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Each Wireless Router Is Listening to The Artifact: Every Move in The Room It Can Sense
Dec 13, 2016Now we, all the time in the use of wireless devices, mobile phones, laptops and so on wireless network equipment, the router has become a part of our daily life can not be missing. But you may not understand, even if not the wireless signal ...
Tags: wireless devices, wireless network equipment, wireless signal
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The Google Play Store Ratings Just Became Much More Trustworthy
Nov 3, 2016Google has announced new means of catching out developers seeking to boost their app’s ranking via illicit means. The firm is debuting new technology that can help it detect and filter out apps that use techniques like fake installs ...
Tags: Google, Google Play
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The Facebook Deal for WhatsApp Drew Attention for Its Whopping Price Tag
Feb 20, 2014The Facebook deal for WhatsApp drew attention for its whopping price tag, but has also brought out fresh criticism over security for the billions of messages delivered on the platform. WhatsApp, which is to be acquired for $19 billion, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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U.S. Government Has to Take Action to Ensure a Minimum Level of Cybersecurity in Networks
Feb 17, 2014The U.S. government, finally realizing that it has to take action to ensure a minimum level of cybersecurity in networks that manage the nation's energy, water and financial services, presented the Framework for Improving Critical ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
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The Hackers Are Now Taking Aim at The Internet of Things
Jan 11, 2014The hackers who got into your computer or smartphone are now taking aim at the Internet of Things. The connected toothbrush, sports gear with embedded sensors and smart refrigerators are just a few of the objects showcasing innovations at ...
Tags: Security Risks, IT, Electronics, Internet Security Risk
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The BGU Lab's Breach of The System Appeared to Have Been Carried out on a Device
Dec 30, 2013Israeli researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) said a security flaw was discovered by a team member, a PhD student, and that this vulnerability could enable interception of data on Samsung mobile devices based on the Knox ...
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A New Trojan Programme Has The Potential to Spread Very Quickly Over The Next Few Months
Nov 28, 2013A new Trojan programme that targets users of online financial services has the potential to spread very quickly over the next few months, security researchers warn. The malware was first advertised on a private cybercrime forum in July, ...
Tags: Online Banking, Threatonline, financial services, security
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Facebook and Microsoft Are Winning Plaudits From Security Researchers
Nov 19, 2013Facebook and Microsoft are winning plaudits from security researchers for launching an initiative to offer bounties to bug hunters who discover and report vulnerabilities in widely used products. Unlike other bug bounty programmes, the ...
Tags: security, researcher, laud, Microsoft, Facebook, bounty
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Security Researchers Have Uncovered Two Unpatched Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer
Nov 19, 2013Security researchers have uncovered two unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE) which have been exploited by attackers in an unusual “watering hole” campaign launched from a U.S.-based website that specialises in ...
Tags: IE, zero-day, hacker, watering hole
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Oracle Added a Feature in Java That Lets Companies Control
Sep 16, 2013Oracle added a feature in Java that lets companies control what specific Java applets are allowed to run on their endpoint computers, which could help them better manage Java security risks. The new feature is called the "Deployment Rule ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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New York Times Blamed a Prolonged Website Outage on Tuesday on a Hacking Attack
Aug 28, 2013The New York Times blamed a prolonged website outage on Tuesday on a hacking attack at the company's Australia-based domain name registrar, Melbourne IT. A story published by The Times on Tuesday afternoon quoted the company's CIO, Marc ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT
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Marc Maiffret Kicked off a Crowd-sourced Fund Yesterday to Come up with a Reward
Aug 21, 2013After a Palestinian researcher was denied a bug bounty by Facebook, Marc Maiffret, CTO of BeyondTrust, kicked off a crowd-sourced fund yesterday to come up with a reward. The researcher, Khalil Shreateh, expressed his gratitude today to ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Attackers Are Targeting Internet-Connected ICS in an Effort to Compromise Their Operation
Aug 5, 2013Attackers are actively targeting Internet-connected industrial control systems (ICS) in an effort to compromise their operation, according to data collected from a global network of honeypot systems that simulate water pumps. The ICS ...
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More Fixes Are Appearing for a Pair of Highly Dangerous Vulnerabilities
Jul 23, 2013More fixes are appearing for a pair of highly dangerous vulnerabilities exposed earlier this month in the Android mobile operating system. Security vendor Webroot and ReKey, a collaboration between Northeastern University in Boston and ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The New Issue Identified by Security Explorations Has Been Known for at Least 10 Years
Jul 23, 2013Security researchers from Polish vulnerability research firm Security Explorations claim to have identified a new vulnerability in Java 7 that could allow attackers to bypass the software's security sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software