Fujitsu integrates non-contact biometrics

Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a non-contact, integrated biometric authentication technology that can identify a person using only their palm vein and facial data. To enable biometric authentication that would confirm a person’s identity at brick-and-mortar...
Ground-breaking science from ultra-close Saturn orbits

Ground-breaking science from ultra-close Saturn orbits

New research emerging from the final orbits of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft represents a huge leap forward in our understanding of the Saturn system — especially the mysterious, never-before-explored region between the planet and its rings. Some preconceived...

Russian malware reinvents itself, adds targets

Kaspersky Lab researchers monitoring the various clusters of the long-standing, Russian-speaking threat actor, Turla (also known as Snake or Uroburos) have discovered that the most recent evolution of its KopiLuwak malware is delivered to victims using code nearly...

Massive growth for security spend forecast

Worldwide spending on security-related hardware, software, and services is forecast to reach $133,7-billion in 2022, according to an new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC). Although spending growth is...

Possible moon beyond the solar system found

Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system. This moon candidate, which is 8 000 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus...

Musk hits back at SEC

Elon Musk is back in form on Twitter – this time poking fun at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “Just want to that the Shortseller Enrichment Commission is doing incredible work. And the name change is so on point!” he tweeted yesterday....