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Breakthrough: Transcribing entanglement into and out of quantum memory
Caltech researchers demonstrate for the first time an important capability required for the control of quantum information and quantum networks: Coherent conversion of photonic entanglement into and out of separated quantum memories
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U.S., U.K. military secrets e-mailed to factory hand
English factory hand bought a domain name which resembled the domain name of neighboring RAF base; for the last few years he has been receiving thousands of classified and highly sensitive e-mails from the U.S. Air Force — including the flight plan of Air Force One during President Bush’s visit to the U.K.; efforts to have the RAF or USAF address the problem failed; domain finally shut down last week
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U.K. government lost more than 1,000 laptops in recent years
The worries about how the U.K. government protects sensitive data continue: A report to parliament admits that the government has lost or had stolen more than 1,000 laptops in recent years
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iRobot brings robotic WLAN to urban battlefield
Everything you want a robot to be: Portable, small, inexpensive, intelligent, and robust; iRobot will develop robots to serve as relay node for urban battle-field WLAN
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Banking security measures can tackle terrorism and terrorist financing
Mobile phones can be part of the banks’ security to prevent terrorist financing through fraud, but it can also be a direct tool in the pursuit of homeland security
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More than $3 billion lost in 2007 in phishing attacks
New survey shows the 3.6 million U.S. adults lost an average $886 each to phishing schemes, totaling in $3.2 billion loss; the good news: More victims were able to recover some of their losses relative to previous years; phishing and malware attacks will continue to increase through 2009 because it is still a lucrative business for the perpetrators
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How to protect corporate secrets from outsiders -- and insiders
A secret can be lost in the blink of an eye, but getting information back under wraps can take forever; John Edwards offers a few useful tips on how corporations can become more secure
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Researchers: Computers' "secure" memory systems utterly insecure
Attacks on computer memory reveals vulnerability of widely used security systems; information stored in a computer’s permanent memory readily accessible to hackers; laptops especially vulnerable
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Indian high-tech companies tighten security procedures
Indian high-tech and software companies, with their constant need for new employees, are easy targets for terrorist infiltration; these companies now take much tougher approach to vetting — and continuously checking — employees
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Bain's effort to acquire 3Com on verge of collapse
Bain Capital and a Chinese partner wanted to buy 3Com for $2.2 billion; 3Com’s TippingPoint unit sells security software used by U.S. government agencies, and persistent questions were raised over the national security ramifications of the deal; Bain and Huawei Technologies have now withdrawn their application to CFIUS
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New malware capture method
A DHS-funded project promises to give security researchers a new way to kill botnets and targeted malware attacks before they infect computers
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Decision on Cyber Command's location delayed
Air Force was supposed to determine the location of the newly created Cyber Command by 1 October; decision delayed to 31 December; four military bases compete for the command
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Leading companies form an anti-malware testing coalition
The increasing mismatch between what anti-malware technologies actually do, and the testing methodologies used to evaluate them, lead forty major companies in the field to form a new organization dedicated to promulgating universally adopted standards and guidelines for anti-malware testings
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NIST launches Web site to validated software security tools for federal IT
In recent years, the U.S. government has increased the security requirements for federal information systems; to make it easier for IT staff at federal agencies to maintain their systems’ security, NIST, DOD, DHS, and the MITRE Corporation recently introduced a technical framework called the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
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IPv6 is about to arrive -- and with it many opportunities
IPv6 will offer government agencies better security, flexible networking, and a very large number of IP addresses; management will be critical; “It’s a huge shift in paradigm,” says Microsoft’s Sean Siler
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The long view
States Rush to Combat AI Threat to Elections
This year’s presidential election will be the first since generative AI became widely available. That’s raising fears that millions of voters could be deceived by a barrage of political deepfakes. Congress has done little to address the issue, but states are moving aggressively to respond — though questions remain about how effective any new measures to combat AI-created disinformation will be.
Ransomware Attacks: Death Threats, Endangered Patients and Millions of Dollars in Damages
A ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a company that processes 15 billion health care transactions annually and deals with 1 in 3 patient records in the United States, is continuing to cause massive disruptions nearly three weeks later. The incident, which started on February 21, has been called the “most significant cyberattack on the U.S. health care system” by the American Hospital Association. It is just the latest example of an increasing trend.
Chinese Government Hackers Targeted Critics of China, U.S. Businesses and Politicians
An indictment was unsealed Monday charging seven nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their involvement in a PRC-based hacking group that spent approximately 14 years targeting U.S. and foreign critics, businesses, and political officials in furtherance of the PRC’s economic espionage and foreign intelligence objectives.
Autonomous Vehicle Technology Vulnerable to Road Object Spoofing and Vanishing Attacks
Researchers have demonstrated the potentially hazardous vulnerabilities associated with the technology called LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, many autonomous vehicles use to navigate streets, roads and highways. The researchers have shown how to use lasers to fool LiDAR into “seeing” objects that are not present and missing those that are – deficiencies that can cause unwarranted and unsafe braking or collisions.
Tantalizing Method to Study Cyberdeterrence
Tantalus is unlike most war games because it is experimental instead of experiential — the immersive game differs by overlapping scientific rigor and quantitative assessment methods with the experimental sciences, and experimental war gaming provides insightful data for real-world cyberattacks.