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First Quantum Cryptographic Data Network Demonstrated
August 28, 2006 A joint collaboration between Northwestern University and BBN Technologies of Cambridge, Mass., has led to the first demonstration of a truly quantum cryptographic data network. By integrating ... > full story -
Cardiff Researchers Discover Online Banking Security Problem
August 10, 2006 Two researchers working within Cardiff University's School of Computer Science, Professor Antonia J Jones and Joseph R Rabaiotti, together with a third independent researcher Stuart P Goring, have ... > full story -
JitterBugs Could Turn Your Computer Keyboard Against You, Warn Engineers
August 7, 2006 Engineers from the University of Pennsylvania warn against an entirely new threat to computer security: bugs implanted in peripheral devices, such as keyboards or mice. This new class of devices ... > full story -
Cornell Sleuths Crack Secret Codes Of Europe's Galileo Satellite
July 7, 2006 Members of Cornell's Global Positioning System (GPS) Laboratory have cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Europe's first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the ... > full story -
New Ion Trap May Lead To Large Quantum Computers
July 7, 2006 NIST physicists have designed and built a novel electromagnetic trap for ions that could be easily mass produced to potentially make quantum computers large enough for practical use. The new trap may ... > full story -
New System Trains Good Grid Operators With Bad Data
June 25, 2006 Power grid operators now can train like pilots -- with simulators providing faulty readings designed to throw them off -- thanks to new training tools created by DOE's Pacific Northwest National ... > full story -
Protecting Sensitive Data: Researchers Develop Fail-Safe Techniques For Erasing Magnetic Storage Media
June 15, 2006 What if you absolutely, positively must delete all data from a computer drive -- beyond any hope of recovering it? That was the challenge facing scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute ... > full story -
Finding Computer Files Hidden In Plain Sight
May 24, 2006 Criminals and terrorists are using innocent-looking digital images as a cover to send hidden data. Researchers at the Ames Laboratory's Midwest Forensics Resource Center have developed a method to ... > full story -
New Software Protects Confidentiality Of Data While Enabling Access And Sharing
May 2, 2006 Penn State researchers have developed software that allows databases to "talk to each other" automatically without compromising the security of the data and metadata because the queries, data ... > full story -
Using 'Minutiae' To Match Fingerprints Can Be Accurate
May 1, 2006 A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that computerized systems that match fingerprints using interoperable minutiae templates -- mathematical representations of ... > full story
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