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Microsoft revealed Tuesday it was investigating a previously unknown security flaw affecting all versions of its Web browser, Internet Explorer Hackers have attempted to exploit the vulnerability in targeted attacks on users of versions 8 and 9 of the browser, the company reported in a security advisory....
Web applications have become attractive targets for hackers because they allow bad actors to maximize the reach of their mischief with a minimum of effort That's what originally attracted the Internet underworld to programs like Windows and Adobe Acrobat, and it's what continues to attract them to Java. A vulnerability in one of those programs can ...
As America crawls toward retaliation against Syria for its government's use of chemical weapons on its citizens, debate rages over what form it should take. Could cyberweapons be part of such an action? "Cyberweapons are just another piece of our military arsenal and should be considered along with every other military option," security expert and...
Sony introduced its QX10 and QX100 lens-style cameras on Wednesday. The devices, which look like very thin point-and-shoot cameras, can connect to a smartphone wirelessly and use the phone's display as a real-time viewfinder ...
The Japanese government on Tuesday announced it would be allocating US$473 million to help the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), build an ice wall to prevent water being used to cool it from poisoning the surrounding groundwater Currently, it's estimated that more than 79,000 gallons of contaminate...
If there's one attack surface that's attracting growing attention from digital marauders, it's a system's endpoints. With the proliferation of devices accessing corporate networks, securing connections can be a defender's nightmare Endpoints have an allure for attackers because they offer multiple attack vectors, such as social engineering attacks,...
Facebook on Monday released transparency reports of government requests for its users' data Privacy groups hailed the move as a positive step forward -- rare praise for the company, which has had a checkered relationship with those groups over the years.
Standards can be a way to get organizations to do things you want them to do, but oftentimes they don't get them to do much more The writers of payment-card standards appear to have been acutely aware of that phenomenon when the PCI Security Standards Council previewed their new PCI DSS 3.0 standard earlier this month....
With nearly a month to spare, startup Omate burst through its Kickstarter goal of US$100,000 this week and is on its way to shipping its TruSmart smartwatch in time for the holiday season More than $250,000 have been pledged so far toward the device, which is perhaps the closest thing yet to an Android smartphone that can be worn on a wrist....
In an abrupt about-face, Instagram has begun cracking the whip over developers using "insta" and "gram" in the titles of their apps In a letter sent to several developers earlier this week, Instagram said it had "clarified" its guidelines and determined that "use of 'INSTA' and 'GRAM' for an application that works with Instagram is harmful to the I...
Competition heated up in the OLED TV market Tuesday as Samsung announced it was shipping its first production model using the technology and that it would sell for US$8,999 ...
Content management systems like WordPress and Joombla have become popular targets for hackers in recent times because flaws in those systems can be leveraged for mischief across literally millions of websites WordPress is running on some 73 million websites and Joomla some 35 million, so if you're a cybercriminal with a fresh vulnerability to one o...
Consumers with an itch for a hybrid car can now spend less scratch for one. Chevy announced Tuesday that the 2014 models of its Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle will carry a sticker price of US$34,995, a $5,000 cut from the current model. A federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for some buyers of green vehicles could lower the price further....
DDoS attacks have long been a weapon of Internet dissidents to punish those they disagree with, while cybercriminals use them to create a digital smoke screen to hide their misdeeds DDoS attackers typically flood a website with traffic, denying legitimate users access to the server....
For the first time in more than a decade, SmugMug has given itself a major facelift The new look for the image watering hole comes a scant two months after Flickr, another picture Web oasis, overhauled its Web presence -- a move that received mixed reviews from some of its 89 million or so users....
Ransomware has made the jump from personal computers to the Android world Android.FakeAV.C, a new breed of ransomware, has been spotted in Asia -- almost half (48 percent) in India and Indonesia -- according to an alert by Bitdefender security researcher Liviu Arsene....
Despite yeoman efforts by Google to close a critical hole in its Android mobile operating system that allows any app to be turned into a malicious Trojan, programs are still appearing in the company's Google Play store with the flaw A number of apps containing the so-called MasterKey vulnerability were discovered by cybersecurity firm Bitdefender l...
There's been a standard for super-fast SD cards for two years now, but signs of products deploying the technology have been absent. That is, they were absent until Tuesday, when Toshiba announced plans to deliver a new line of SD cards using UHS-II technology to the market this fall The advance notice gives device makers time to start designing pro...
While not many taxpayers consider the Internal Revenue Service a friend, most do expect the agency to protect their data like a brother That's why news revealed last week about a database the IRS posted online of filings for so-called Section 527 organizations, such as political campaign committees, was particularly disturbing. (see Breach Diary be...
Nokia is expected to bring its monster 41-megapixel camera sensor to its line of Windows Phone 8 handsets Thursday at its "Zoom Reinvented" event in New York City Nokia's 808 PureView technology has been in one of its Symbian phones for a while with little notice given to it, but the company apparently hopes that will change with the expected intro...
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