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New hybrid technology could bring 'quantum information systems'

(PhysOrg.com) -- The merging of two technologies under development - plasmonics and nanophotonics - is promising the emergence of new "quantum information systems" far more powerful than today's computers.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New biological pathway identified for post-traumatic stress disorder

High blood levels of a hormone produced in response to stress are linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in women but not men, a study from researchers at Emory University and the University of Vermont has found.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hackers expose weakness in visiting trusted sites

(AP) -- A powerful new type of Internet attack works like a telephone tap, except operates between computers and Web sites they trust.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Spies breach Pentagon fighter-jet project: report

Computer spies have hacked into the Pentagon's most costly weapons program, a US newspaper reported Tuesday, raising the prospect of adversaries gaining access to top-secret security data.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 8

Cryptographic attack highlights the importance of bug-free software

A padlocked icon in a web-browser or a URL starting with https provides communication security over the Internet. The icon or URL indicates OpenSSL, a cryptography toolkit implementing the SSL protocol, or a similar system ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cybersecurity breakthrough keeps sensitive data confined in physical space (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a breakthrough that could aid spies, keepers of medical records, and parents who want to prevent their kids from "sexting," a team of Virginia Tech researchers has created software to remotely ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Nation's fight against cyber intruders goes local

The next frontier in the fight to keep crucial electronic networks safe from harm will play out as close to home as Town Hall and require more involvement from private industry, which controls 85 percent of the infrastructure, ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US senators unveil mobile privacy, data theft bills

US senators introduced bills on Wednesday aimed at protecting the privacy of mobile phone users and safeguarding personal information of consumers stored online.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Targeted nature of email breach worries experts

Think twice next time you get an email from Chase or Citi asking you to log in to your credit card account. The bank may not have sent it.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

What your phone app doesn't say: It's watching

(AP) -- Your smart phone applications are watching you - much more closely than you might like.

Technology / Software

created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 11

An invitation to crime: How a friendly click can compromise a company

"Hey Alice, look at the pics I took of us last weekend at the picnic. Bob". That Facebook message, sent last fall between co-workers at a large U.S. financial firm, rang true enough. Alice had, in fact, attended a picnic ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 13, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 3

FTC warns firms, organizations of widespread data breach

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Monday it has notified nearly 100 companies and organizations of data breaches involving personal information about customers or employees.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Corporations, agencies infiltrated by 'botnet'

(AP) -- Security experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it happened but that ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

U r pwned: text messaging paves way for hacking

(AP) -- Getting a text message is akin to someone sliding a piece of mail under your door: You may not have asked for it, you can't stop its delivery and you have to deal with it whether you want to or not.

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer virus strikes US Marshals, FBI affected

(AP) -- Law enforcement computers were struck by a Mystery computer virus Thursday, forcing the FBI and the U.S. Marshals to shut down part of their networks as a precaution.

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0