Tag Archive for: science

Gawker hack exposes user data, sparks Twitter virus – The Christian Science Monitor

Meanwhile, a related virus seems to be creeping across Twitter … We cannot provide any more information as to how the attack was carried out, because this could be used against us.”
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Science and Technology – Voice of America

Just as threats lurk in the real world, the digital world can be a dangerous place. Phone scams, hacker attacks, espionage, computer viruses…and these may be just the start. Could the World Wide Web become a battleground in the next international …
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What would I need to learn to become a computer science security specialist?

As in, I want to help protect a company or anyone’s computer from being vulnerable to internet threats. What would I need to learn? I’m horrible at mathematics, but I love security. What can I do about that? Thanks in advance!

Danger in the Internet Cafe? New Computer Security Threat for Wireless … – Science Daily

… 2010) — There’s a potential threat lurking in your internet café, say University of Calgary … professor John Aycock, who co-authored a paper with assistant professor Mea Wang and students Daniel Medeiros Nunes de Castro and Eric Lin. ”
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