News tagged with malicious
Secure computers aren't so secure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even well-defended computers can leak shocking amounts of private data. MIT researchers seek out exotic attacks in order to shut them down.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Internet turns 40 with birthday bash
Technology and media stars, pundits and entrepreneurs joined the Internet's father to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his culture-changing child.
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Software That's Resilient Against Hacker Attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers headed by Martin Rinard, a professor of computer science at MIT, have developed new software that automatically patches errors in deployed software in a matter of minutes.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 29, 2009 |
4.1 / 5 (7) |
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Comcast tries pop-up alerts to warn of infections
(AP) -- Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers - the armies of infected personal computers, known as "botnets," that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating ...
Oct 10, 2009 |
3 / 5 (1) |
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Securing the web: New tool would automatically plug holes that hackers exploit
(PhysOrg.com) -- More and more, malicious hackers are exploiting web site security holes to attack their victims' computers. Programmers try to identify those holes in advance and plug them with code that ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 08, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
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Hackers expose slew of Hotmail acount passwords
Microsoft on Monday blocked access to thousands of Hotmail accounts in response to hackers plundering password information and posting it online.
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Cybersecurity starts at home and in the office
(AP) -- When swine flu broke out, the government revved up a massive information campaign centered on three words: Wash your hands. The Obama administration now wants to convey similarly clear and concise ...
Oct 04, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
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A new language could improve home computer security
Korean computer scientists have developed a security policy specification for home networks that could make us more secure from cyber attack in our homes. They report details in the International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ub ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 18, 2009 |
3 / 5 (4) |
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On the road to secure car-to-car communications
(PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project works out how to keep car-to-car data transmissions private and secure from malicious hackers.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Businesses vulnerable to cyber attacks
Most of us think cyber crooks cast their phishing lines mostly to try to hook everyday consumers. But some businesses across the country have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars vanish from their bank accounts after cyber ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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'Phishing' drops; are scammers switching tactics?
(AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information.
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Officials warned about fake DHS intel e-mails
(AP) -- Some e-mails purporting to be from the Homeland Security Department's intelligence division were fake and contained malicious software.
Aug 24, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (2) |
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Prosecutors say man stole 130M credit card numbers
(AP) -- Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a Miami man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the United States, accusing the one-time government informant of swiping 130 million accounts on ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
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Computer scientists take over electronic voting machine with new programming technique (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists demonstrated that criminals could hack an electronic voting machine and steal votes using a malicious programming approach that had not been invented when the voting machine ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 10, 2009 |
4 / 5 (8) |
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Security researchers offer caution on smart grids
(AP) -- The race to build a "smarter" electrical grid could have a dark side. Security experts are starting to show the dangers of equipping homes and businesses with new meters that enable two-way communication with utilities.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 31, 2009 |
5 / 5 (5) |
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