Attack detectors on CPUs expose backdoors

Attack detectors on CPUs expose backdoors


Attack detectors on CPUs expose backdoors

Posted: 13 May 2010 01:30 PM PDT

How can you be sure that the CPU on your computer hasn't been tampered with and is not stealthily collecting your data for someone else to use? Adam Waksman and Simha Sethumadhavan, two scientists ...

Black swans, secure access and business continuity

Posted: 13 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT

If you'd looked through the contingency plans of the world's top 500 companies in March of this year, it's unlikely you'd have found a scenario that covered a volcanic eruption in Iceland. Yet just a ...

Counterfeit consumer electronics

Posted: 13 May 2010 08:57 AM PDT

Most people believe that if you want to be sure that you got an original product, you must buy it from a reputable retailer - especially if that product is an electronic device or component. But as...

Laptop theft exposes data on 207,000 army reservists

Posted: 13 May 2010 07:38 AM PDT

Personal data on 207,000 U.S. army reservists has recently been stolen along with three laptops from the offices of a government contractor (Serco Inc.). The U.S. Army Reserve Command has begun notify...

Facebook's changes clash with Europeans' expectations of privacy

Posted: 13 May 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Europeans are well-known for their high privacy expectations and demands. Another proof of that is a letter that the Article 29 Working Party (an independent European Commission advisory body) has sen...

Unsolicited fake CVs distributing malware

Posted: 13 May 2010 04:10 AM PDT

The global recession has brought a shortage of jobs, but job seekers are not the only ones who are targeted by malicious emails and scams. TrendLabs has recently spotted an email spam campaign tha...

Real-world data on software security initiatives

Posted: 13 May 2010 02:54 AM PDT

Cigital announced an updated release of the "Building Security In Maturity Model" (BSIMM) study, which significantly expands the data defining benchmarks for successfully developing and growing an ent...

OneWay: Fast FTP, SFTP uploader for Mac OS X

Posted: 12 May 2010 11:59 PM PDT

OneWay is a contextual FTP, SFTP uploader for Mac OS X. You can upload files directly from the Finder. Save frequently used locations in your context menu for quick access. Simply select the files ...

Rogue software details: Live PC Care

Posted: 12 May 2010 11:49 PM PDT

Live PC Care is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files c:\Desktop\live pc care.lnk Fol...

0 comments:

Post a Comment