By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer Wed Aug 27, 5:16 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO – Intercepting Internet traffic, and spying on the communication between two computers, is a gold mine for hackers. Now Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope software they’ve built will make it harder for criminals to hit that jackpot.
The software, a free download [...]
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Researchers offer new way to avoid bogus Web sites
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Computer virus goes into orbit
Posted in Technology News, tagged computer, internet, orbit, space, station, Technology, virus on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wed Aug 27, 6:22 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software.
A “worm type” virus was found on laptop computers that astronauts use to send and receive email from the [...]