Month: July 2024
Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: How to Solve a Diabolical Hat Trick

It has been a pure delight to melt your brains every week, but today’s solution will be the last installment of the Gizmodo Monday Puzzle. Thank you to everyone who commented, emailed, or puzzled along in silence. Since I can’t leave you hanging with nothing to solve, check out some puzzles I made recently for the…
Model Extraction from Neural Networks
A new paper, “Polynomial Time Cryptanalytic Extraction of Neural Network Models,” by Adi Shamir and others, uses ideas from differential cryptanalysis to extract the weights inside a neural network using specific queries and their results. This is much more theoretical than practical, but it’s a really interesting result. Abstract: Billions of dollars and countless GPU … Read more
How to Avoid Scams When Shopping for Bargains Online
significant risks. Cybercriminals create fake websites that look like genuine
sellers or impersonate established retailers like Amazon to deceive shoppers and
steal personal information or money.
They advertise their fake stores through social media or other genuine sites and
can even appear in your search engine results, making it difficult to tell they
are scams. These stores may sell popular clothing, footwear, or el
Cyberattack Cripples University Hospital Centre Zagreb in Croatia
Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb), Wednesday night, prompting it to shut down its
entire IT infrastructure.
According to KBC Zagreb’s assistant director of health care quality and
supervision Milivoj Novak, the incident seriously damaged the hospital’s digital
systems.
KBC Zagreb Set Back 50 Years, According to Hospital Representative
“The fact is that the computer system was temporarily disabled, which set us
back 50 years,”
What is Data Encryption: The Comprehensive Guide for Data Security
What is Data Encryption? Data encryption changes data into ciphertext that can only be read by authorized individuals or those with the decryption key. This converted data is solely accessed by those with a secret key (a decryption key) or passcode. The role of data encryption is to curate a message in other forms. It … Read more