Cryptography
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Schneier warns of marketers and dancing pigs
Insight newsmaker Security guru Bruce Schneier pokes fun at U.S. National Cyber Security Month and says when it comes to privacy, marketers are scarier than governments or criminals.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Facebook, Computer, Security, NSA, Schneier, Hard Drive Encryption, Information Broker, Security Consideration
HP researchers develop browser-based darknet
News Company has come up with idea for encrypted communications network that could prove useful for businesses that want to keep files confidential.
Tags: Business applications, Web sites, Hewlett-Packard Co., Security, Conference, Web Browser, Cryptography, grid computing, Server, JavaScript
Taking the classical approach to security
Insight newsmaker RSA chief scientist Ari Juels explains why classical literature has a place in IT security, and what to make of security in radio frequency identification.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, RFID, Security, Backup, Chip, Archiving, EMC Corp.
Leaking crypto keys from mobile devices
News Attackers could steal keys used for encryption and authentication on mobile devices by analyzing electromagnetic signals and radio frequency emissions, researcher says.
Tags: Mobile, Authentication and encryption, Phone, cable box, Key, bank, mobile, Authentication and encryption, Attack, Mobile Device
Symantec's Ramzan on solving the antivirus puzzle
News From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, App servers, IT project management, R&D, Antivirus software, Norton Co., Security, computer science, Machine, Cryptography
Oyster cracked in public, researcher claims
News A researcher claims to have developed code that can undermine the cryptography on NXP's Mifare Classic chip, used in London's Oyster card.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, RFID, Chip, Cryptography, RFC, exploit code, London, researcher, card reader
Researchers cut costs of quantum cryptography
News A method to lower costs and improve the security of quantum cryptography has been developed.
Tags: Security, Cost control, NIST, Quantum Cryptography, Cryptography, theory, researcher, blog, technique, IEEE
Google's Keyczar designed to make cryptography easier
News The open source project is meant to help developers implement secure and simple cryptography.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Privacy, Security, Open source, Google Inc., Cryptography, OpenSSL, tagging, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, API
Researchers claim wired-keyboard sniff
News Two researchers studying in Lausanne claim to have developed techniques to intercept keystrokes from wired keyboards.
Tags: Hacking, Network security, Video, Cryptography, sensitive information, keyboard, researcher, technique, LCD, LCD screen
Keystrokes can be recovered remotely
News Researchers find they can recover usernames and passwords remotely by listening to the electromagnetic waves broadcast by the keyboard itself.
Tags: Security, Data security, Battery, ATM, Video, Password, Cryptography, Computer, keyboard, Laptop Computer
Six principles of practical ciphers
Techguide Core ideas of a set of principles familiar to cryptographers and other security experts as Kerckhoffs' Principle, are still relevant today--more than 125 years after they were articulated.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, private key, CompTIA, Cryptography, Chad Perrin, knowledge, consultant, Security Management
Chrome OS security: 'Sandboxing' and auto updates
News Google operating system will feature many of the same security features as the Chrome browser, including "sandboxing" of applications, auto updating, and antiphishing.
Tags: Operating systems, PC security, Data security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Google Inc., Phishing, Computer, Operating System, Security
What Windows 7 means to security admins
Techguide Windows expert Greg Shultz reviews the most significant differences in Windows 7 that will affect the role of security administrators, including changes to UAC, the new AppLocker, and BitLocker To Go.
Tags: Security, Data security, PC security, Windows 7, AppLocker, NTLM Authentication Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Windows Vista
Linux cryptography attacks seen in the wild
News Secure Shell keys are being compromised and stolen from Linux-based systems, U.S.-CERT has warned.
Tags: Security, Linux, Open source, Key, SSH, Rootkit, IT Professional, Attack, Cryptography, aide
Why virus writers are turning to open source
News Malware developers going open source and giving cybercriminals free access to malicious software in bid to expand capabilities of old Trojans.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Open source, Malware, Security, RSA Security Inc., virus writer, social networking, malicious software, virus
