Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found that it is not at all difficult for bad guys to outwit law enforcement wiretaps on their phone lines. A team of graduate students working with …
HLS: Serious or Not Serious VII
When 22 Chinese nationals let themselves out of a cramped and smelly cargo container at the Port of Seattle last week, it ended their dangerous and costly two-week trip from Shanghai. But after a few …
Feds target gangs in crackdown
The proliferation of what the Department of Homeland Security characterizes as "transnational, violent street gangs" throughout the United States has compelled federal, state, and local law …
NSF grants target cybersecurity research projects
The National Science Foundation awarded $36 million in grants for cybersecurity research projects to protect computer operations at homes, offices and within critical infrastructure networks. The …
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Report: Canada Security Net Full of Holes
Canada's security net is full of holes, with most border crossings guarded by a lone staffer and airport security so lax that missing security badges and uniforms recently turned up for sale on eBay. …
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Prosecutor: all state police should be fired
A top federal prosecutor called on the border state of Chihuahua on Tuesday to fire all its law enforcement officials, saying they are untrustworthy and have done little to solve a decade-long string …
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Indian Outsourcers Push to Boost Data Security
India's booming software and outsourcing sectors are trying to improve data protection to please increasingly security-conscious clients and to pre-empt protectionist laws, industry officials said on …
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Will code check tools yield worm-proof software?
When Microsoft needed help in taming the large number of flaws that had crept into its Windows operating system, it looked to technology known as "static source code checkers" and a company called …
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Microsoft patches win industry trust
Security professionals say Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative may finally be improving their lives because the latest patches and fixes being distributed by Redmond rarely break other …
National Security Spec Advances
A group of technology companies and government agencies this week will unveil an open specification for securely sharing sensitive information across heterogeneous networks in times of crisis. The …