Security holes in Oracle's Java have been responsible for a number of the recent attacks.
The program researched vulnerabilities in computer networks running critical infrastructure and sought ways to close security holes.
Security holes in Oracle's Java programming language have been responsible for a number of the recent attacks.
Recent break-ins at Facebook and Apple have weary IT teams double checking networks and systems for security holes.
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Recently people using version 6 of the browser were advised to find an alternative due to large security holes.
Gaping security holes are a pretty terrifying thing, especially when they involve something as sensitive as your Apple ID.
Once downloaded, either program can quickly scan a site for security holes, before something like Havij comes in to mine the spoils.
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The rise of consumer gadgets such as smartphones and tablets also carries the risk of introducing unknown security holes inside corporate networks.
There have been many security holes exploited in Web servers belonging to Yahoo Inc. that have caused far greater damage than our disclosure.
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Since there are so many security holes in web browsers, servers and operating systems, using biometrics to secure online transactions looks like overkill.
VeriFone has decided that calling out claimed security holes and focusing on enterprise-level payment options aren't enough to take on Square.
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Researchers John Oberheide and Zach Lanier posted a video on Sept. 20 showing how to exploit two unpatched security holes in the Android phone.
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Shepcaro worries more about security holes taking out his mobile phone.
Identify and disseminate information about computer systems security holes, with CERT and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Infrastructure Protection Center serving as clearing houses.
For example, a lot of critical infrastructure and manufacturing processes use supervisory, control and data acquisition software (SCADAS) that, as it turns out, have lots of security holes.
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When 21 rogue apps started siphoning off identifying information from Android phones and installing security holes, Google yanked the lot from Android Market, and called the authorities to boot.
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Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman and software boss, regards this interface crisis as one of the biggest challenges for his firm, alongside the security holes in Windows and, perhaps, the threat from Linux, an open-source operating system.
"What this research found is really little cracks in Android -- not great big security holes you could drive a truck through, " said Kevin Mahaffey, co-founder and chief technical officer of Lookout Mobile Security, a leading provider of security apps and services for Android devices.
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This adds to two Facebook-related security holes that surfaced last week, in which there were likely no malicious intentions but which didn't help already-concerned Facebook users from wondering just how safe their data is on a site that repeatedly modifies its privacy policies and has had a well-documented recent history of security flaws and phishing scams.
And when these real-world components meet the clever academic theorems that guarantee security, holes emerge.
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So persuasive is cloud computing that companies have been known to plunge into it with gusto while turning a deaf ear to warnings from information security officers, who see gaping holes in the corporate data security fabric where business managers see agility and economic benefit.
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"We do not get the sense that we are forcing these bad guys to change their methods because we have shored up all the holes and security problems, " said Mr Baker.
The thieves must have watched and noticed that as impressive as this security looks, there were holes.
After the Sept. 11 attacks exposed gaping holes in airline security, the feds took control of the nation's 55, 000 airport screeners.
Ten years after the world-record-setting diamond heist in Antwerp, this week's diamond robbery is a sharp reminder that sophisticated criminal outfits are still out there and that even the most impressive security system could have unnoticed holes.
Sadly, the majority of enterprises and government organizations are ill-equipped to recognize the holes in their IT security defenses that can be exploited by a determined attacker.
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Teso isn't the first so-called "white hat" hacker to expose what appear to be holes in air-traffic security.
The holes in wi-fi security may be patched, but the recent high profile data breaches at companies like Sony show that we are all going to need to think carefully about what we hand over to the cloud.
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