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Monthly Archives: October 2006
W3C Launches Secure Browsing Initiative
The success of the Workshop on Usability and Transparency of Web Authentication has led the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) to charter the Web Security Context Working Group, a new initiative to devise standards for browsers in an effort to … Continue reading
Swiss Police to Use Trojans for VoIP Tapping
Interesting article about this at PC Pro: Swiss authorities are investigating the possibility of tapping VoIP calls, which could involve commandeering ISPs to install Trojan code on target computers. VoIP calls through software services such as Skype are encrypted as … Continue reading
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Targeted Trojan Attacks On The Rise
On December 1, 2005, two e-mail messages were sent from a computer in Western Australia to members of two different human rights organizations. Each e-mail message carried a Microsoft Word document with a previously unknown exploit that would take control … Continue reading
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A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates
The Rand Corporation published A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates back in 1955, when generating random numbers was hard. The random digits in the book were produced by rerandomization of a basic table generated by an electronic roulette … Continue reading
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Tactile Passwords Could Stop ATM ‘Shoulder-Surfing’
Interesting article about password problem solving idea based on tactile passwords appeared in NewScientist. Entering passwords using a Braille-like device could prevent snoopers from stealing sensitive computer codes, such as ATM numbers, researchers say. Computer engineers at Queen’s University Belfast, … Continue reading
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$100 Laptop May Be At Security Forefront
Will advantage of the start-from-scratch nature of “Hundred dollar laptop” project help to design security protocols that can surpass those found in mass-market computers today? Article can be found here and it says: The designers are still testing their approach … Continue reading
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How Insecure Do You Think You Are?
A new Cisco sponsored global study of 1,000 remote workers indicates that IT workers may well be engaged in more insecure activities than they are willing to admit. Read full article at internetnews.com.
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Opinion Monitoring Software
This is interesting research: A consortium of major universities, using Homeland Security Department money, is developing software that would let the government monitor negative opinions of the United States or its leaders in newspapers and other publications overseas. Such a … Continue reading
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PhishTank
PhishTank went live this week. PhishTank is a collaborative clearing house for data and information about phishing on the Internet. Also, PhishTank provides an open API for developers and researchers to integrate anti-phishing data into their applications at no charge. … Continue reading
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Windows Vista: Microsoft’s Big Piracy Crackdown
Microsoft announced plans to significantly boost its anti-piracy measures starting with Windows Vista, with steps including a new “reduced functionality mode” that will severely limit what the operating system does when the product hasn’t been properly activated, using a product … Continue reading
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