Daily Archives: November 3, 2006

Quantum Attacks Worry Computer Scientists

While quantum computers may one day be capable of unprecedented calculations, they are incredibly vulnerable to failure caused by unauthorized activity when networked together. Daniel Lidar, an associate professor in electrical engineering, chemistry, and physics at the University of Southern … Continue reading

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‘Critical’ Flaw in Visual Studio 2005?

A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Visual Studio, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system. The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the WMI Object Broker ActiveX Control (WmiScriptUtils.dll). Successful exploitation … Continue reading

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