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Zeroing in on unbreakable computer security
Fortune (blog) Zeroing in on unbreakable computer security. July 29, 2013: 2:45 PM ET. Tapping the strange science of quantum mechanics, physicists are creating new data security protocols that even the NSA can't crack. By Clay Dillow. Photons… FORTUNE — The news … |
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Math Advances Raise the Prospect of an Internet Security Crisis
MIT Technology Review The sophisticated Flame malware discovered last year featured a completely new mathematical technique to defeat an encryption method used to verify some software updates as originating with Microsoft, allowing Flame to masquerade as legitimate … |
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Black Hat: Don't Plug Your Phone into a Charger You Don't Own
PC Magazine This news couldn't wait for the Black Hat conference happening now in Las Vegas. We reported in June that Georgia Tech researchers had created a charging station that could pwn any iOS device. The full presentation revealed precise details on how they … Researcher: Fake USB chargers could hack into iPhones Malware attacks via malicious iPhone chargers |
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NSA director heckled by hackers at Black Hat computer security conference
The Independent The director of the National Security Agency (NSA) responded calmly to heckles as he addressed an audience of hackers at the annual Black Hat computer security conference in Las Vegas. In his toughest public appearance since the agency's electronic … NSA chief talks at hackers' conference in Vegas Gen. Keith Alexander heckled as NSA chief speaks at computer conference NSA Chief Faces Tough Crowd At Hacker Conference |