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Radar Trends to Watch: June 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

By the time you read this, Apple may have announced their ultra-expensive, ultra-stylish AR headset; that may be enough to break the Metaverse out of its AR/VR winter. PyPI has been plagued with malware submissions, account takeovers, and other security issues. But that’s hardly news. Or maybe not. Will this slow Rust’s momentum?

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Radar Trends to Watch: December 2022

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The popularity of cryptojacking (mining cryptocurrency with malware planted in someone else’s applications) continues to rise, as the collapse in cryptocurrency prices makes legitimate mining unprofitable. A threat group named Worok is using steganography to hide malware within PNG images. When is VR too connected to the real world?

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12 Reasons You Need to Hire an iOS App Developer in 2023

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7) Less Chance of Malware. Malware can have a damaging impact on your business, leading to lost time, money, and reputation. While Android users are more likely to encounter malware, iOS users have less chance of running into it. 11) Latest technology integration (AR/VR, IoT, AI, etc.). 8) Better User Interface.

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Radar Trends to Watch: July 2023

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Apple did it: they unveiled their AR/VR goggles. AI Package Hallucination is a new technique for distributing malware. Create malware with that package name, and put it in an appropriate repository. Wait for someone else to get the same recommendation and install the malware.

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Radar trends to watch: August 2021

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To succeed, VR will have to get beyond ultra geeky goggles. There’s a new technique for protecting natural language systems from attack by misinformation and malware bots: using honeypots to capture attackers’ key phrases proactively, and incorporate defenses into the training process. AI and Data. Virtual Reality.

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Radar trends to watch: August 2020

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Here’s a glimpse at Facebook’s VR glasses. They are still proof-of-concept, but this prototype (along with Apple’s rumored product, and Google’s continued interest ) means that nobody can count VR out. Gestural interfaces have so far been rather lame; this could give the field a new start. Technology and Society.

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Radar trends to watch: December 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Out of the other side of their mouth, they have said this announcement doesn’t apply to Meta , which will use this model to produce VR products. The Trojan Source vulnerability uses Unicode’s ability to handle bi-directional text to hide malware directly in the source code, where it is invisible. Cryptocurrency.

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