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Researcher rejects chip-and-PIN flaw 'censorship'

...its presence on our website is permanent." The original chip-and-PIN security exploit is no longer usable against Barclays' cards at Barclay's merchants... Read more

29 December, 2010 by Jack Clark

Cracker vows to continue defacement campaign

Prominent UK cracker Herbless says campaign will continue after getting response to site defacements Read more

18 September, 2000 by Will Knight

Adobe Acrobat security hole discovered

Security hole in Acrobat means hackers could take over control of your PC, Adobe confirmed Monday Read more

8 August, 2000 by Will Knight

Hotmail 'glitch' an inside job?

The Hotmail security exploit, described by Microsoft as a "glitch", may have been an inside... Read more

31 August, 1999 by Will Knight

News Burst: Hotmail breach - Inside job?

A serious Hotmail security exploit, which has caused Microsoft unparalleled embarrassment since it was publicised Monday... Read more

31 August, 1999 by Will Knight

Oracle admins admonished over security

...update cause us great concern.… Oracle has not yet experienced a mass security exploit, but this does not mean that one will never occur." Mogull... Read more

24 January, 2006 by Munir Kotadia

Anti-spyware group finalises detection plans

...that install themselves without a user's permission or knowledge, via a security exploit, are also deemed high-risk, as are programs that intercept email... Read more

13 January, 2006 by Alorie Gilbert

The Battle of Midware moves into your home

...years, but with the exception of a few routers and an embarrassing security exploit in Windows, the standards it's produced have been widely ignored... Read more

6 May, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

Debian attacker may have used new exploit

An as-yet-unknown security exploit in Linux may have been responsible for a recent compromise of... Read more

28 November, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

How the Apache worm could have been prevented

...systems, but did not release these. It would appear that the Gobbles Security exploit formed the basis of the FreeBSD.Scalper worm. It also seems... Read more

5 July, 2002 by Robert Vamosi

British trojan launches weekend attack

...in an infected user's inbox. "Because it isn't using a security exploit but rather Microsoft Outlook to spread, people are just as vulnerable... Read more

26 November, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe
Centroid Localization of Uncooperative Nodes in Wireless Networks Using a Relative Span Weighting Method

Centroid Localization of Uncooperative Nodes in Wireless Networks Using a Relative Span Weighting Method

...uncooperative node, whether the target is a malicious device engaging in a security exploit or a low-battery handset in the middle of a critical... Read more

21 September, 2009
Relative Span Weighted Localization of Uncooperative Nodes in Wireless Networks

Relative Span Weighted Localization of Uncooperative Nodes in Wireless Networks

...uncooperative node, whether the target is a malicious device engaging in a security exploit or a low-battery handset in the middle of a critical... Read more

20 May, 2009
Wireless Network-Based Relative Span Weighted Localization of Uncooperative Nodes

Wireless Network-Based Relative Span Weighted Localization of Uncooperative Nodes

...uncooperative node, whether the target be a malicious device engaging in a security exploit or a low-battery handset in the middle of a critical... Read more

12 March, 2009
Remote Administration Tools: A Comparative Study

Remote Administration Tools: A Comparative Study

...newly discovered 'creature' as a virus, a worm, a Trojan or a security exploit becomes more difficult and anti-virus researchers spend a significant amount... Read more

4 March, 2008

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