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Potentially Serious Security Flaws Found In Most Bank Websites, Including Large Bank Sites, Study Shows
July 23, 2008 More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity. These design flaws ... > full story -
Software Helps Developers Get Started With PIV Cards
July 10, 2008 NIST has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification cards can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform log-on, digital signing and ... > full story -
New Intrusion Tolerance Software Fortifies Server Security
June 18, 2008 In spite of increased focus and large investments in computer security, critical infrastructure systems remain vulnerable to attacks. The increasing sophistication and incessant morphing of ... > full story -
Tapping Computer Science For A More ACCURATE Vote
June 12, 2008 Inspiring campaign rallies. Whistle-stop stump speeches. Intense debates. This year's presidential elections have already exhibited a number of time-honored traditions in American democracy. ... > full story -
Designing Microchips That Contain Multiple Selves
June 12, 2008 Computer engineers have created a way to design integrated circuits that contain many individual selves. The chips can assume different identities, depending on the user's needs. The new method ... > full story -
Biometrics: Tell Me By The Way I Walk
June 10, 2008 Biometrics is commonly associated retinal scans, iris recognition and DNA databases, but researchers in India are working on another form of biometrics that could allow law enforcement agencies and ... > full story -
A New Way To Protect Computer Networks From Internet Worms
June 5, 2008 Scientists may have found a new way to combat the most dangerous form of computer virus. The method automatically detects within minutes when an Internet worm has infected a computer network. Network ... > full story -
New Design Enables More Cost-effective Quantum Key Distribution
May 30, 2008 Researchers have demonstrated a simpler and potentially lower-cost method for distributing cryptographic keys using quantum cryptography, the most secure method of transmitting data. The new method ... > full story -
Educating Managers On Computer Fraud Could Cut Crime
May 27, 2008 A computer scientist has devised an antifraud strategy for business. He suggests that managers should be made aware of security issues and send out cues to junior staff that they have this knowledge. ... > full story -
Quantum Cryptography: Researchers Break 'Unbreakable' Crypto
May 11, 2008 Quantum cryptography has been regarded as 100-percent protection against attacks on sensitive data traffic. But now a research team in Sweden has found a hole in this advanced technology. The risk of ... > full story -
New Basic Element For Electronic Circuits: 'Memristor' Could Give Computers Memories That Don't Forget
May 1, 2008 Researchers from HP Labs have proven the existence of what had previously been only theorized as the fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering. This scientific advancement could ... > full story -
Beating The Codebreakers With Quantum Cryptography
April 29, 2008 Quantum cryptography may be essentially solved, but getting the funky physics to work on disciplined computer networks is a whole new headache. Cryptography is an arms race, but the finish line may ... > full story
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