Security insider discusses Vista's level of security
Carnegie Mellon's Alessandro Acquisti shows how to use Facebook to ID people on dating sites and on the street(Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Facebook's online privacy woes are well-know...
Hacking laptop batteries: A new security threat
LAS VEGAS--Researchers at the Black Hat security conference here showed today how they could disrupt and snoop on home automation networks in residences and offices using devices connected to Ethern...
Attacking home automation networks over power lines
LAS VEGAS--It's easy now to look back at Microsoft's Windows Vista and berate the company for the operating system's shortcomings, but the truth is far more complex, according to one security resear...
Face-matching with Facebook profiles
Carnegie Mellon's Alessandro Acquisti shows how to use Facebook to ID people on dating sites and on the street(Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Facebook's online privacy woes are well-know...
Researchers find avenues for fraud in Square
Zac Franken, director at Aperture Labs, holds up the Square device for processing credit cards with a mobile device. His company has just discovered two ways to steal credit card data using Square.(...