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Nato Agrees Cyber Attack Could Trigger Military Response
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Nato Agrees Cyber Attack Could Trigger Military Response

NATO leaders agreed on Friday that a large-scale cyber attack on a member country could be considered an attack on the entire U.S.-led alliance, potentially triggering...

Quantum Patents Licensed for Commercial Encryption Applications
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Quantum Patents Licensed for Commercial Encryption Applications

Los Alamos National Laboratory has licensed a compact random-number-generation technology to Whitewood Encryption Systems for use in commercial cryptographic systems...

Getting a Clear Picture of a Computer Network's Security
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Getting a Clear Picture of a Computer Network's Security

Security experts say the only hope of protecting corporate networks from hackers is something the industry calls "defense in depth."

Can We Ever Truly Master Password Security? Computer Scientist Weighs In
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Can We Ever Truly Master Password Security? Computer Scientist Weighs In

Georgia State University computer science professor Xiaojun Cao says it's difficult to keep passwords 100% safe and secure, and suggests superior alternatives to...

Ict Professors Explore Deception in Social Media
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Ict Professors Explore Deception in Social Media

For all the positives social media provides, it can also open the door to deception, potentially wreaking havoc on people's lives both personally and professionally...

Why Big Data Has Some Big Problems When It Comes to Public Policy
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Why Big Data Has Some Big Problems When It Comes to Public Policy

For all the talk about using big data and data science to solve the world’s problems—and even all the talk about big data as one of the world’s problems—it seems...

For Sale: Systems that Can Secretly Track Where Cellphone ­sers Go Around the Globe
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For Sale: Systems that Can Secretly Track Where Cellphone ­sers Go Around the Globe

Makers of surveillance systems are offering governments across the world the ability to track the movements of almost anybody who carries a cellphone, whether they...

Game-Like Captcha Lets Computers Know You Are Human
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Game-Like Captcha Lets Computers Know You Are Human

A team at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is investigating security and usability of next-generation CAPTCHAs based on simple computer games.

China Targets Own Operating System to Take on Likes of Microsoft, Google
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China Targets Own Operating System to Take on Likes of Microsoft, Google

China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals such as Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Apple Inc, Xinhua news agency said...

A Chinese Internet Giant Starts to Dream
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A Chinese Internet Giant Starts to Dream

Punk bands from Blondie to the Ramones once played in Broadway Studios, an age-worn 95-year-old neoclassical building surrounded by strip clubs in San Francisco’s...

Is Emailing Your Brainwaves the Future of Communication?
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Is Emailing Your Brainwaves the Future of Communication?

Here's something you probably didn't expect in your inbox: Researchers have now developed a way to email brainwaves.

Listening In: The Navy Is Tracking Ocean Sounds Collected By Scientists
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Listening In: The Navy Is Tracking Ocean Sounds Collected By Scientists

In a retired shore station for transpacific communications cables on the western coast of Vancouver Island sits a military computer in a padlocked cage.

For Big-Data Scientists, 'janitor Work' Is Key Hurdle to Insights
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For Big-Data Scientists, 'janitor Work' Is Key Hurdle to Insights

Technology revolutions come in measured, sometimes foot-dragging steps.

Vast Majority of Hackers Believe They're Above the Law—survey
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Vast Majority of Hackers Believe They're Above the Law—survey

When most hackers are infiltrating computer systems, the last thing on their mind is getting caught, according to new data.

Is Encrypted Messaging Entering the Mainstream?
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Is Encrypted Messaging Entering the Mainstream?

As people grow more aware of government and criminal surveillance of their mobile devices and computers, a flurry of companies have recently launched products they...

As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics
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As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics

Scholars are exhilarated by the prospect of tapping into the vast troves of personal data collected by Facebook, Google, Amazon, and a host of start-ups, which...

Founder of America's Biggest Hacker Conference: 'we ­nderstand the Threat Now'
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Founder of America's Biggest Hacker Conference: 'we ­nderstand the Threat Now'

For one weekend every year, thousands of the world’s best—or worst, depending on your point of view—hackers meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, for Defcon.

When Hackers Test For Flaws, They Might Earn Cash—or Threats
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When Hackers Test For Flaws, They Might Earn Cash—or Threats

To hack or not to hack?

Here's How the Feds Are Teaming Up With Hackers to Save US All from Robocalls
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Here's How the Feds Are Teaming Up With Hackers to Save US All from Robocalls

The Federal Trade Commission is at one of the world's biggest hacker conferences this weekend, where hackers are competing to help save us all from robocalls.

Meet the Puzzle Mastermind Who Designs Def Con's Hackable Badges
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Meet the Puzzle Mastermind Who Designs Def Con's Hackable Badges

Def Con is one of the world's biggest hacker conventions, an annual gathering of security experts, cryptographers and at least a few people who could surreptitiously...
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