News tagged with security files

Hacked Dutch Internet company declared bankrupt

A Dutch judge granted a bankruptcy filing Tuesday for Internet security company DigiNotar, whose servers were apparently breached by an Iranian hacker in July, its parent company said.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mozilla's pdf.js project reaches its first milestone

(PhysOrg.com) -- You may recall our earlier reporting on the Mozilla's pdf.js project, in which the folks over at Mozilla are trying to get their browser to display PDF files in your Firefox web browser with ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Scientist develops new and free way to send large files around the Web

A new way to send large files around the Web completely free of charge has been launched by the University of Southampton.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 9

Hide files within files for better data security

Steganography is a form of security through obscurity in which information is hidden within an unusual medium. An artist might paint a coded message into a portrait, for instance, or an author embed words in the text. A traditional ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Improving network firewalls

A firewall is the safety barrier between a computer network and the outside world. Individuals, companies and large organizations alike rely on a firewall being robust enough to fend off hackers attempting to break into a ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

British police probe tabloid phone-hacking claims

British police probed allegations Thursday that a top-selling newspaper paid private investigators to hack into the mobile phones of thousands of high-profile figures.

Technology / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Downadup Worm Hits Over 3.5 Million Computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Security firm F-Secure has advised that the Downadup worm has spread to more than 3.5 million computers by exploiting a vulnerability Microsoft patched last October. This is achieved by trying ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog