Abstract: A networked computer system enables a transaction to be executed securely. An initiator sends a service request to a control server. The control server creates a transaction server for the sole purpose of execution of the transaction requested by the service request. Creating the transaction server includes: selecting an IP address randomly from a pool of IP addresses and assigning the selected IP address to the transaction server; creating a DNS entry including a randomly-constructed hostname; and associating the DNS entry with the selected IP address. If the transaction server pre-exists, it is made accessible in response to receiving the service request. The control server informs the initiator of the created transaction server. The initiator engages in the transaction with the transaction server, independently of the control server. The transaction server terminates upon completion of the transaction or the expiration of a timeout period.

Abstract: A system for protecting non-public information from a malicious user determines a set of input data entered into a web application. The system determines whether each input data is associated with non-public information. In this process, the system compares each input data with each of a set of keywords that are known to be associated with non-public information. In response to determining that input data corresponds to a keyword, the system determines that the input data comprises non-public information. In response, the system masks the input data and tags an authentication instruction to the masked input data. The system may receive a request to unmask the masked input data. In response to receiving the request, the system executes the authentication instruction.

Abstract: Bridging between source applications and authorization systems is disclosed, including: monitoring an update across a set of source application servers; translating the update into a synthetic message using source application information associated with the set of source application servers and an attribute associated with a target authorization system; and sending the synthetic message to the target authorization system, wherein the target authorization system is configured to instruct an authorization action to be performed at one or more of the set of source application servers.

Abstract: An input image is divided into segments. The segments may be reassembled to reform the input image. The order of the segments may be stored in an encrypted database for which approved applications have the decryption key but users do not. This allows the approved applications to determine the order and reform the input image without allowing users to do the same. To further increase the difficulty of reforming the input image, the segments may be transformed. Example transformations include rotation and mirroring. The encrypted database may store an indication of the transformation applied to each segment. The effort of reforming the input image without access to the database is increased substantially. The reformed input image may be stored in transient memory only, without being stored to long-term storage. Thus, the reformed image cannot be accessed from a file system by unauthorized users.

Abstract: A network gateway interrogates a plurality of network devices to collect security state data and operational state data on a periodic basis. A vulnerability resolution module to automatically uploads a security report and downloads actions (e.g., updates to operating system, configurations or policies) from a cloud vulnerability server corresponding to resolution of the vulnerabilities. A security remediation module can remediate on the network device for protection against at least the specific vulnerability of the at least one the peripheral.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and corresponding method to display a hologram is described. A grey level value for each pixel of a hologram is received and a pixel voltage based on grey level for each pixel of the hologram is determined. The pixels of the display device are driven in accordance with a first representation of the pixel voltages during at least one first drive event. The pixels of the display device are driven in accordance a second representation of the pixel voltages during at least one second drive event after the at least one first drive event. The first representation may be an n-bit representation and the second representation may be a m-bit representation and n<m. The at least one first drive event may be shorter in duration than the at least one second drive event.

Abstract: Control system configured for sample tracking in an electron microscope environment registers a movement associated with a region of interest located within an active area of a sample under observation with an electron microscope. The registered movement includes at least one directional constituent. The region of interest is positioned within a field of view of the electron microscope. The control system directs an adjustment of the electron microscope control component to one or more of dynamically center and dynamically focus the view through the electron microscope of the region of interest. The adjustment comprises one or more of a magnitude element and a direction element.

Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented method of automatically creating a training dataset comprising a plurality of records, wherein a record includes: an image of a sample of an object, an indication of monitored manipulations by a user of a presentation of the sample, and a ground truth indication of a monitored gaze of the user viewing the sample on a display or via an optical device mapped to pixels of the image of the sample, wherein the monitored gaze comprises at least one location of the sample the user is viewing and an amount of time spent viewing the at least one location.

Abstract: For improved imaging in a visualization system (1) having two image sensors (2a, 2b), which are spaced apart from one another axially with respect to a longitudinal axis (27) of the visualization system (1) and sensorially acquire a respective imaging beam path (4a, 4b), which is generated by an assigned imaging optical unit (31) upstream of a deflection prism (3), it is provided that a structural height of the prism (3) be made suboptimal, in order to thus be able to alleviate imaging errors upon use of a wavelength-selective first mirror surface (8) of the prism (3). Moreover, it is alternatively or additionally provided that two optical channels (16a) and (16b) be formed by the imaging optical unit (31), through which the image sensors (2a) and (2b), preferably in different wavelength ranges, can each acquire images of an object (37) observed using the visualization system (1) from different perspectives.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for implementing an adaptive machine learning platform for security penetration and risk assessment. For example, the system can receive publicly-available information associated with a client computer system, process the information to identify an input feature, and implement a machine learning model to identify the corresponding risk associated with the input feature. The system can recommend a penetration test for discovered weaknesses associated with the input feature and help make changes to the client computer system to improve security and reduce risk overall.

