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The Rise of Voice Biometrics For Mobile Phones
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs researchers have developed Vaulted Voice Verification, an approach to voice identification that can be used for voice...
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How to Steal Data from Your Neighbor in the Cloud
Cloud computing teaches people not to worry about physical equipment for hosting data and running software.
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Why You Can't Vote Online
The lack of verifiable security in online voting systems due to unresolved fundamental problems is the main reason such systems are impractical, according to computer...
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Why You Can't Vote Online Tuesday
A decade and a half into the Web revolution, we do much of our banking and shopping online. So why can't we vote over the Internet? The answer is that voting presents...
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The States with the Riskiest Voting Technology
Next Tuesday's presidential election will likely be extremely close, magnifying the potential impact of vote-counting errors.
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Preparing For Cyber War, Without a Map
The U.S. government's retaliatory capability in response to cyberattacks on critical infrastructure is limited by a dearth of technology.
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Computer Viruses Are 'rampant' on Medical Devices in Hospitals
Computerized hospital equipment is increasingly vulnerable to malware infections, according to participants in a recent government panel. These infections can clog...
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Ever Wondered What a Live Botnet Looks Like?
The idea of a network of malware-infected zombie computers rigged to do the bidding of criminals conjures up a frightening image on its own. A new visualization...
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To Keep Passwords Safe From Hackers, Just Break Them Into Bits
RSA researchers have developed a system that splits passwords in two and stores each half in different locations.
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Stuxnet Tricks Copied By Computer Criminals
Security researchers warn that the techniques used in sophisticated, state-supported malware are being used by less-skilled programmers to target Web users.
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Stuxnet Tricks Copied By Computer Criminals
Malicious code apparently used by governments to spy on, harass, and sabotage one another has grabbed headlines in recent years, yet the highly targeted nature...
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This Touch Screen Knows Your Touch
Rutgers University researchers have developed a device that could identify an individual user and rapidly switch a system's settings to adjust to the user, providing...
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Hey, Hackers: Defense Is Sexy, Too
Pleasing the crowd at the Black Hat and Def Con computer security conferences that took place in Las Vegas last week is relatively easy: simply hop on stage and...
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A Computer Infection That Can Never Be Cured
French hacker Jonathan Brossard recently developed Rakshasa, software that can be hidden inside the hardware of a PC, creating a backdoor that would allow secret...
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Nsa Boss Wants More Control Over the 'net
The U.S. Internet's infrastructure needs to be redesigned to allow the NSA to know instantly when overseas hackers might be attacking public or private infrastructure...
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Gps Weakness Could Enable Mass Smartphone Hacking
Weaknesses in the technology that allows smartphone users to pinpoint themselves on a map, or check into restaurants and bars using apps such as Foursquare, could...
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The Latest Threat: A Virus Made Just For You
Georgia Tech's Paul Royal has shown that a newly refined technique could make automated analysis of malware nearly impossible, and he plans to reveal his work at...
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What Facebook Knows
If Facebook were a country, a conceit that founder Mark Zuckerberg has entertained in public, its 900 million members would make it the third largest in the world...
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