computing
The Toffoli Gate: The Unsung Workhorse in Quantum Codebreaking
Understanding the Toffoli gate’s role isn’t just an academic exercise – it has real implications for when and how quantum computers might break our cryptography. Each Toffoli gate isn’t a single physical operation on today’s hardware; it has to be…
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Quantum Computing
Wave Function Collapse: When Quantum Possibilities Become Reality
Wave function collapse is the idea that a quantum system, described by a wave function embodying several possible states at once, suddenly reduces to a single state when observed. In simple terms, before you measure it, a quantum object can…
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Crypto Security
Proof of Reserve vs. Proof of Liability vs. Proof of Solvency
Recent events like the FTX meltdown have sparked interest and conversations about how the incident could have been prevented. In the case of FTX, the primary problem was that the platform did not hold sufficient assets to cover its user…
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Crypto Security
How Blockchain Security Differs From Traditional Cybersecurity – 1 – Node Operators
Blockchain is a rapidly-evolving technology with a great deal of interest and investment. Decentralized Finance (DeFi), in particular, has a great deal of money invested in it as well as a growing number of high-profile and expensive hacks. Beyond DeFi,…
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