Researchers and developers — and for that matter, hackers — can dramatically slash the time it takes to root out exploitable security vulnerabilities by using an open-source toolkit created at UC Berkeley, a noted bug hunter said today at Black Hat.
BitBlaze can cut the time required to identify a hackable bug from days or even [...]
Microsoft announced today that it is planning to release a new version of its security mitigation tool for ISVs and Windows users.
Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 2.0, when released in "upcoming weeks," will contain six mitigation protections, according to Microsoft’s announcement. The mitigations block general techniques used by hackers that try to exploit vulnerabilities commonly [...]
THE FOUNDER of WikiLeaks was forced last night to defend his decision to publish tens of thousands of uncensored intelligence documents.
The Times revealed that the names, villages, relatives’ names and even precise GPS locations of Afghans co-operating with Nato forces could be accessed easily from files released by WikiLeaks.
Human rights groups criticised the internet site [...]
With 500 million users offering up reams of personal data and ever-shifting and confusing privacy policies, Facebook is a tempting target for phishing and other nefarious activities. And itâ??s no wonder given the companyâ??s attitude to security. When hackers find vulnerabilities in the service, donâ??t expect any help from Facebook, which has adopted a â??blame [...]
In a city filled with slot machines spilling jackpots, it was a â??jackpottedâ? ATM machine that got the most attention Wednesday at the Black Hat security conference, when researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated two suave hacks against automated teller machines that allowed him to program them to spew out dozens of crisp bills.
The demonstration was greeted [...]
StarCraft II has been circulating in beta since February 2010. A preload version’s been downloadable for the past week. Boxed copies of the game went on sale last night at midnight. The game code’s been hypothetically available, more or less in full, to software pirates for some time now.
All that, and still not a (successfully) [...]
As the technology industry prepares for the adoption of USB 3.0 (in anticipation of the increased speeds), Intel has been hard at work on technology that will be far faster. In fact, it is capable of transferring the entire printed catalog of material within the Library of Congress in only a minute and a half. [...]
During 2010, Firefox has had much of its momentum as an alternative Web browser stolen by Google Chrome. However, a new Firefox innovation called Tab Candy will make Firefox act more like a operating system, with much-improved multitasking and sharing capabilities. In fact, if the Firefox team can pull off all of the features of [...]
USERS of Samsung’s popular Linux powered smartphone, the Galaxy S, can now install the latest version of Android thanks to a leaked ROM.
The Galaxy S is becoming one of the best selling smartphones ever, with Samsung managing to shift tens of thousands of the devices every day. It’s been reported that the company has managed [...]
A webcam scandal at a suburban Philadelphia school district expanded Tuesday to include a second student alleging his school-issued laptop secretly snapped images of him.
The brouhaha commenced in February, when a student of Lower Merion School District was called into an administratorâ??s office. Sophomore Blake Robbins was shown a picture of himself that officials suggested [...]
Earlier this week, the new unibody Mac mini went on sale in Taiwan. However, Apple accidentally listed the Mac mini with 8GBs of RAM for $19,900 NT (~ $621.77 in US currency), but was supposed to be priced at $47,000 NT (~ $1468.51 US). This of course, led to a blunder in Apple’s history as [...]
IT employers must invest more in skills if the UK is to remain in the top eight countries for productivity by 2020, according to a report on skills in the UK. It says 10 million people need to improve their skills, but just half are likely to do so.
The result is that the skills, number [...]
The personal details of more than a fifth of Facebookâ??s estimated 500 million users have been â??leakedâ? to the internet by campaigners highlighting its â??terrifyingâ? privacy fears.
The list, which has been published in a downloadable file, contains the URL of every searchable Facebook userâ??s profiles, their names and unique ID. Campaigners warned the list, published [...]