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Borrowing one of nature's best designs, U.S. scientists have built an eye-shaped camera using standard sensor materials and say it could improve the performance of digital cameras and enhance imaging of the human body. The device might even lead to the development of prosthetic devices including a bionic eye, they said.
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France's Olympic handball team expects video analytics to give it a boost against opponents. The French started using software combining videos of all the players in the world with match statistics to train their teams. Studying opponents' every move, strength and weakness is meant to help players devise the perfect counter-attack.
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The hacker group behind the Coreflood Trojan has learned that patience pays, as it has stolen at least 463,582 user names and passwords while flying under the radar. At Black Hat, SecureWorks Director of Malware Research Joe Stewart discussed his research on the gang and how it has gone undetected.
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The impact of the DNS protocol flaw discovered by Dan Kaminsky is much wider than previously thought, endangering the trust many of us take for granted. The DNS flaw went beyond cache poisoning to target FTP and Secure Sockets Layer certificates.
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In this IT Link podcast with TriGeo chief technology officer Michael Maloof explains why we continue to see high-profile attacks at a time when we seem to spending more money on security than ever.
Opinion
The microkernel concept that was once theoretically cool but impractical may now be a more reasonable real-world solution. With Microsoft working on Windows 7 and reportedly Midori, have hardware performance improvements finally made the microkernel practical?
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The U.S. Attorney and Secret Service claim an international crime syndicate was behind the identity theft of more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers from TJX Companies, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW. The Department of Justice and Secret Service allege that the hackers used wardriving to hack networks and sniffer programs to capture card numbers and customer data.
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The U.S. Attorney in Boston and Secret Service charge 11 with identity theft of millions of credit and debit cards from the TJX database breach. More than 40 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen when hackers breached the network of TJX and stole customer data from retailers BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW.
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Microsoft will bring security software vendors into the loop about security vulnerabilities prior to Patch Tuesday in a program launching in October. The Microsoft Active Protection Program changes the way Microsoft currently alerts the industry about security threats.
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The Black Hat conference will bring with it a crowd of IT security pros ready to hear about the latest research into malware, rootkits and hacker tricks. Attendees will hear about attacks on Cisco routers and from researchers from such vendors as Hewlett-Packard.
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Identity theft victims can seek restitution in federal courts, thanks to a cyber-crime bill passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate. The bill also increases cyber-crime penalties and adds cyber-extortion to the list of federal crimes.
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RedPrairie is outfitting its E2e Supply Chain Execution suite with new capabilities to unify the supply chain process and give enterprises greater visibility into their inventory.
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Smart phones, blackberries or laptop computers could unwittingly offer up sensitive personal or business information to officials who monitor China's state-controlled telecommunications carriers.
Opinion
It's hard for most of us to imagine VeriSign failing, but for some of the other companies in the registry business, the possibility is real. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is finally taking steps to figure out what to do if a registry fails.
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Report: The notebooks and other devices can be seized without reason and held indefinitely.
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Check Point's ZoneAlarm ForceField uses virtualization, inline download scanning and DNS validation services to secure browsers, but the software leaves a lot to be desired.
eWEEK Labs' tests show that the CI-750 is an affordable solution
for SMBs and workgroups, but it's lacking in management granularity and
its Web interface is sluggish.
New federal regulations for government agencies will have an impact in the commercial space.
Review: Together, CCM 5.2 and the DP3000 appliance pack a powerful punch for organizations that must conform to multiple regulatory requirements.
Review: The beta of ZoneAlarm's ForceField shows promise as a tool to seal off Windows systems from browser-based malware and other web risks.
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