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Tag: securityIBM security tool searches for and destroys malicious code in the cloud. Researchers are working on ways to make encrypted data easier to find. First Test for Election Cryptography Novel voting technology will be used in a local government election. Tracking Devious Phishing Websites Researchers are monitoring a trick that makes it harder to track and shut down fraudulent websites. China Cracks Down on Tor Anonymity Network A leading anonymity technology is targeted by the Chinese government for the first time. Researchers Hijack a Drive-By Botnet The team gathered data on compromised pages and the would-be victims. A More Secure, Trustworthy Cloud Virtual private clouds bridge real and virtual computing infrastructure. Privacy Plug-In Fakes out Facebook FaceCloak lets users hide sensitive updates from prying eyes, including Facebook's. Antivirus Protection Gets Social Can cloud computing and social networking improve security software? A Browser's View of Your Computer Researchers reveal how attackers may be able to peer into users' computers over the Web. Search Spammers Hacking More Websites The head of Google's Web-spam-fighting team warns that spammers are increasingly attacking websites. A Contest to Train Cyber Combatants Cyber-defense and capture-the-flag contests will help train future defenders of cyberspace. Researchers show how spammers harvest e-mail addresses and send out bulk messages. Firefox Aims to Unplug Scripting Attacks How websites can block code from unknown sources. Researchers reveal a flaw with the way most Web browsers treat secure connections. |
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