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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 ...

Technology / Telecom

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

Adobe plugs Flash webcam spy hole

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adobe engineers on Thursday fixed a vulnerability in its Flash software that could enable attackers to use a person’s computer webcam or microphone feeds for spying on the person. Adobe made changes ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Informatics students discover, alert Facebook to threat allowing access to private data, bogus messaging

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Facebook security vulnerability discovered by a pair of doctoral students at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Informatics and Computing that allowed malicious websites to uncover ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic

(AP) -- Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Hackers obtain email addresses of iPad 3G owners

A shadowy hacking group obtained the email addresses of over 114,000 owners of Apple iPads by exploiting a vulnerability at US telecom giant AT&T, a Silicon Valley website reported on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Nearly one-tenth of hemisphere's mammals unlikely to outrun climate change: study

A safe haven could be out of reach for 9 percent of the Western Hemisphere's mammals, and as much as 40 percent in certain regions, because the animals just won't move swiftly enough to outpace climate change. ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (16) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

PHP Group to try again to fix vulnerability

(Phys.org) -- The PHP group, under fire for prematurely pushing out a patch to fix a recently uncovered vulnerability in the language, says it is working on another patch to fix the problem as web site owners ...

Technology / Software

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability

In the search for sustainability of the ocean's fisheries, solutions can be found in a surprising place: the ancient past.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Common North American frog identified as carrier of deadly amphibian disease

Known for its distinctive "ribbit" call, the noisy Pacific chorus frog is a potent carrier of a deadly amphibian disease, according to new research published today in the journal PLoS ONE. Just how this c ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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

Study confirms that road users are jamming GPS signals

The first direct evidence of GPS jammers in use on British roads will be presented today alongside predictions of a major incident involving ships in the English Channel over the next decade caused by disruption to navigation ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

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

Tropical cyclones to cause greater damage

Tropical cyclones will cause $109 billion in damages by 2100, according to Yale and MIT researchers in a paper published in Nature Climate Change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast