Computer Security

Is It Possible for Hackers to Access My Computer's Webcam?

Quora | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Computer Security, Webcam Spying, Computer Hacking, Computers, Computer Hacker, Hacking, Webcams, Computer Hackers, Hackers, Webcam, Technology News

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Feross Aboukhadijeh, Stanford undergraduate, computer security enthusiast, and blogger Yes, bad guy...

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Do Journalists Use Enough Security To Protect Their Sources?

nytimes.com | CHRISTOPHER SOGHOIAN | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Sources, Computer Security, Julian Assange, Journalism Sources, Protecting Sources, Media, Wikileaks, Julian Assange Wikileaks, Media News

BRAVE journalists have defied court orders and have even been jailed rather than compromise their ethical duty to protect sources. But as governments ...

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U.S. Reportedly Debated Cyberwarfare Against Libya

The New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Libya, Computer Security, Cyberwarfare, Cyber Attacks, Cyberwar, World News

Just before the American-led strikes against Libya in March, the Obama administration intensely debated whether to open the mission with a new kind of...

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U.S. Warned To Develop New Technology To Counter Cyber Threats

AP | By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Russia, Computer Security, Department of Defense, Cyber-Intelligence, National Security, Nato, Homeland Security, Computer Hacking, Cybercriminals, Computer Intelligence, Technology, Hacking, Cyber Attacks, China, Cybersecurity, Technology News

WASHINGTON -- A new study warns that the U.S. must develop cyber intelligence as a new and better coordinated government discipline that can predict c...

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Report Uncovers Widespread Cyber Attacks

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Computer Security, Internet, Video, Computers, Cyber Security, Stolen Data, Security, Government Organizations, China, Cyber Attacks, Technology News

NEW YORK — A computer security firm says cybercriminals have spent at least the past five years targeting more than 70 government entities, nonp...

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Apple Laptop Flaw Found In Unlikely Place

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Laptop Security, Laptops, Computer Security, Macbook, Apple, Apple Security, Batteries, Hackers, Technology News

A security researcher claims to have found a new security flaw in Apple laptops that could allow hackers to ruin laptop batteries, infect them with ma...

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Computer "Security"

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Computer Security, Beyond Left and Right, Cybercrime, Computer Hackers, Hacking, Hackers, Technology News

Right now, you're sitting in front of our pact with the Devil. When you finish reading this, you will do nothing about it.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Security, Security, Safety of Cloud Computing, Asymmetric Threats, Cloud Computing, Technology News

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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Companies Combine Efforts to Secure Data on USBs

Robert Siciliano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Security, Usb, Thumb Drive, Portable Device Protection, Usb Security, Portable Devices, Business News

A survey of London and New York City taxi companies last year revealed that more than 12,500 portable devices are forgotten in taxis every six months; portable devices that may have troves of sensitive data.

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Privacy? Forget About It

Lloyd Garver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Employee Checks, Computer Security, Internet, Old Friends, Background Checks, Privacy, Technology News

Online, we're safe from strangers knowing all kinds of things about us that we want to keep private, right? Wrong.

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Microsoft: Worms Still Biggest Security Threat

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Security Problem, Microsoft Windows 7, Taterf, Conficker Worm, Microsoft, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Security Hole, Conficker, Microsoft Worms, Technology News

The Conficker worm, a computer worm built to target Microsoft Windows operating systems, continues to be one of the most prevalent security threats to...

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Computing Our Children's Future

Maria Klawe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Security, Education, Wii, Video Games, Technology News

Today's Internet-savvy, video game-saturated culture has lulled parents into thinking that children already know what they need to know. But the ability to operate a PC, use a Wii, or surf the Web isn't enough.

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China Aggressive Cyberspace Foe: Targets U.S. Cyberspace to be an aggressive foe in cyberspace

washingtonpost.com | Ellen Nakashima and John Pomfret | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cyberspace, Computer Security, China Hackers, China Cyber Threat, Obama China, China Cyberspace, Obama China Visit, China Cyber Attack, Cybersecurity, China, Security, Cyberattack, Technology News

China is significantly boosting its capabilities in cyberspace as a way to gather intelligence and, in the event of war, hit the U.S. government in a ...

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Email Passwords Easy Prey For Hackers

United Press International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Security, Computer Hackers Passwords, Computers, Computer Passwords, Computer Science, Computer Hackers, Hackers, Technology News

There's not much authorities can do to prevent hackers from determining computer users' e-mail passwords, U.S. experts say. ...

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Customer Disservice Spotlight On: Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Computer Security, Michael Arrington, Venture Capital, Technology, Economy, Techcrunch, Business News

I am truly upset about this latest breach to take place involving my confidential information. It is shocking that a firm as wealthy and prominent as KPCB would have outsourced their information systems.

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Giant Internet Security Hole Being Fixed...Slowly

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Security, Internet Security, Internet Vulnerability, Web Security, Web Vulnerability, Only Securty Hole, Web Security Hole, Internet Security Hole, Business News

LAS VEGAS — A newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure not only permits hackers to force people to visit Web sites they didn'...

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