News tagged with security hole
Security flaw exposed in home security cameras
Trendnet, a maker of Web-connected home security cameras, has issued an update to fix a vulnerability that allows Internet users to spy on private video feeds.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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US-CERT says Wi-Fi hole open to brute force attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued a warning about a security hole in the Wi-Fi Protected Set-up protocol for Wi-Fi routers. Security researcher Stefan Viehbock ...
Dec 29, 2011 |
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Your smartphone: a new frontier for hackers
(AP) -- Hackers are out to stymie your smartphone. Last week, security researchers uncovered yet another strain of malicious software aimed at smartphones that run Google's popular Android operating system. ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Security researcher finds hack vulnerability in Mac battery chips
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research consultant Charlie Miller, currently with Accuvant Labs, has made it known that he intends to demonstrate a security hole in certain Mac laptops at next month’s Black Hat security ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 26, 2011 |
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Security holes discovered in iPhones, iPads
A new security hole has opened up in Apple Inc.'s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, raising alarms about the susceptibility of some of the world's hottest tech gadgets to hacker attacks.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Google works to close security loophole in Android
Google is in the process of updating its Android operating system to fix an issue that is believed to have left millions of smartphones and tablets vulnerable to personal data leaks. ...
May 20, 2011 |
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Apple to fix security hole in iPhone software
(AP) -- Apple is planning to release a fix for a security hole in the software that runs on its iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Flash, aaaaagh! Is your school website flashy but safe?
Most educational websites in the U.S. are using Flash applications that fail to adequately secure these pages. This is a growing problem for the Internet as vulnerable sites can be hijacked for malicious and criminal activity, ...
Jul 02, 2010 |
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Web sites that can take a punch
The recent, well-publicized cyberattack on Google was just the latest skirmish in a long war. And like most long wars, this one features an arms race, as hackers seek out new security holes, and web site administrators ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Microsoft probing new hole in IE security
Fresh from patching an Internet Explorer (IE) flaw exploited in cyberattacks on Google and other firms, Microsoft is looking into a newly exposed vulnerability in the browser software.
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Microsoft's browser flaw exposed Google to hackers
(AP) -- Microsoft says a security flaw in its Internet Explorer browser played a role in the recent computer attacks against Google and at least 20 other companies.
Jan 15, 2010 |
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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 |
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Open source DNA
A new mathematical tool from Dr. Eran Halperin of TAU's Blavatnik School of Computer Science aims to protect genetic privacy while giving genomic data to researchers.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Indictment of card hacker unlikely to end thefts
(AP) -- This week's indictment of a hacker believed responsible for the biggest retail-store data breaches in U.S. history doesn't necessarily make shoppers safer from having their credit card numbers plundered.
Aug 18, 2009 |
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