News tagged with cyber space

Top FBI cyber-cop joins spy thwarting startup

Veteran FBI cyber security expert Shawn Henry said he is fighting the enemy on a new front by joining a startup out to protect firms from online spies.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

FBI chief warns of threat of terror cyberattack

FBI Director Robert Mueller warned US lawmakers Wednesday that violent extremists could try to carry out cyberattacks on the United States and the nation needed to be prepared.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Laptop theft did not put space station in peril: NASA

A stolen US space agency laptop containing codes that control the International Space Station did not put the orbiting lab in peril, a NASA spokesman said on Friday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Girls' violence on the rise

The link between cyber-bullying and an increase in violence among young women will be featured in a new book published in November.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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The hidden cost of cannabis

(Phys.org) -- Around £200m of electricity is being stolen every year to run illegal cannabis farms across the UK. Phil Butler, Co-Director of Newcastle University’s Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security (CCCS), ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 19

Hackers for hire put corporate security systems to the test

Most weekdays, Jarrad Sims and Tin Tam, a pair of college buddies, ride their bikes to a computer center and try to hack into computer security systems belonging to Boeing Co.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

35,000 gallons of prevention: Containing a tunnel flood with an inflatable stopper

Twenty years ago in Chicago, a small leak in an unused freight tunnel expanded beneath the Windy City and started a flood which eventually gushed through the entire tunnel system. A quarter-million people ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Estonia to extradite high flying cyber crime suspect to US

Estonia on Thursday said it would extradite Estonian citizen Anton Ivanov to the United States over alleged cyber crimes involving such popular websites as iTunes, Netflix and the US tax service.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firm warns of hacker threat to mobile gadgets

Cyber security veterans behind startup CrowdStrike will demonstrate at the RSA conference on Wednesday that the types of attacks used against computers are heading for smartphones.

Technology / Software

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human and humanoid robot shake hands in space 1st

Astronauts and robots have united in space with a healthy handshake.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

European Internet campaigners battle ACTA

A controversial international accord billed as a way to beat online piracy has sparked a fightback led by Internet users in ex-communist countries who say the region's past underlines the need to defend freedom.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research: South Africans most active tweeters

Young people tweeting from BlackBerrys and iPhones are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa, with South Africans by far the most vociferous, according to new research published Thursday.

Technology / Internet

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

Cloud computing's ubiquity brings down prices

If you've ever had your laptop stolen, watched your toddler baptize your PC with Pepsi, or had your MacBook come to a cold, dead stop, you know that the digital memories we store on our home computers are anything but indelible.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Researchers explore how cyber-attackers think like regular crooks

In a unique collaboration, an engineer and a criminologist at the University of Maryland are applying criminological concepts and research methods in the study of cybercrime. Their work has produced recommendations for IT ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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