Microsoft's New Patent Hunts Down Aging Code Before Attackers Find It
Old, unmaintained code is one of the most reliable ways for attackers to get a foothold in cloud infrastructure. Microsoft is patenting…
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Amazon Patents Delivery Labels That Hide Your Address From the Package
What if your name and home address never appeared on a shipping label at all — and only revealed themselves to the…
Samsung Patents a Post-Quantum Security System for Future-Proof Device Authentication
Quantum computers don't exist at scale yet — but Samsung is already building the cryptographic locks to stop them. This patent describes…
Samsung Patents a Way to Unlock One Device Using Another's Biometric Scan
What if your phone's face scan could vouch for your smartwatch, TV, or laptop — without you having to re-enroll your biometrics…
Samsung Patents a Lockdown Mode for Sharing Sensors Between Devices
Samsung is patenting a way to let one device hand over exclusive, encrypted access to its sensors — like a camera or…
Samsung Patents a System That Detects Whether Your Files Have Been Secretly Altered
Samsung is patenting a way to tell whether a file you received is the same one that was originally sent — by…
IBM Patents a Time-Expiring Certificate System for Locking Down Secure VM Traffic
IBM's new patent tackles a real headache in confidential computing: how do you make sure two secure virtual machines are actually allowed…
IBM Patents a System That Builds Encryption Keys From Your Message History
IBM is experimenting with a twist on encryption: instead of relying on a pre-shared secret or a certificate authority, your devices would…
IBM Patents a Way to Encrypt Live Databases Without Any Downtime
Encrypting a production database usually means taking it offline — sometimes for hours. IBM's new patent describes a way to do the…
Qualcomm Patents an Encrypted RFID Tag That Finds Lost Items Without Exposing Your Identity
Qualcomm has filed a patent for an RFID-based lost-and-found system that lets you locate a missing item through a crowd of strangers'…
Qualcomm Patents a Two-Layer Biometric System That Splits Your Fingerprint Data Across Isolated Chip Zones
Qualcomm wants to make stealing your biometric data much harder by ensuring that no single chip environment ever holds the complete picture…
Apple Patents a QR-Code System That Proves You're Actually There
Apple is patenting a way to use QR codes not just to share information, but to cryptographically prove that a specific device…
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