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'Cloud-based' zombies available for as little as $299 per month

November 4, 2008 — 7:59am ET | By Paul Mah
Cloud computing is taking off in a big way, and this is not just evidenced by the recent announcement of Windows Azure by Microsoft, either. Speaking at the RSA Conference Europe, Uri Rivner, head of... Read more...

Researchers log keystrokes from wired keyboard

October 21, 2008 — 1:39am ET | By Paul Mah
Researchers were able to eavesdrop on wired keyboards from afar by using an antenna to detect the slight electromagnetic radiation emitted when a key is pressed. Researchers Sylvain Pasini and Martin... Read more...

Are industrial computers systems vulnerable to attack?

September 10, 2008 — 5:22pm ET | By Judi Hasson
It's well known that ordinary personal and business computer systems are vulnerable to hacking, but computers used to managing industrial machinery could also be at risk. Software was published just... Read more...

Court order puts a stop to Defcon talk on subway hacks

August 12, 2008 — 9:40am ET | By Paul Mah
A Defcon conference talk scheduled on Sunday was canceled following a lawsuit by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) against the three Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)... Read more...

Patch needed for web security

July 29, 2008 — 10:39pm ET | By Judi Hasson
Dan Kaminsky, a director at IOActive, a computer security firm, believes there are some major flaws on the Internet that need to be fixed, and fixed quickly to stop hackers from diverting users to... Read more...

Source code for 'cold boot' attack released

July 22, 2008 — 9:03am ET | By Paul Mah
The security researcher, who in February this year demonstrated a 'cold boot' attack, has released the utilities used at the Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference last weekend. You can read more... Read more...

Symantec: Watch out for new Word attacks

July 8, 2008 — 9:50pm ET | By Judi Hasson
There's yet another potential headache for all those tethered to Microsoft, the ever-present software giant that seems to have a hard time getting things right. This time it's the Word software,... Read more...

Citibank-branded ATMs in 7-Elevens hacked

July 8, 2008 — 7:06am ET | By Paul Mah
Hackers broke into a back-end server that processes transactions for Citibank-branded ATMs at thousands of 7-Eleven convenience stores and scooted away with at least two million dollars. This... Read more...

Unpatched web browsers a security threat

July 1, 2008 — 4:59pm ET | By Judi Hasson
A new study has found that about 40 percent of Internet users do not have up-to-date, fully patched Web browsers - creating a weak link in the security chain that leaves them vulnerable to digital... Read more...