IBM Patents a Tool That Spots File-Encrypting Attacks by Sorting Data Into Groups First
Most ransomware detectors scan every storage volume the same way, whether it holds billing records or raw video files. IBM's new patent…
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IBM Patents a Network Threat Detector That Watches How Far Your Data Travels
When something goes wrong on a corporate network, data packets often start taking weird detours. IBM's new patent wants to catch those…
New Patent Keeps Your Account ID Hidden From Apps
Every time an app asks Google who you are, your real account identity gets passed around. Google's new patent describes a system…
Google Patents Technology to Detect Fake Faces by Measuring How Cameras See Depth
Holding a printed photo in front of a phone's face-unlock camera is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Google's latest…
Google Patents a Cloud System That Keeps Private Data Locked Inside a Sealed Processing Chamber
Google is patenting a cloud architecture where your most sensitive data — health records, financial transactions, whatever — gets processed inside a…
Microsoft Patents Laser Sign-In That Locks Out Anyone Not Standing Directly Opposite
What if two devices could only talk securely when they were literally pointing at each other? That's the core idea behind this…
Samsung Patents Technology to Teach Security Systems to Spot Fake Fingerprints and Face Scans
Teaching an AI to spot a fake fingerprint or face scan is tricky when you don't have enough real fakes to practice…
Red Hat's New Patent Watches AI Models for Signs of Tampering
When an AI model quietly starts doing things it never used to do at the operating system level, that's a red flag…
IBM Patents a Tool That Keeps Sensitive Business Data Hidden During Code Troubleshooting
When developers debug software running in the cloud, they often get a full view of the code's internal state — including private…
IBM Patents an AI System That Watches Digital Assets for Misuse in Real Time
IBM has patented a system where an AI model learns what your company's digital assets normally look like — and automatically steps…
Red Hat Patents a System That Strips Harmful AI Commands Before They Run
AI models can generate code that looks helpful but contains instructions that could break — or quietly hijack — a system. Red…
Qualcomm Patents a Double-Check System to Stop Hackers From Faking Face and Fingerprint Scans
Your fingerprint scan might be genuine — but is the data that reaches your phone's security chip actually from this moment, or…
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