In 2011, Iran captured an American drone (unmanned aerial vehicle UAV) Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel and claimed that the drone was taken down by its cyber wing.Now, to avoid such incidents in the future, the Defense Advanced Research...

There have been many alarming pronouncements made by Stephen Hawking recently. Last year, he stated that our pace of evolution is too slow and may eventually be beaten by artificial intelligence. Spain’s El Pais, a well-known physicist,...

Ever wondered what would happen if you lose an encryption key that is used to gain access to highly valuable and sensitive data. The scenario would be devastating. In order to combat such disastrous events, engineers and researchers over at PARC,...

A campaign against electronic sex with Robots (CASR) has been launched in the UK on 15th Sep 2015.Dr Kathleen Richardson of CCSR (Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility) who is the campaign leader and also a robot ethicist at...

Reports suggest that the VxWorks Operating System that is installed in numerous devices including NASA’s Curiosity Rover contains Backdoor. A Canadian security researcher has identified two vulnerabilities in the well-known operating system...

You Can Now Communicate Wirelessly Using Your Body’s Magnetic Fields --- Are you ready?A new path for wireless communication has been paved after a group of electrical engineers developed and demonstrated a new proof-of-concept that uses...

Recently, a new threat to modern day warfare was identified by the US military and government in the form of commercial drones equipped with chemical weapons and explosives. However, Boeing has finally come up with a solution to address this...

Evolution is no longer limited to humans now and this has been proved by the scientists of Cambridge University who have achieved this feat of building a robot that is able to make small robots and then use selection to choose the best out of the...

A China-based female hacker who is in her twenties has managed to hide a pen-testing toolkit into her high-heeled plastic 3D printed shoes and has planned to invade large organizations by dodging strict security checks with her sensual...

The humanoid robot named Atlas can easily walk and run on natural terrains including rocks and soil --- A recently released video reveals that how this robot can easily navigate through the nature trail.The video presentation is released by...