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example, a method comprises storing an application image comprising a non-secure portion in a memory. A first debug request comprising a first target address is received. Halting of a processor is inhibited responsive to the first target address being within a protected region for a portion of non-secure code.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a processing device that receives a proposed block for inclusion on a blockchain, the proposed block including a proposed update to an access control policy and an update condition for evaluating the proposed update, transmits an access request to be evaluated according to a modified version of the access control policy that incorporates the proposed update to generate access results, and transmits a determination for the inclusion of the proposed block on the blockchain in view of the access results.

Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for intraoral imaging. In an aspect, provided herein is an intraoral adapter comprising (a) an elongated housing comprising a distal element and a proximal element, wherein the proximal element and the distal element are releasably couple to one another; and (b) a viewing channel between the proximal element and the distal element, wherein the viewing channel is configured to define a field of view of an intraoral region of a subject's mouth.

Abstract: An endoscopic system includes an endoscopic imager configured to capture image frames of a target site within a living body and a processor configured to apply a spatial transform to a preliminary set of image frames, the spatial transform converting the image frames into cylindrical coordinates; calculate a map image from the spatially transformed image frames, each pixel position in the map image being defined with a vector of fixed dimension; align a current image frame with the map image and apply the spatial transform to the current image frame; fuse the spatially transformed current image frame to the map image to generate a fused image; and apply an inverse spatial transform to the fused image to generate an enhanced current image frame having a greater spatial resolution than the current image frame. The system also includes a display displaying the enhanced current image frame.

Abstract: A moving picture coding includes: coding a first flag indicating whether or not temporal motion vector prediction is used; when the first flag indicates that the temporal motion vector prediction is used: coding a first parameter for calculating the temporal predictive motion vector; wherein when the first flag indicates that the temporal motion vector prediction is not used, the first parameter is not coded.

Abstract: A hair follicle analysis system may be used to determine an assessment of a hair follicle sample. The hair follicle analysis system may be configured to obtain imagery of the hair follicle sample and determine, using a trained model and based on the imagery of the hair follicle sample, a follicle condition associated with the hair follicle sample. The hair follicle analysis system may receive at least one of a plurality of hair follicle descriptors associated with the hair follicle sample. The hair follicle analysis system may determine, based on the follicle condition and on the at least one of the plurality of hair follicle descriptors, an assessment of the hair follicle sample. The hair follicle analysis system may transmit a report of the assessment of the hair follicle sample to a remote computing device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed that prevent users from exchanging unauthorized content with a remote server via a client application. A system receives media instructions from a client application for rendering a user interface for the remote server on a user's device. Using the media instructions, the system determines permissions for accessing content to be presented in the user interface. Based on the permissions, the system generates modified media instructions and transmits the modified media instructions to a browser of the user device.

Abstract: In one aspect, a system that provides a context-aware code security solution within a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline is disclosed. During operation, the system can receive a set of security vulnerabilities generated by a set of security tools incorporated with the CI/CD pipeline. The system further receives contextual data associated with the set of security vulnerabilities from a set of DevOps tools used by the CI/CD pipeline. Next, the system augments the set of security vulnerabilities with the received contextual data. The system next prioritizes the augmented security vulnerabilities to identify a subset of high-priority vulnerabilities within the set of security vulnerabilities. The system subsequently notifies the owners of the identified subset of high-priority vulnerabilities to cause the subset of high-priority vulnerabilities to be fixed by the owners.

Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for decoding a current coding block. In one aspect, a method includes retrieving one or more motion vector (MV) candidates from a reference MV bank. The method includes, in accordance with a determination that a first condition is satisfied, inserting the one or more MV candidates from the reference MV bank into the MVP list associated with the current coding block after derived MV candidates is inserted into the MVP list. The method includes, in accordance with a determination that the first condition is not satisfied, inserting the one or more MV candidates from the reference MV bank into the MVP list associated with the current coding block before the derived MV candidates is inserted into the MVP list. The method includes predicting the current coding block based on the MVP list.

Abstract: An automatic target image acquisition and calibration system for application in a defect inspection system is disclosed. During the defect inspection system working normally, the automatic target image acquisition and calibration system is configured to find a recognition structure from an article under inspection, and then determines a relative position and a relative 3D coordinate if the article. Therefore, a robotic arm is controlled to carry a camera to precisely face each of a plurality of inspected surfaces of the article, such that a plurality of article images are acquired by the camera. It is worth explaining that, during the defect inspection of the article, there is no need to modulate an image acquiring height and an image acquiring angle of the camera and an illumination of a light source.