News tagged with computer firewall

Stuxnet infected industrial computers cleaned: Iran official

Industrial computers infected by Stuxnet in Iran have been cleaned and returned to their units, a top official said on Sunday, following reports that the malware was mutating and wreaking havoc with equipment.

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Canadian software helps Iranian dissidents connect

Software developed by a Canadian lab to circumvent online censorship has been downloaded by more than 18,000 Iranians in the last 10 days, says its developer Rafal Rohozinski.

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created Jun 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Cell network security holes revealed, with an app to test your carrier

Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study from the University of Michigan ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hackers hit Philippines websites amid China dispute

Philippine government websites are under heavy attack from hackers, apparently from China, amid a tense territorial dispute between the two countries in the South China Sea, officials said Thursday.

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created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dell to buy SonicWALL, network security provider

(AP) -- Computer maker Dell Inc. said Tuesday that it agreed to buy network and data security provider SonicWALL Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

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created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amateurs battle malware, hackers in UK cybergames

Amateur cybersleuths have been hunting malware, raising firewalls and fending off mock hack attacks in a series of simulations supported in part by Britain's eavesdropping agency.

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First large-scale analysis of 'soft' censorship of social media in China

Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science analyzed millions of Chinese microblogs, or "weibos," to uncover a set of politically sensitive terms that draw the attention of Chinese censors. Individual ...

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created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet censorship revealed through the haze of malware pollution

On a January evening in 2011, Egypt – with a population of 80 million, including 23 million Internet users – vanished from cyberspace after its government ordered an Internet blackout amidst anti-government protests ...

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created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cloud-based secure desktop streaming from any PC

Today at the CeBIT Fair, IBM is announcing the Secure Enterprise Desktop, an innovative service that enables corporate users to securely access the contents of their entire hard disk, including operating system, applications ...

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created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Social-network use leads companies to boost security

When Randy Kortering decided to upgrade computer network defenses at Haworth, a $1 billion-a-year office fixtures manufacturer, his chief of security warned him about social-networking use.

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created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chinese netizens flood Obama's Google+ page

Hundreds of Chinese have flooded US President Barack Obama's Google+ page, apparently taking advantage of a glitch in China's censorship system to post about human rights and green cards.

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created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Hewlett-Packard offers fix for printers susceptible to remote hacks

Hewlett-Packard released a firmware update Friday that it says will fix a susceptibility in some of the Palo Alto, Calif., company's popular LaserJet printers that researchers said could allow hackers to remotely take control o ...

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created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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