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Researchers prove kernel is secure
News Australian researchers have demonstrated a way to prove core software for mission-critical systems is safe. The researchers on Thursday said they can prove mathematically that code they have developed, designed to govern the safety and security of...
[August 14, 2009, 17:20]
Researchers devise energy-aware internet routing
News Researchers have come up with a new way to route internet traffic that could save big internet companies such as Google millions on their electricity bills, according to an article published by MIT's Technology Review.
[August 19, 2009, 9:41]
Researchers urge use of tech to protect privacy
News Although modern technology created many of society's most pressing threats to privacy, a group of researchers is out to prove that it is also the greatest defender of civil liberties. These were among the ideas that came up during a gathering of...
[April 11, 2003, 8:49]
Researchers get ready to learn from Robo-Einstein
News Even more extraordinary is that rather than requiring manual programming, Robo-Einstein, created by researchers at the University of California at San Diego, has taught itself to smile, frown and grimace.
[July 17, 2009, 17:35]
Researchers demo keystroke-sniffing via laser
News Using equipment costing about $80 (£55), researchers from Inverse Path were able to point a laser on the reflective surface of a laptop between 50 and 100 feet away and determine which letters were typed.
[March 20, 2009, 11:34]
Researchers exploit web protocol to hijack traffic
News Security researchers have warned of an underlying security issue concerning the Border Gateway Protocol, the core internet routing protocol. In a presentation at the Defcon security conference earlier this month, researchers Alex Pilosov and Tony...
[August 27, 2008, 15:27]
Researchers feed newspapers to computers
News Researchers at Microsoft think computers can do just that. Helen Wang is part of a team of researchers trying to advance the state of the art, even as the Windows teams scrambles to include the technology in forthcoming versions of the operating...
[June 10, 2004, 11:10]
Researchers fine-tune picture passwords
News Researchers at Newcastle University have developed graphical passwords for mobile devices, and hope to expand the uses of the software. Yan, with Phd student Paul Dunphy, took as their starting point the Draw a Secret Scheme (DAS), initially...
[November 2, 2007, 16:11]
Researchers claim battery-life breakthrough
News Stanford University researchers have made a discovery that could signal the arrival of laptop batteries that last more than a day on a single charge. The researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to give rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion...
[January 15, 2008, 8:10]
Researchers work on privacy protocols for IP
News A group of researchers and privacy proponents is working to develop new standards for network anonymity at the Internet Protocol level, a prospect that could mask the location of Web users. By developing a common ground between researchers and...
[December 13, 2000, 9:29]
Researchers fight Red Hat's Fedora trademark
News A team of university researchers says it will oppose Red Hat's attempt to trademark "Fedora", the company's moniker for its new hobbyist Linux line, based on their prior use of the name. Researchers were nevertheless concerned when Red Hat...
[November 24, 2003, 10:15]
Researchers hack 'tamper-proof' PIN terminals
News Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card details from supposedly tamper-proof PIN terminals. In a research paper seen by ZDNet.co.uk, the researchers outline the hack.
[February 26, 2008, 17:34]
Researchers vow to smash 'barriers to innovation'
News Technical innovation is being hindered by a lack of coordination between government, academia and industry, according to a joint team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Cambridge University.
[June 16, 2004, 16:35]
Researchers hack Microsoft wireless keyboards
News Researchers from the company have said they are also close to being able to use the hack to control affected computers remotely. Because the protocol is proprietary to Microsoft, meaning the researchers do not have access to the source code, they...
[December 5, 2007, 11:43]
Researchers claim wired-keyboard sniff
News Two researchers claim to have developed techniques for sniffing electromagnetic emanations from wired keyboards, allowing them to detect keystrokes over a few metres with no attachment to the vulnerable device.
[October 21, 2008, 17:03]
Researchers' protocol denies DoS attacks
News Researchers have devised a way to filter out denial-of service attacks on computer networks, including cloud computing systems, to improve security on government, commercial and educational systems. The researchers said they have tested how well...
[October 1, 2009, 9:48]
Researchers demo 'easy' Windows-based ATM hack
News Cabinet" ATMs, commonly found in shops, pubs and restaurants, potentially face an even greater danger, with researchers from Information Risk Management (IRM) able to open their safes and take them over.
[March 5, 2008, 8:56]
Researchers redefine the internet blacklist
News Security researchers have taken a page out of Google's book in reinventing the blacklist, a tool for blocking internet attacks. At next week's 17th Usenix Security Symposium, researchers from the Sans Institute and SRI International will present...
[July 25, 2008, 16:03]
Researchers shed light on DoS attacks
News Online vandals intent on lashing out at companies and rivals stage denial-of-service attacks more than 4,000 times every week, researchers from the University of California at San Diego said Tuesday. However, a large number of individual users and...
[May 23, 2001, 9:02]
Researchers devise chip and PIN crack
News Two Cambridge researchers have devised a relay attack with a hacked chip and PIN terminal that could enable attackers to bypass bank card security measures. The researchers were unwilling to reveal too much of the technology behind the attack, as...
[February 6, 2007, 6:00]
