News tagged with security vulnerabilities

US spy agency can keep mum on Google ties: court

The top-secret US National Security Agency is not required to reveal any deal it may have with Google to help protect against cyber attacks, an appeals court ruled Friday.

Technology / Internet

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

3Qs: How hacking will affect credit-card holders

Last Friday, a major Atlanta-based payment card processor, Global Payments, announced a server security breach that could affect more than 1 million accounts. We asked William Robertson, a cybersecurity e ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Even careful hand counts can produce election errors: research

Polls show tight races in several of the 10 states holding nominating contests for the Republican presidential nominee on Super Tuesday, March 6. If any state's results are very close and a recount by hand ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 05, 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

Computer security firm Symantec extorted by hackers

Computer security firm Symantec on Tuesday confirmed it tried to turn the tables on hackers who threatened to release stolen source code if a demand for $50,000 was not met.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 16

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.

Technology / Software

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Some HTC Android phones found vulnerable to WiFi password leak

(PhysOrg.com) -- The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (U-CERT) has issued a warning to users of some HTC Android phones regarding a security vulnerability that has been found. The warning pert ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Symantec urges users to disable pcAnywhere

Symantec is recommending that users of its pcAnywhere software disable the product following the theft of source code from the US computer security firm.

Technology / Software

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

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 ...

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

JailBreakMe creator lands internship at Apple

A 19-year-old New York man who created a program that allows iPhone users to "jailbreak" the device to run unauthorized applications claims to have landed an internship at Apple.

Technology / Business

created Aug 27, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Insulin pump maker identified after hacking talk

(AP) -- When Jay Radcliffe revealed three weeks ago that he'd found serious security holes in a popular type of insulin pump that diabetics wear, he kept two important details secret: the pump maker's name, ...

Technology / Other

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Kids and hackers, oh my! DefCon adds kids track

(AP) -- Fewer things seem out of place at the rough-hewn DefCon hacker convention than a swarm of kids.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

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

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

iOS still safer than Android, according to Symantec report

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the Android OS came out people have been comparing it to the iOS. One of the most important debates has been about the relative security of the two operating systems. The iOS is rather ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

One-in-14 software downloads malicious: Microsoft

Microsoft on Wednesday warned that hackers use mind tricks more often than software skills to get viruses into computers.

Technology / Software

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 6