News tagged with security risks
Digital photos could put kids at risk
A study published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics this month suggests that parents and carers could be putting children at risk if they upload digital photos that are automatically "geota ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Risk-based passenger screening could make air travel safer
Anyone who has flown on a commercial airline since 2001 is well aware of increasingly strict measures at airport security checkpoints. A study by Illinois researchers demonstrates that intensive screening ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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French breast implant maker faced US lawsuits
Breast implants made by troubled French firm PIP have been at the heart of multiple lawsuits in the United States, where they were sold up until 2000, documents filed with the US government show.
Dec 26, 2011 |
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IBM unveils mobile security service to protect sensitive corporate data
Today IBM is unveiling a new service to help businesses secure the exploding number of mobile devices with access to corporate data. The new IBM Hosted Mobile Device Security Management service extends the company's existing ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Clinton, tech firms head to London for cyberspace talks
Officials from 60 countries including Hillary Clinton, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and Chinese technology firms gather in London Tuesday to discuss the benefits and security risks of cyberspace.
Oct 31, 2011 |
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S.Africa won't tap into Blackberry smartphones: ministry
South Africa's communication ministry on Thursday said it would not regulate Blackberry smartphone's encrypted messenger service to help catch criminals.
Sep 08, 2011 |
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S.African police may tap into Blackberry smartphones
The South African government is considering allowing police access to the Blackberry smartphone's encrypted messenger service to help catch criminals, reports said Tuesday.
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Kazakhstan blocks popular blogging platforms
Kazakhstan on Friday blocked access to several popular blogging sites after a court said they contributed to the spread of "terrorism" and religious extremism in the Central Asian state.
Aug 19, 2011 |
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New version of security automation protocol includes digital trust model
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released for public comment updated specifications for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), which helps organizations find and manage ...
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Security holes discovered in iPhones, iPads
A new security hole has opened up in Apple Inc.'s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, raising alarms about the susceptibility of some of the world's hottest tech gadgets to hacker attacks.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Researchers develop hardware encryption for new computer memory technology
Security concerns are one of the key obstacles to the adoption of new non-volatile main memory (NVMM) technology in next-generation computers, which would improve computer start times and boost memory capacity. But now researchers ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 17, 2011 |
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Wipe technology in self-encrypting 2.5-type hard disk drives launched
Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of the world's first series of Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) equipped with Wipe Technology, Toshiba's proprietary suite of security functions that bring an unsurpassed ...
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Analysis suggests cancer risk of backscatter airport scanners is low
Calculations by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security scanners is low based on the ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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New publication fundamentally changes federal information security risk management
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of a special publication that can help organizations to more effectively integrate information security risk planning into their mission-critical ...
Mar 02, 2011 |
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2 NIST publications recommend organization-wide IT security risk management
Two new draft publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology provide the groundwork for a three-tiered risk-management approach that encompasses computer security risk planning from the highest levels ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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