Online encyclopedia Wikipedia may encounter service disruptions as it is migrated to servers at a data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Wikimedia Foundation, the host of Wikipedia and other websites, said on Saturday it will move this week ...
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Researchers from Security Explorations, a Poland-based vulnerability research firm, claim to have found two new vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11 that can be exploited to bypass the software's security sandbox and execute arbitrary code ...
Users of Microsoft's Bing search engine can now see a wider range of Facebook content from their friends appear alongside search results, part of an effort by Microsoft to make the site more social. When a person runs a query in Bing, the ...
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The Shylock home banking malware has been updated with new functionality that allows it to spread automatically using the popular Skype Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and instant messaging client. Shylock, named after a character from Shakespeare's ...
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Cisco is investigating a reported vulnerability in Linksys firmware that would allow a hacker to gain full control of the wireless router. Security vendor DefenseCode discovered the flaw and reported it to Cisco "months ago." Because ...
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Showing what can happen when companies don't periodically review network logs, a software developer working for a large U.S. critical infrastructure company hired a Chinese firm to do his job so he could spend time surfing Reddit and ...
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Nokia will release files containing 3D templates, phone case specifications, recommended materials and best practices in a bid to support 3D printing of its phone cases. The firm claims it will become the first big telecoms company to ...
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Researchers from a Poland-based vulnerability research firm on Friday announced that they had found vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11 that can be exploited to bypass the software’s security sandbox and execute arbitrary code on ...
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Longtime VMware Chief Technology Officer Steve Herrod has stepped down from his post, leaving the company during a challenging time. Herrod has taken a job at the venture capital firm General Catalyst, where he will work as a managing ...
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A reported vulnerability in Linksys firmware that would allow a hacker to gain full control of the wireless router has led Cisco to launch an investigation, the firm said on Tuesday. Security vendor DefenseCode discovered the flaw and ...
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The hundreds of ctargeted in a large-scale cyberespionage operation dubbed Red October were not only attacked using malicious Excel and Word documents as previously believed, but also by using Web-based Java exploits, according to ...
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Facebook yesterday unveiled its social graph feature dubbed Graph Search, which allows people to use the network as a search engine to find people, photos, places and interests. Further reading Facebook, Google attack MEP report ...
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Figures released by Raspberry Pi distributor Premier Farnell suggest that one million units of the credit-card-sized Linux computer have sold since it was launched, the Raspberry Pi Foundation said on Tuesday. Premier Farnell announced ...
A new beta version of Google's Chrome browser for PCs can run Web applications controlled via user voice commands, so that people will be able to play computer games and compose documents through speech. The beta of Chrome 25 features the ...
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Unidentified attackers stole sensitive information from hundreds of diplomatic, government, research and military organizations from around the world as part of a newly uncovered cyberespionage campaign that started nearly six years ago. ...
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