One of the themes of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code is the need to keep vital and sensitive information secure. Today, we take it for granted that most of our information is safe because it's encrypted. Every time we use a credit card, transfer money from our checking accounts -- or even chat on a cell phone -- our personal information is protected by a cryptographic system.
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been making headlines this week, as despite death threats, the world's largest particle accelerator fired up this week. Some have expressed concern that the LHC could possibly end the world.
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AS IF computer viruses and worms aren’t enough of a nuisance, malicious hardware, which will be much more difficult to detect, could soon become a threat too.
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Dutch computer scientist Martin Bravenboer has developed new techniques that make it easier to combine programming languages. Thanks to these techniques, software is no longer sensitive to the most common method of misuse by hackers: so-called injection attacks.
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McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today released research results on seven targets of opportunity for hackers to attack smart phones based on Windows Mobile®, the Microsoft® operating system.
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What are young people really doing online, and does it really matter? Well it certainly matters to them, but all too readily we think we know what they're doing. We also think we know what's required to keep them safe and secure in this space. But do we?
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By using pulses of light to dramatically accelerate quantum computers, University of Michigan researchers have made strides in technology that could foil national and personal security threats.
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Microsoft Digital Rights Management System makes sure that the person with the digital rights would only be able to play the audio and Video media. But it seems like Microsoft needs to update its DRM technology as the latest version of program FairUse4m can crack the Microsoft Digital Rights Management system for Windows media audio and video files.
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If the proverbial genie gave Internet users three wishes for an improved network what would they ask for" Peace of mind about secure financial transactions" Protection from hackers" Inventive new applications that improve the quality of life"
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McAfee Predicts Cybercriminals will Find New Methods to Make Money-Mobile Phones and Spam will Pay Big Dividends for Hackers
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Microsoft Corp. is addressing customer frustration with the complexity of security products in a new integrated marketing campaign launched today called Easy, Easier (http://www.easyeasier.com).
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If Phil Howard's calculations prove true, by year's end the 2 billionth personal record -- some American's social-security or credit-card number, academic grades or medical history -- will become compromised, and it's corporate America, not rogue hackers, who are primarily to blame. By his reckoning, electronic records in the United States are bleeding at the rate of 6 million a month in 2007, up some 200,000 a month from last year.
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