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New AI Programs Can Learn How to Beat Best Cyber Defenses

The nightmare scenario for computer security – artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses – may already have arrived. That warning from security researchers is driven home by a team from IBM Corp. who …

ARH Hospitals in Kentucky, West Virginia, Hit by Computer Virus

Federal authorities are investigating after a computer virus infected all electronic services of the Appalachian Regional Healthcare system in Kentucky and West Virginia. The system is dealing with technical complications, said ARH spokeswoman Melissa Cornett in a statement released Saturday. …

Top Cyber Threats for 2016 and Next Five Years

Businesses and organizations should expect cyber criminals to attack through wearable devices, employees’ home systems, cloud services and automobiles within the next year, according cyber experts at Intel’s McAfee Labs. By 2020, individuals could be receiving payment for sharing their …

Computers at Growing Risk of Hijack by Botnet Viruses, U.S. Says

The threat posed by criminal hackers who use networks of secretly hijacked computers has increased “dramatically” over the past several years, a top U.S. Justice Department prosecutor testified Tuesday. Leslie Caldwell, the assistant attorney general for the department’s criminal division, …