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Researchers find backdoor on ZTE Android phones

Security researchers have reported a hidden backdoor in the ZTE Score M and... Read more

15 May, 2012 by Michael Lee

Security hole found on HTC Android phones

...location info, email addresses and phone numbers, according to a trio of security researchers. Researcher Artem Russakovskii says that he, Justin Case and Trevor Eckhart... Read more

3 October, 2011 by Edward Moyer

Facebook offers bounties to bug hunters

...site CNET News in a conference call. Facebook's Whitehat page for security researchers says: "If you give us a reasonable time to respond to... Read more

1 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft launches internet fraud alert system

...with security and consumer groups to set up a centralised service where security researchers can report incidents of internet fraud and hand over stolen personal... Read more

18 June, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Developers warn of pop-up threat on Android

Security researchers have said a design flaw in Android may enable pop-ups... Read more

8 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Researchers warn of Chrome OS vulnerabilities

Although Chrome OS has been touted as a secure system, security researchers have warned that it is still vulnerable to malicious application extensions... Read more

4 August, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Researchers hack security system to unlock car

Security researchers have discovered how to hack a cellular network-based system to... Read more

27 July, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Spammers try to dupe LinkedIn users in Zeus attack

...users of the social network using a scattergun approach, according to Cisco security researchers Read more

28 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Smart meters open up security risks, say experts

...easily hacked to snoop on customer details or cause outages, according to security researchers Read more

16 June, 2010 by Elinor Mills
A Dynamically Reconfigured Multi-FPGA Network Platform for High-Speed Malware Collection

A Dynamically Reconfigured Multi-FPGA Network Platform for High-Speed Malware Collection

...has become a major threat to computer users on the Internet today. Security researchers need to gather and analyze large sample sets to develop effective... Read more

22 August, 2011
VM-Based Security Overkill: A Lament for Applied Systems Security Research

VM-Based Security Overkill: A Lament for Applied Systems Security Research

...rebirth for a wide variety of uses; in the authors' field, systems security researchers routinely use it as a standard tool for providing isolation and... Read more

23 September, 2010

UK Anonymous keeps up DDoS barrage on ICO

...other more sophisticated tools such as Hping, Slowloris and Killapache, according to security researchers.The ATeam is not using these attack tools against the ICO... Read more

16 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Amnesty websites compromised in Gh0st RAT attack

...and made to serve a variant of malware known as Gh0st RAT, security researchers have said. Websense revealed the hack of Amnesty's UK site... Read more

14 May, 2012
Malware uses Office flaw to target Mac OS X

Malware uses Office flaw to target Mac OS X

...Security researchers at Microsoft have discovered new malware that exploits an old bug... Read more

2 May, 2012 by Michael Lee

Pirate Bay plans to put its servers on drones

...builds on several initiatives that are already underway in the hacker community. Security researchers showed off a DIY spy plane at last year's Black... Read more

19 March, 2012

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