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Idaho Laboratory Analyzed Stuxnet Computer Virus
Behind the doors of a nondescript red brick and gray building of the Idaho National Laboratory is the malware laboratory where government cyber experts analyzed...
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In China, Business Travelers Take Extreme Precautions to Avoid Cyber-Espionage
Packing for business in China? Bring your passport and business cards, but maybe not that laptop loaded with contacts and corporate memos.
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Authenticity of Web Pages nder Attack By Hackers
The underlying security of the Internet is under attack, and security professionals have become very concerned about their ability to protect users' most sensitive...
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The 'worm' That Could Bring Down the Internet
For the past three years, a highly encrypted computer worm called Conficker has been spreading rapidly around the world. As many as 12 million computers have...
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Dhs Thinks Some Scada Problems Are Too Big To Call "bug"
The Stuxnet worm may be the most famous piece of malicious software ever written. When it was first detected, a little over a year ago, the worm sounded a warning...
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Security Expert: .s. 'leading Force' Behind Stuxnet
German cybersecurity expert Ralph Langner warns that U.S. utility companies are not yet prepared to deal with the threat presented by the Stuxnet computer worm...
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Software Upgrades Could Produce Self-Tuning Wireless Access Points, Researchers Say
University of Wisconsin, Madison researchers have developed Airshark, software that enables wireless access points to automatically detect radio-frequency interference...
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Setting Boundaries For Internet Privacy
Watchful European privacy regulators are wielding increasing influence beyond the Continent’s borders.
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'stingray' Phone Tracker Fuels Constitutional Clash
For more than a year, federal authorities pursued a man they called simply "the Hacker." Only after using a little known cellphone-tracking device—a stingray—were...
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Scientists se Brain Imaging to Reveal the Movies in Our Mind
Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one’s own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists...
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Fear of Repression Spurs Scholars and Activists to Build Alternate Internets
Traction for the free-network movement is growing as activists, scholars, and entrepreneurs pursue efforts to repurpose existing online networks or create parallel...
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Call It Your Online Driver's License
The White House's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace encourages the private-sector creation and public adoption of online user authentication...
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Researchers to Detail Hole in Web Encryption
Security researchers Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong will demonstrate an attack that compromises Transport Layer Security 1.0 at the Ekoparty conference in Argentina...
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Success at 16
A high school student wins first prize from ACM for developing a faster keyboard layout.
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Living in a Digital World
Technology has created new opportunities to connect and interact. Yet, researchers are increasingly concerned that heavy technology usage is changing people's behavior...
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Privacy at Risk: Who's Watching You?
The notion of Big Brother has been around for decades, but technology has long lagged behind the Orwellian imagination. Not any more; in the era of smartphones...
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5 Game-Changing Ideas For Federal Cyber R&d
The Leap-Ahead R&D & Coordination program is one of 12 initiatives included in the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiatitive, which consists of several...
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Hacking Made Easier, Thanks To New Tools
Time was when it took a fair amount of expertise to launch the kinds of illegal computer attacks that have become the hallmarks of "hacktivist" groups like Anonymous...
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On the Internet, Nobody Knows You
Hackers have proven they can crack just about any computer network, from Sony’s to Citigroup’s. Afterward, they face another challenge: unloading the virtual...
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