Thursday, August 28th, 2008 A pair of security researchers recently demonstrated that a theoretical attack possible against the internet’s most embedded infrastructure can, in fact, be very real.The attack exploits normal behavior in the internet routing protocol BGP, which ISPs use to determine how best to route traffic destined for other parts of the ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 You're a smart, safety conscious iPhone user, right? You keep the phone set to require a 4-digit passcode every time it wakes up, so if you ever lose your baby, all your personal information is safe. But if you are running v2.0.2 of the iPhone operating system, you might as ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008 Traditionally, the area of information security has been purely defensive. Classic examples of the defensive mechanisms used in order to protect communication networks include firewalls, encryption and IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems). The strategy follows the classical security paradigm of "Protect, Detect and React.” In other words, try to protect the ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008 One of the worst privacy invaders the world has ever seen is the Internet. When you surf, Web sites can find out where you've been and can gather other information about you. Trojan horses and spyware can snoop on you. Key loggers can capture your keystrokes as you type. Eavesdroppers ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008 Good news: the perpetual price drops in the DRAM industry are back again, according to an alert issued Monday by analyst firm iSuppli.The report was targeted at OEMs, iSuppli's clients, but the news actually benefits consumers: after a mild recovery in the second quartr, prices are expected to drop in ...
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