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Sandia to boot behemoth botnet -- Government Computer NewsHIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING Sandia to boot behemoth botnet Researchers use supercomputer to replicate how botnets operate Starting in October, a huge botnet will be run not by nefarious underground figures but by the Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratories. The lab's Thunderbird ...
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More holes found in Web's SSL security protocolMore holes found in Web's SSL security protocol By Robert McMillan IDG News Service - Security researchers have found some serious flaws in software that uses the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption protocol used to secure communications on the Internet. At the Black Hat conference in ...
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Researchers offer tools for eavesdropping and video hijacking | InSecurity Complex - CNET NewsResearchers offer tools for eavesdropping and video hijacking LAS VEGAS--Showing off technology that James Bond would love, two researchers at Defcon on Friday demonstrated tools that allow people to eavesdrop on video conference calls and intercept surveillance camera video. An attacker ...
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Hacking Oracle's database will soon get easier - washingtonpost.comBOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers will soon gain a powerful new tool for breaking into Oracle Corp 's database, the top-selling business software used by companies to store electronic information. Security experts have developed an easy-to-use, automated software tool that can remotely break into ...
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Encryption with elliptical curves scratched - News - The H Security: News and featuresEncryption with elliptical curves scratched
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The Obama administration would endanger privacy with NSA cyber security plan - Los Angeles TimesA project to safeguard governmental computers, run by the NSA, is too big a threat to Americans' privacy.
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Techworld.com - Encryption guru signs exclusive with gateway vendorComputer & Internet Security News Encryption guru signs exclusive with gateway vendor The innovative ZRTP Voice-over-IP encryption scheme invented by privacy guru Phil Zimmermann is to be used exclusively in the gateway products of only one company, UM Labs, the latter has announced. UM Labs ...
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Cyber Attack Code Starts Killing Infected PCs -- InformationWeekCyber Attack Code Starts Killing Infected PCs Infected computers participating in the distributed denial of service attack on U.S. government and South Korean Web sites are set to destroy their own data. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek The botnet-driven cyber attack on government, ...
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Chinese Spying Claimed in Purchases of NSA Crypto Gear | Threat Level | Wired.comChinese Spying Claimed in Purchases of NSA Crypto Gear A Chinese national was indicted this week for conspiring to violate U.S. export law, following a nearly three-year investigation into his alleged efforts to acquire sensitive military and NSA-encryption gear from eBay and other internet ...
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