News tagged with digital security
Google tightens grip on smartphone wallets
Google on Wednesday assured users of its smartphone wallets that the mobile-age technology thwarts thieves better than old-school cash or credit cards.
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Digital photos could put kids at risk
A study published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics this month suggests that parents and carers could be putting children at risk if they upload digital photos that are automatically "geota ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Penguin suspends library e-books, citing security
One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), has suspended making e-editions of new books available to libraries and won't allow libraries to loan any e-books for Amazon.com's Kindle.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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The future of airport passport control
Digital security specialists, major European electronics makers, and experts in biometrics worked together to make passport control at airports faster. The technology also could have broader applications on the way our identity ...
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Cyber attack on Europe exposes big flaws in Internet security
A major cyber attack in Europe that apparently was launched from Iran has revealed significant vulnerabilities in the Internet security systems used to authenticate websites for banking, email and e-commerce around the world.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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McAfee warns of hacker threat to autos
Cars made smarter with Internet technology are zooming into perilous hacker territory, according to a report by US computer security giant McAfee.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Second firm warns of concern after Dutch hack
A company that sells certificates guaranteeing the security of websites, GlobalSign, said Tuesday it is temporarily halting the issuance of new certificates over concerns it may have been targeted by hackers.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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ElcomSoft undoes Apple's location security fix
(PhysOrg.com) -- ElcomSoft, a Russian computer forensics company that first came to the attention of the public in 2002 when it was sued and cleared of violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Software helps parents oversee children on Facebook
Internet security firm Check Point on Tuesday launched software that lets parents watch over offspring on Facebook without being "friends" at the online social network.
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Go-everywhere, do-everything phones usher in host of security concerns
Chances are you lock your door when you leave home, don't leave the keys in the ignition when you run into the 7-Eleven for milk and have at least some kind of security software on your computer. But what about your smart ...
Mar 10, 2011 |
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US recruiting young cyber warriors
The United States is looking for the next generation of cyber warriors.
Feb 02, 2011 |
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NIST finalizes initial set of smart grid cyber security guidelines
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued its first Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security, which includes high-level security requirements, a framework for assessing risks, an evaluation of privacy ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Worst cyber attack on US military came via flash drive
The most serious cyber attack on the US military's networks came from a tainted flash drive in 2008, forcing the Pentagon to review its digital security, a top US defense official said Wednesday.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 25, 2010 |
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US unveils plan to make online transactions safer
(AP) -- In the murky world of the Internet, how do you ever really know who you're talking to, who you're buying from or if your bank can actually tell it's you when you log in to pay a bill?
Jun 26, 2010 |
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Laser security for the Internet
A British computer hacker equipped with a "Dummies" guide recently tapped into the Pentagon. As hackers get smarter, computers get more powerful and national security is put at risk. The same goes for your own personal and ...
Mar 23, 2010 |
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