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Researchers hack into Intel's vProOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 6 hours ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags researchers, hack, intel, vpro, security,
"Security researchers said they've found a way to circumvent an Intel vPro security feature used to protect PCs and the programs that they run from tampering." read more »
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Root inside: researchers claim crack for Intel's vProOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 hours ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags root, inside, researchers, claim, crack, intels, vpro,
A pair of security researchers claim to have cracked Intel's trusted execution technology (TXT), a critical part of the vPro platform. Few details on the attack are available, so it's hard to suss ou read more »
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Researchers devise undetectable phishing attackOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 8 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: security | Tags researchers, undetectable, phishing, attack, sony, playstations, ssl,
"With the help of about 200 Sony Playstations, an international team of security researchers have devised a way to undermine the algorithms used to protect secure Web sites and launch a nearly..." read more »
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Researchers Boost Brightness Of Energy-Efficient OLED LightingOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 12 days ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
Category: hardware | Tags researchers, brightness, energy-efficient, oled, lighting, , ,
"The technology can be used in a wide variety of applications, including television screens, computer displays, advertising signage and mobile phones." read more »
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Facebook for Kids slammed by security researchersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 26 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags facebook, kids, security, researchers, , , ,
"A new social network website claiming to be a "Facebook for Kids" is riddled with security shortcomings, security..." read more »
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Quantum memory in the cloud—a cold, metallic gas cloudOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 29 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags chris lee, researchers, quantum memory, , , , ,
Chris Lee writes that "researchers have demonstrated quantum memory with storage times up to 1ms, an improvement of two order of magnitude over current tech." read more »
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Researchers hijack botnet for spam studyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 58 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags security, researchers, san diego, uc berkeley, storm botnet, economics of spam, spammers, pharmacy spam,
Security researchers at the University of California, San Diego and UC Berkeley infiltrated the control system of the Storm botnet to research the economics of spam. They found that pharmacy-touting read more »
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Researchers disclose deadly cross-platform TCP/IP flawsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 97 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags researchers, crossplatform, tcpip, flaws, DoS, , , ,
A team of researchers�Robert E. Lee and Jack C. Louis�now claim to have found new vulnerabilities within the TCP/IP stack that can be exploited to allow for devastating DoS attacks, from simply crashing the device in question to snarling it so thoroughly it must be rebooted before it can function normally, even after an attack has been completed. read more »
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