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New computer-security vulnerability: Rowhammer Javascript exploit attacks … – ConsumerAffairs


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New computer-security vulnerability: Rowhammer Javascript exploit attacks
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One good thing about Rowhammer, from a computer-security perspective, is that even if a hacker did take advantage of an exploit, it's very hard to control. Basically (and this is an extreme oversimplification of how both DRAM chips and the Rowhammer …
Researchers develop astonishing Web-based attack on a computer's DRAMPCWorld

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Computer-Security Industry Critiques Itself Following High-Profile Breaches – Wall Street Journal


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Computer-Security Industry Critiques Itself Following High-Profile Breaches
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Nearly 500 companies will gather in San Francisco this week, seeking a piece of the $ 80 billion industry that tries to keep bad people out of good people's computers. But the guy at the front of the RSA Conference, the computer security industry's

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Startup Takes Aim at Computer-Security Holes – Wall Street Journal


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Startup Takes Aim at Computer-Security Holes
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His startup, Synack Inc., highlights how companies are seeking new approaches to protecting their digital assets amid a string of high-profile breaches and a shortage of computer-security pros. Companies of all types increasingly rely on complex

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The Internet is scarier than ever, say top computer-security firms – Mother Nature Network

The Internet is scarier than ever, say top computer-security firms
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Such gloomy reports may put the Windows 8's onboard anti-virus software to the test. Although Microsoft's Windows Defender won't be officially released until late October, Symantec has already shot it down, telling ComputerWorld that it "doesn't move

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