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'Unhackable' Android phone can be hacked
Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.
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Google Apps intrigues IT pros, but security worries remain
Google likes to boast that more than 2 million businesses run Google Apps, but IT pros harbor concerns about security in the cloud.
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Bad guys could read RFID passports at 217 feet, maybe a lot more
LAS VEGAS -- Radio frequency ID tags embedded in U.S. passports can be read hundreds of feet away, potentially making it inexpensive and easy to pick American tourists out of crowds for illicit purposes, "spychips", a demonstration at Black Hat 2010 showed.
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Trusteer service eradicates malware on banking customer PCs
Trusteer is taking its online banking security services a step further and will start removing malware that it finds trying to interfere with bank customers' financial transactions.
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Verizon: Data breaches often caused by configuration errors
Hackers appear to be increasingly counting on configuration problems and programming errors rather than software vulnerabilities in order to steal information from computer systems, according to a new study from Verizon.
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How can enterprise WLANs manage the bandwidth crush from mobile devices and multimedia apps?
Some existing wireless LANs, based on 802.11abg gear, already "are buckling under video applications," says Andrew Borg, senior research analyst for wireless and mobility at Aberdeen Group, a technology research and consulting firm based in Boston. And the surge in sophisticated mobile devices is making it worse.
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Microsoft's bug reports fail to produce prompt patches
The Microsoft Vulnerability Research program said Wednesday that third party developers have patched less than half the bugs it reported to them over the past 12 months.
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How are large-scale, dense Wi-Fi networks affecting radio management issues?
One emerging issue for some enterprise Wi-Fi networks is radio management challenges as the number of access points and wireless clients grow.
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Wi-Fi WPA2 vulnerability FAQ
AirTight Networks says it's found a weak point in Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), the mainstay of enterprise Wi-Fi security. But has it? Security expert Matthew Gast says the attack seems to be a familiar ARP spoofing exploit that works as well on wired as wireless LANS. If so, it can easily be contained.
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Amazon CTO counters skepticism on cloud security
Amazon's cloud computing division is planning to "raise the bar" on security, and claims it can provide better security than most enterprises achieve on their own.
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Juniper buys smartphone securer for $70 million
Juniper Networks this week announced it is acquiring privately held SMobile Systems, a developer of security software for smartphones and tablets, for $70 million in cash.
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Open source Razorback project targets malware, zero-day exploits
Sourcefire, best known for its Snort intrusion-prevention technology, Tuesday is unveiling a new open source project called Razorback that's designed to spot malware and especially zero-day exploits.
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Despite adding customers, Sprint still on shaky ground
Sprint's latest customer increases still don't show the company operating from a position of strength. If Sprint wants to get strong, reliable sources of revenue, it's going to have to start growing its postpaid customer base.
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UNH starts 40/100G Ethernet interoperability testing
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) this week launched a consortium for companies preparing 40/100G Ethernet products compliant with the IEEE 802.3ba standard.
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iPhone developers get second beta of iOS 4.1
Apple Tuesday released the second beta version of its iOS 4.1 firmware update. Developers are under NDA on many details but early online reports suggest that dropped calls due to flakey proximity sensors may be fixed, and HSUPA data uploads are faster. But iPhone 3G owners are still waiting for good news.
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