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Dennis Fisher is a journalist with more than 13 years of experience covering information security.
The pace of innovation on mobile phones and other smart wireless devices has accelerated greatly in the last few years, adding features, speed and computing power. But now the attackers are beginning to outstrip the good guys on mobile platforms, developing innovative new attacks and methods for stealing data that rival anything seen on the desktop, experts say.
Jake Appelbaum discusses the ways in which the Tor network can be used to help with online privacy and anonymization in this video from the SOURCE Conference in Boston.
A new paper by a group of academic researchers has exposed a set of serious weaknesses in the software systems that control many modern cars, giving them the ability to lock passengers inside the car, cut the car’s brakes and perform other interesting tricks.
In this session from the SOURCE conference in Boston, Chris Hoff of Cisco Systems discusses the current state of cloud computing and what it can tell us about the future of cloud computing.
Microsoft’s announcement this week that it is preparing to end support for machines running Windows XP SP2 not only represents a challenge for the thousands of businesses still running SP2, but also is the end of an era for both Microsoft and its customers.
At the SOURCE conference in Boston, security researcher Jon Oberheide discusses the intricacies of Linux kernel exploitation.
Dennis Fisher talks with Gary McGraw of Cigital about the release of the BSIMM2 model, the continued maturing of software security programs and the similarities between computer security and cargo cult science.
ST. PAUL, MINN.–If the United States wants to remain competitive in the global economy and prevent widespread penetrations of its strategic, corporate and commercial networks, enterprises and government agencies should stop relying on commercial software and go back to writing more of their own custom code, a security expert said Tuesday.
The main site for the PHP-Nuke content management system software has been compromised and is serving malicious iFrame exploits to visitors.
Dennis Fisher talks with analyst Rich Mogull of Securosis about his new report on database encryption, the value and danger of storing credit-card data and why more companies don’t get rid of sensitive data more quickly.
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