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One Per Cent: Encryption for transit cards hacked on the cheap
A new way of hacking the 3DES encryption scheme makes it easier to to hack contactless cards used by credit card companies and urban transit systems
On Device Data Encryption Should Be A Default - SocialTimes.com
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-37777" title="mobilesecurity2_thumb.jpg" src="http://socialtimes.com/files/2011/02/mobilesecurity2_thumb.jpg" alt="" />For the most part we think of Android as a consumer focused smartphone operating system, but that doesn’t mean that Google
One Per Cent: Linguists break into Skype conversations
The use of two signal-processing techniques to construct the data packets of internet phone calls is the format's Achilles' heel
One Per Cent: Data leak in service that stores your passwords
The service lets users store passwords remotely and access them with a master password, but a security breach could put weak passwords at risk
One Per Cent: US seizes Osama bin Laden's hard drives
US seizes Osama bin Laden's hard drives 18:10 3 May 2011 Computing Military Jacob Aron, technology reporter Compound.jpg What secrets lie inside? (Image: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features) The US Navy SEAL team that found and killed Osama bin Laden on Sunday have recovered a number of computer drives
One Per Cent: Jacob Aron: May 2011 archive
Jacob Aron: May 2011 archive Smart software cracks sound-based CAPTCHA security 16:24 24 May 2011 Internet Read more: Click here to read a longer version of this story Jacob Aron, technology reporter Efforts to make the web more accessible have unwittingly made it less secure, according to computer
One Per Cent: Michael Reilly: November 2011 archive
Michael Reilly: November 2011 archive Encryption for transit cards hacked on the cheap 20:20 4 November 2011 Cybersecurity Jesse Emspak, contributor Chalk up another security measure that hackers can break. The encryption protocol called Triple-Data Encryption Standard, or 3DES is supposed to be
Bletchley Park gets US cash injection
A technology blog from Heading - NewScientist Blogs Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Bletchley Park gets US cash injection There's always been a bit of confusion between the UK and the US over who contributed most to the invention of the electronic programmable
Laser RFID tags
A patent news blog from Heading - NewScientist Blogs Friday, November 03, 2006 Laser RFID tags Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags provide a neat way to keep track of goods, unlock electronic doors and make quick payments, for example on the subway.
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