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Many Stuxnet Vulnerabilities Still Unpatched
The media storm over the Stuxnet worm may have passed, but many of the software holes that were used by the worm remain unpatched and leave Siemens customers...
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Ipv6 Day: Kicking the Tires of a Next-Gen Net Today
The computing industry has begun a major 24-hour test today to work the kinks out of IPv6, a disruptive but necessary overhaul of the Internet's inner workings...
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Leakage of Private Information From Popular Websites Is Common, New Study Finds
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers recently conducted a study of more than 100 popular Web sites and found that about...
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The Defenders: Inside an Online Siege
In a quiet, windowless auditorium in Bristol, in the west of England, Lucy Robson and her team hunch over their laptops as the seconds on a giant clock above...
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Cisco's Stumble: Did CEO John Chambers Underestimate Silicon Valley Rivals?
Even in the depths of the Great Recession, while other businesses hunkered down, Cisco CEO John Chambers was eager to expand.
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Security 'tokens' Take Hit
RSA Security is offering to provide security monitoring or replace its well-known SecurID tokens—devices used by millions of corporate workers to securely log...
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Chinese Experts Say Gmail Hacking Accusation Evil-Intentioned
Google lacked evidence to support its accusations that Chinese hackers are behind the alleged cyber attacks on hundreds of its email accounts and the timing to...
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Apple's Path to the App Store Wasn't a Straight Road
The unveiling of the iPhone almost four years ago stands as a pivotal moment in computing history. The elegant design not only ushered in the mobile computing...
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Making the Case For Security
Major corporations have made serious mistakes with information security recently, resulting in spectacular failures to protect business and customer records....
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Google's Ceo Steps Into Spotlight
In his most extensive public comments since becoming Google's CEO, Larry Page on Thursday delivered a carefully crafted response to critics who say the company...
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Cisco Predicts Internet Device Boom
There will be twice as many Internet-connected devices as people in the world in the next four years due to the proliferation of tablets, mobile phones, connected...
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One Brain, Hundreds of Eyes: DARPA Plots Manhunt Master Controller
Thought military tracking technology couldn’t get any creepier? Hold onto your tinfoil hats and hide behind the nearest curtain because the next generation of...
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Darpa's Regina Dugan on 'the Nation
Dr. Regina Dugan is director of the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, where she researches, develops, and demonstrates high-risk, high-payoff projects...
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List of Cyber-Weapons Developed By Pentagon to Streamline Computer Warfare
The Pentagon has developed a list of cyber-weapons and -tools, including viruses that can sabotage an adversary’s critical networks, to streamline how the United...
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Cell Phone Users Are Talking Less
Call Kimberly Brown a smartphone junkie if you want. "I'm sure everyone around me will say I'm most definitely addicted," said Brown, an archaeologist at The...
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Web Interface Defines New Paradigm For Life Science Data Sharing
The Japanese research institute RIKEN has developed the Scientists' Networking System (SciNetS), a lightweight Web service interface for accessing large amounts...
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Parting Shots from a Mars Rover
NASA is no longer sending commands to the Spirit rover on Mars, but the long-silent robot still has a few more chances to phone home. Not that anyone is expecting...
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Vint Cerf on the Internet and Out-of-This-World Communications
Vint Cerf is one of the most recognized network engineers of all time. He is often referred to as one of the "fathers of the Internet" for his groundbreaking...
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U.k. Seeks Cyber Security Champions
Britons who can defend the nation's networks armed only with a keyboard are being sought in a national competition.
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