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  • UK researchers fine-tune picture passwords

    Researchers at England's Newcastle University have developed graphical passwords for mobile devices, and hope to expand the uses of the software.

  • Universities, research centres clean up after attacks

    Academic supercomputing labs continue to clean up Linux and Solaris servers targeted by unknown attackers over the last month, as law enforcement officials investigate the crimes.

  • Grid computing boosts hacker network

    A worldwide hacker confederation is setting up a grid of processing power to crack e-commerce passwords. If you think this is crazy, Wayne Rash says "think again."

  • DoS attacks leaving Net without a net?

    Denial-of-service attacks are becoming more common and, in many cases, more serious, security experts said in the wake of an attack on the Internet's main warning system for security threats.

  • IBM: Grids, the Internet and Everything

    Wladawksy-Berger believes the Internet is on the verge of becoming a global virtual computer, like a utility power grid, with computing resources available on demand.

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  • Grid computing boosts hacker network

    A worldwide hacker confederation is setting up a grid of processing power to crack e-commerce passwords. If you think this is crazy, Wayne Rash says "think again."

  • The computer virus--no cures to be found

    SPECIAL REPORT Two decades and counting, the technology industry has yet to find a blanket solution to the ever-growing list of viruses and worms that constitute the greatest risk to computers on the Internet.

Reviews (1)

  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

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