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How well do face recognition algorithms identify people wearing masks?

Issued by: Help Net Security

Now that so many of us are covering our faces to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, how well do face recognition algorithms identify people wearing masks? The answer, according to a preliminary study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is with great difficulty. Identify people wearing masks using facial recognition algorithms…

Vulnerabilities

The crypto-agility mandate, and how to get there

Issued by: Help Net Security

To achieve long-term data protection in today’s fast-changing and uncertain world, companies need the ability to respond quickly to unforeseen events. Threats like quantum computing are getting more real while cryptographic algorithms are subject to decay or compromise. Without the ability to identify, manage and replace vulnerable keys and certificates quickly and easily, companies are…

Malware & Threats

Explained: Domain-Generating Algorithms

Issued by: Dark Reading

Cybercriminals use domain-generating algorithms to prevent their servers from being blacklisted or taken down. A domain-generating algorithm (DGA) is a program or subroutine that provides malware with new domains on demand or on the fly. Kraken was the first malware family to use a DGA (in 2008) that we could find. Later that year, Conficker made…