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A 19-year-old New York man who created a program that allows iPhone users to "jailbreak" the device to run unauthorized applications claims to have landed an internship at Apple. http://phys.org/news233636742.html Technology Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:06:02 EST news233636742 (AP) -- When Jay Radcliffe revealed three weeks ago that he'd found serious security holes in a popular type of insulin pump that diabetics wear, he kept two important details secret: the pump maker's name, and the specific technique he used to hack the device. http://phys.org/news233496912.html Technology Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:15:46 EST news233496912 (PhysOrg.com) -- viaForensics, a computer security firm, has undertaken an exhaustive study to determine just how secure data is on smartphones; their results show that data such as login names, passwords, account numbers and in some cases even social security numbers, aren’t nearly as secure as most people would assume. The company has produced both a white paper detailing its results (including providing results for actual apps by name) and a report on its website detailing its findings. http://phys.org/news232186052.html Technology Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:07:46 EST news232186052 Computer security specialists showed off a homemade drone aircraft Friday capable of launching airborne cyber attacks, hijacking mobile phone calls, or even delivering a dirty bomb. http://phys.org/news231854053.html Technology Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:40:01 EST news231854053 A US counterterrorism expert warned that the Cold War has given way to a "Code War" in which cyber weapons can be unleashed with devastating consequences. http://phys.org/news231647315.html Technology Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:50:02 EST news231647315 Microsoft on Wednesday kicked off a contest aimed at turning the tables on hackers by offering big money prizes for innovative tactics to foil cyber attacks. http://phys.org/news231599332.html Technology Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:10:01 EST news231599332 A man who used the online nickname "Evil" has been charged with hacking attacks that police Wednesday alleged could have caused considerable damage to Australias national infrastructure. http://phys.org/news230955181.html Technology Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:13:45 EST news230955181 A sort of Holy Grail for physicists and information scientists is the quantum computer. Such a computer, operating on the highly complex principles of quantum mechanics, would be capable of performing specific calculations with capabilities far beyond even the most advanced modern supercomputers. It could be used for breaking computer security codes as well as for incredibly detailed, data-heavy simulations of quantum systems. http://phys.org/news229958542.html Physics Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:23:08 EST news229958542 Hacker group Anonymous released a trove of military email addresses and passwords it claimed to have plundered from the network of US defense consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. http://phys.org/news229658685.html Technology Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:05:00 EST news229658685 (AP) -- Law enforcement officers in the U.S. and seven other nations have seized dozens of computers, servers and bank accounts in an international probe of cybercrime rings responsible for $74 million in losses to more than 1 million computer users, the FBI said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news228047401.html Technology Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:30:24 EST news228047401 Hackers who have hit the websites of the CIA, US Senate, Sony and others during a month-long rampage claimed on Monday to have knocked the site of Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) offline. http://phys.org/news227812769.html Technology Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:19:43 EST news227812769 US computer security firm Symantec has said that Facebook accidentally left a door open for advertisers to access profiles, pictures, chat and other private data at the social network. http://phys.org/news224305894.html Technology Wed, 11 May 2011 04:50:01 EST news224305894 Computer security experts warned on Monday that online scammers may seek to exploit the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to spread malware. http://phys.org/news223563960.html Technology Mon, 02 May 2011 14:06:26 EST news223563960 The agency in charge of the world's Internet addresses on Thursday appointed veteran hacker Jeff Moss to be its chief of security. http://phys.org/news223272354.html Technology Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:06:12 EST news223272354 US computer chip giant Intel said Monday that it has completed its $7.68 billion acquisition of computer security firm McAfee. http://phys.org/news218137228.html Technology Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:50:15 EST news218137228 Smartphones have become prime targets for hackers and spammers, computer security firm McAfee said in a report released Tuesday. http://phys.org/news216414542.html Technology Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:09:17 EST news216414542 A hacker group behind online attacks on companies that withdrew services to WikiLeaks busted through the defenses of a computer security firm working with federal agents to expose their identities. http://phys.org/news216317647.html Technology Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:14:24 EST news216317647 A unified effort has lopped the head off a treacherous Conficker computer worm but the malicious computer code lives on in infected machines. http://phys.org/news215240452.html Technology Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:50:01 EST news215240452 Cyber criminals are selling stolen credit card details for as little as two dollars each and renting computer networks for spam for 15 dollars as part of a vast online black market, according to a report released Thursday. http://phys.org/news214754419.html Technology Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:20:01 EST news214754419 Sophos computer security firm on Friday warned that hackers are spreading a nasty computer virus with a file promising a PowerPoint presentation of sexual positions from the Kama Sutra. http://phys.org/news214237339.html Technology Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:22:29 EST news214237339 Intel said Tuesday that US anti-trust regulators have cleared its 7.68-billion-dollar acquisition of computer security firm McAfee but the deal is still being examined in Europe. http://phys.org/news212178108.html Technology Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:22:43 EST news212178108 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have released an updated version of a computer system testing tool that can cut costs by more efficiently finding flaws. A tutorial on using the tool accompanies the new release. http://phys.org/news208620497.html Technology Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:08:32 EST news208620497 The Nobel Peace Prize website came under cyber attack from Taiwan, Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor said Tuesday, less than three weeks after jailed Chinese dissent Liu Xiaobo won the award. http://phys.org/news207315688.html Technology Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:00:01 EST news207315688 Facebook fans tend to lurk instead of play when they tune into the social network while at their jobs, according to a report released Thursday by computer security firm Palo Alto Networks. http://phys.org/news206901837.html Technology Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:20:01 EST news206901837 Computer security firm Sophos has shot down rumors that a "10/10/10" virus will strike computers at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday -- October 10, 2010. http://phys.org/news205776301.html Technology Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:20:03 EST news205776301 (PhysOrg.com) -- As we become increasingly dependent on computers to manage our lives and businesses, our money and privacy become less and less secure. But now, Cornell researchers offer a way to build security into computer systems from the start, by incorporating security in the language used to write the programs. http://phys.org/news205140710.html Technology Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:32:15 EST news205140710 The United States is analyzing the "Stuxnet" computer worm but does not know who is behind it or its purpose, a top US cybersecurity official said Friday. http://phys.org/news204605847.html Technology Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:57:44 EST news204605847 I'd just bought Barnaby Jack a pint of Harp when it hit me: Shouldn't he be buying my beer? Jack, as you might know, is the good-guy hacker who figured out a way to digitally hijack ATMs and command them to spit out $20 bills. Not that he would ever do that to buy a columnist a beer -- or for any other reason, for that matter. http://phys.org/news203844123.html Technology Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:10:01 EST news203844123 Computer security firm Symantec on Wednesday reported that about two thirds of the world's Internet users have fallen victim to cybercrime and few think crooks will be caught. http://phys.org/news203139571.html Technology Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:50:07 EST news203139571 After someone sniffed out his password at a free Wi-Fi hotspot and successfully hacked his computer, Igor Mello stays home for the majority of his web use. http://phys.org/news202108227.html Technology Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:11:06 EST news202108227