Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Amazon cloud can help hack WiFi networks: expert — (Reuters) – A security researcher says he has figured out a quick and inexpensive way to break a commonly used form of password protection for wireless networks using powerful computers that anybody can lease from Amazon.com Inc over the Web.
The competitive landscape in a high profile category such as network security makes the win of being recognized as one of the Best Channel Vendors in 2011 all the more rewarding,” says Sue Breese, publisher, BSM. “We applaud Juniper’s success and are …
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Wayne Huang / Armorize Blog:
“HDD Plus” malware spread through major ad networks, using malvertising and drive-by download — (Credits: Wayne Huang, Caleb Sima, Chris Hsiao, NightCola Lin, Fyodor Yarochkin) — Over the past few days, we saw the quick spread of HDD Plus—a malware that (somehow) gets installed on victim computers …
Officials believe the sensitive documents were stolen from secure Pentagon computer networks by an Army intelligence analyst. The changes sought by Homeland Security on the government’s nonmilitary computers would be wider and more systemic than the …
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