IDG News Service-Graphics chip manufacturer Nvidia is investigating claims that hackers have compromised its online stores as part of a larger attack that affected several of its websites. On Friday,a hacker group calling itself Team ...
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IDG News Service-An Arizona man has admitted his involvement in a May 2011 computer attack against the website of Sony Pictures Entertainment that was carried out by the now-defunct LulzSec hacker group. On Thursday,Raynaldo Rivera,20,of ...
Microsoft has blocked a popular work-around that let users boot directly to the Windows 8 desktop, a co-author of an upcoming book on the operating system confirmed today. "Microsoft made some changes to Windows that prevent the .scf hack ...
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IDG News Service-The notorious malware known as the Conficker worm still infects computers,a sort of wild horse with no rider,but investigators appear no closer to finding its creator. Also known as"Downandup,"Conficker was discovered in ...
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A new survey by technical support website FixYa indicates that users of the top five cloud storage services are most concerned about capacity, security and missing files. FixYa asked users of its service about the top five issues cloud ...
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IDG News Service - Researchers at the User Interface Software Technology conference this week demonstrated unique projects that took advantage of a new, pressure-sensitive "forcepad" that could debut in ultrabooks as soon as next year. ...
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Technology firms including Google,Apple,eBay and Yahoo were among almost 300 companies whose websites were hit by a hack attack in Pakistan. The attack,which exploited vulnerabilities in domain name systems(DNS)to redirect ...
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A marketplace where security researchers can sell details on software bugs said it was compromised on Tuesday due to an "embarrassing oversight" that left its web server vulnerable. ExploitHub, based in Austin, Texas, has an online ...
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For Jagdeep Singh,head of software development at the Financial Times,agile programming is less about formal development techniques and more a way of modern business life. In the fast-moving world of the media,development teams have to ...
Businesses are adopting cloud-based services mainly to speed up innovation and cut costs,often overlooking the security risks of this new delivery model. But security is not the only thing that is being overlooked by eager adopters of ...
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Sony said Thursday that hackers accessed about 400 names and email addresses of its mobile customers in China, but that no credit card or banking information was compromised. The company said it became aware of the hack several days after ...
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One billion hacking attempts will be made globally in the final quarter of 2012, according to new predictions by information assurance firm NCC Group. The firm’s latest Origin of Hacks report identifies 981 million hacks attempted ...
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The last member of a US cybercrime trio that netted up to $3m in a Wi-Fi and malware hacking spree has been sentenced. Joshuah Allen Witt, 35, John Earl Griffin, 36, and Brad Eugene Lowe, 39, have all now been given stiff prison terms. ...
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Google yesterday made good on a promise from earlier this year and shipped Chrome 23 with the "Do Not Track" privacy feature. In September, Google added a Do Not Track (DNT) option to Chrome's precursor, the open-source Chromium, and ...
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Home secretary Theresa May is to announce a decision on self-confessed computer hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US. At the same time, Theresa May is expected to announce changes to the UK's extradition arrangements with the US, ...
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