Nov 03 2010

Airliners Fly in Face of Cyber Attack Scares

Tag: Aircraft,Computer and Internet Security,Computers,Internet — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 5:10 pm
What would happen if all those screens tracking all those flights suddenly went blank?

Oct 25 2010

Are Computer Viruses Illegal?

Tag: Communication,Computer and Internet Security,Computer Networking,Computers,Crime,Cybercrime,Email,Internet,Internet Safety,Issues and Ethics,Online Community and Social Networking — Cristen Conger @ 6:43 pm
The answer is yes, but heightened legal risks aren't stopping cybercriminals from spreading malicious code.

Sep 28 2010

Online Passwords Could Be a Map

Tag: Computer and Internet Security,Computer Networking,Cybercrime,Internet,Internet Safety — David Teeghman @ 1:42 pm
Numbers and letters are hackable, but clicking on a map isn't.

Sep 24 2010

Software Smart Bomb Aimed at Iran

Tag: Computer and Internet Security,Computers,Espionage,Internet,Nuclear Science — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:15 pm
A new cyber weapon may have been designed to find and sabotage a nuclear facility in Iran.

Sep 01 2010

Snoop Dogg Fights Cybercrime, Fo Shizzle

Tag: Computer and Internet Security,Cybercrime,Music — Tracy Staedter @ 5:37 pm
A rap music contest shows that Snoop has no time for cybercrime.

Aug 05 2010

Criminals and Spies Swamp Cyber World

Tag: Computer and Internet Security,Computer Security,Crime,Cybercrime — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 12:12 pm
Cyber crime is getting bigger than drug trafficking.

Jun 20 2010

Why Estonia Is the Poster Child for Cyber-Security

Tag: Computer and Internet Security,Computer Peripherals,Cybercrime — Clark Boyd @ 3:57 pm
Estonia may be "a small, unassuming European country," but it's quickly becoming a hot-spot for new strategies in protecting our nations, and ourselves, online.

Jun 02 2010

Google Wants to Know Where You Are

Tag: Cell Phones,Computer and Internet Security,Internet,Privacy — David Teeghman @ 11:39 pm
WiFi-sniffing technology turns your cell phone or laptop into a virtual GPS, which Google can use to locate you right down to your exact latitude and longitude.

May 27 2010

First Human Infected with a Computer Virus

Tag: Bionics,Computer and Internet Security,Computers,RFID — David Teeghman @ 1:22 pm
As if humans didn't have enough viruses to worry about, one British researcher has successfully infected himself with a computer virus.

May 14 2010

Facebook: I Can’t Quit You

Tag: Computer and Internet Security,Email,Internet,Online Community and Social Networking,Privacy — Tracy Staedter @ 6:31 pm
You see, I use you, Facebook, as part of my job. I'm a journalist and Web producer, and as soon as this blog goes live, I'll be posting a link to it on my professional Facebook page as well as ...
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