Wednesday, October 30, 2013

NSA attains the Holy Grail of spying, decodes vast swaths of Internet traffic

They reveal a highly classified program codenamed Bullrun, which according to the reports relied on a combination of "supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders, and behind-the-scenes persuasion" to undermine basic staples of Internet privacy ...



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Spooks break most Internet crypto, but how?

Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things you can rely ... The NYT alludes to these techniques as a combination of "supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders, and behind-the-scenes persuasion." The paper went on to refer ...



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Bitcoin more powerful than fastest supercomputers

The power of all the computers networked together to maintain the digital currency's system far exceeds the combined processing strength of the top 500 most powerful supercomputers. Easily. The matchup isn't even close. There have been lots of ...



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576GH/s Bitcoin miner presented by KnCMiner at Crypto-Currency con 2013, in Atlanta

Those with the more powerful devices, have a greater individual share of the mining network and are inline for superior rewards of Bitcoins, hence the huge interest in KnC's 28nm ASIC supercomputers ... has yet further crypto-currency products, and ...



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Swinburne starts design of pulsar-hunting supercomputer

For example, advanced Bitcoin miners now routinely use FPGAs in their hunt for the crypto-gold. That will be resolved by 2016, when the design is complete and construction of the supercomputer will begin. Partners in the design consortium include the ...



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Norwegian University, Meteorological Institute to Acquire SGI Supercomputer

June 24 -- The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Silicon Graphics International Corp (SGI) today signed a contract for a new supercomputer to be installed at NTNU by the end of 2011. The new machine will be jointly owned by NTNU and ...



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Mobile devices 'threaten security'

Companies could be leaving themselves open to potentially serious security threats as a result of the growing use of corporate mobile devices by employees, according to research. Experts who examined mobile phones returned by the employees of ...



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Secure Mobile Device Technology from ViaSat Delivered to U.S. Marine Corps

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091216/VIASATLOGO) While this development is for government ... enabling a highly trusted platform for secure enterprise extension to the mobile network. "We've delivered this secure virtualization ...



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Mobile Device Shipments and BYOD Security

Shipments of tablets and smartphones are set to grow by more than 50 percent this year, according to the latest figures from Gartner. Meanwhile, PC shipments are set to slow down. In the face of the trend of increased mobility, IT professionals at midsize ...



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Mobile Biometric Security Products And Services To Generate Over $8.3 Billion Revenue By 2018

London, United Kingdom – 28 October 2013 – Goode Intelligence (www.goodeintelligence.com), the leading research, analysis and consultancy organisation for the mobile security industry, today issued a new market forecast report revealing that ...



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Mobile Device Adoption Outpacing Security

Furthermore, Juniper Network’s Mobile Threat Center claims to have identified ... modify settings to improve data security on their devices or put any time into researching the applications they download. More concerning yet, 72 percent said they connect ...



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More than Half of Mobile Consumers Comfortable with Biometric Authentication saysPayPal and the National Cyber Security Alliance

PayPal and the National Cyber Security Alliance Unveil Results of New Mobile Security Survey SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 14, 2013 (www.investorideas.com newswire) PayPal and the National Cyber Security Alliance today unveiled the results from a new Zogby ...



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Thursday, October 17, 2013

NSA's New Data Center And Supercomputer Aim To Crack World's Strongest Encryption

Using what will likely be the world’s fastest supercomputer and the world’s largest data storage and analysis facility, the NSA plans to comb unimaginably voluminous troves of messages for patterns they could use to crack AES and weaker ...



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Spooks break most Internet crypto, but how?

It fundamentally changed the assumptions that many of ... without a password or other official credential. But backdoors can just as easily be vulnerabilities that are inserted into source code or designs, or are allowed to remain there after being discovered.



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Bitcoin more powerful than fastest supercomputers

The power of all the computers networked together to maintain the digital currency's system far exceeds the combined processing strength of the top 500 most powerful supercomputers. Easily. The matchup isn't even close. There have been lots of ...



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Swinburne starts design of pulsar-hunting supercomputer

For example, advanced Bitcoin miners now routinely use FPGAs in their hunt for the crypto-gold. That will be resolved by 2016, when the design is complete and construction of the supercomputer will begin. Partners in the design consortium include the ...



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576GH/s Bitcoin miner presented by KnCMiner at Crypto-Currency con 2013, in Atlanta

Those with the more powerful devices, have a greater individual share of the mining network and are inline for superior rewards of Bitcoins, hence the huge interest in KnC's 28nm ASIC supercomputers ... has yet further crypto-currency products, and ...



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NQ Mobile(TM) Integrates with Samsung KNOX for Secure Enterprise Mobile Management Deployments of Android Devices with On-Device Security

NQ), a leading global provider of mobile Internet services, has reached an agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. for an integration of its NQSky Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform with Samsung KNOX to provide a complete mobile ...



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Security to go: Three tips to keep your mobile data safe

Lookout's Android security app consistently gets high marks from industry analysts ... And remote lock and wipe features can prevent a thief from getting in even after your device is stolen. Google also offers remote wipe and lock for free ...



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Dell Software Extends Mobile Workspace Security and IT Operational Agility with New Mobility Offerings

The Dell KACE K1000 GO app allows IT admins to access the K1000 from their mobile device, so they can review and respond to service desk notifications while away from their PC, prioritize and expedite problem resolutions, and deploy software ...



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The challenges of using mobile devices in the public sector

But this is compromised because the council only shares low risk data over its mobile devices, not high risk data. But Halliday said employees may be forced to do ... my information security audit requirements,” he said. “What we need is a forum to ...



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Mobile Security Device Checkpoint gauges safety of students’ smartphones

Students brought their iPhones, Android smartphones, iPads and laptops to the Brickyard on Wednesday to determine if their mobile devices were safe against security breaches. About 500 students attended the Mobile Security Device Checkpoint, hosted by the ...



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Malwarebytes Launches Free Android Security App

With viruses and malware spreading to our mobile devices, mobile security is more important than ever. Our mobile devices contain tons of personal information, which is all potentially vulnerable without users even noticing. Malwarebytes ...



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Lacoon Aims To Set New Benchmarks For Enterprise Mobile Security

According to research published by Lacoon Labs, current mobile security solutions, such as mobile device management (MDM), secure containers, multi-persona and wrappers cannot protect enterprise data from advanced attackers and unable to ...



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