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  Researchers Work to Counter Spear Phishing Attacks

  January 8, 2013 — Researchers are working to counter threats from spear phishing. The attacks use knowledge of computer users to gain their trust to break into corporate ... > full story
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  Computer Scientists Find Vulnerabilities in Cisco VoIP Phones

  January 4, 2013 — Researchers have found vulnerabilities in Cisco VoIP telephones, recently demonstrating how they can insert malicious code into a Cisco VoIP phone (any of the 14 Cisco Unified IP Phone models) and ... > full story
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  Turning Smartphones Into Secure and Versatile Keys

  January 3, 2013 — It's already possible to open doors using an app -- but we are a long way from seeing widespread acceptance of this in the market. Now, researchers have developed a piece of software that will make ... > full story
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  Secure Communication Technology Can Conquer Lack of Trust

  January 2, 2013 — Many scenarios in business and communication require that two parties share information without either being sure if they can trust the other. Examples include secure auctions and identification at ... > full story
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  Data Storage: Electrically Enhanced Recall

  December 10, 2012 — Operating tiny magnetic memories under electrical fields reduces power demand and could enable storage and retrieval of data at much higher speeds than conventional ... > full story
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  Mobile Browsers Fail Internet Safety Test

  December 5, 2012 — How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous websites, according to a recent ... > full story
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  Beating the Dark Side of Quantum Computing

  November 16, 2012 — A future quantum computer will be able to carry out calculations billions of times faster than even today's most powerful machines by exploit the fact that the tiniest particles, molecules, atoms and ... > full story
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  Georgia Tech Releases Cyber Threats Forecast for 2013

  November 14, 2012 — The year ahead will feature new and increasingly sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, escalating battles over the control of online information and continuous threats to the U.S. ... > full story
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  Is Your Utility Meter Getting Personal?

  October 31, 2012 — As of 2010, more than a third of all utility meters in the United States used wireless automatic meter reading (AMR) technology -- 47 million in all. They make it a lot easier for the utility company ... > full story
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  Data Storage: Going With the Grain

  October 25, 2012 — Reducing information stored in magnetic thin films to the physical size of single grains could improve computer hard ... > full story

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