Researchers: How 'leaky' smart phones give up their crypto keys
By eavesdropping on signals leaking from smart phones, researchers show how they extract cryptographic keys from as far away as 30 feet.
Fuss over cyber war distracts from real threats, security pioneer says
Cybersecurity innovator and outspoken critic Marcus Ranum says cyber war isn't likely, but we're doing a "lousy" job against hackers.
Tony Bennett left his heart, others leave mobile devices in San Francisco
A survey of hotels in the city shows a surprising number of mobile devices, particularly smart phones and tablets, get separated from their owners, and most go unclaimed.
PlayStation Vita: Ready for your network?
Almost anything these days could become a client on your network, even a portable gaming console such as the Vita, with all the advantages and risks that entails.
Offense must be the new defense, RSA chief says
Cybersecurity is threatened by increasingly persistent and sophisticated threats, and the industry is at risk of failure if it doesn't change strategy, RSA's Art Coviello said.
DOD wants in on protecting civilian infrastructure
Defense Deputy Secretary Ashton B. Carter calls for support of greater info sharing between government and the private sector at the 2012 RSA Conference.
Stop agency data leakage in its tracks
PowerBroker Desktops checks for policy violations in each outgoing e-mail and prevents unwarranted data from leaving a single computer.
DARPA's $40K 'quest' tests social media's ability to help in emergency
The CLIQR Quest Challenge asks participants to use their social media skills to locate QR codes that represent resources crews would need in an emergency.
May it please the court, FBI turns off 3,000 GPS trackers
The agency disabled thousands of Global Positioning Tracking devices to comply with a recent Supreme Court ruling that such searches require a warrant.
Which is the bigger threat, missiles or hackers?
In a study on cybersecurity attitudes, one-third of security officials rated computer security higher than missile defense.
Intelligent security and other unsolved mysteries targeted at RSA
This year's RSA Conference focuses on the volatile mix of exploits and human error that puts a premium on the ability to analyze large amounts of data.
Could you continue to operate under cyberattack?
In the cybersecurity world, the military model of mitigating damage when operating in degraded conditions is increasingly applicable.
DARPA wants high-bandwidth communications without infrastructure
The Defense Department's research arm is developing new methods to provide cell tower-grade communications to warfighters, even in remote and rugged areas.
This KVM will die before giving up your secrets
The Tripp Lite B002-DUA4 is a highly secure keyboard, video, mouse switch that will fit in with any security plan.
Conflicting laws undercut global cloud's promise, study warns
Governments need to harmonize their policies on privacy, cybersecurity and five other areas to support the flow of data across borders, according to a BSA study that ranks 24 countries' preparedness.
Apple, Google, MS, 3 others on board with mobile apps privacy mandate
A new agreement will call for app developers to provide clear information on their individual privacy policies before their products are downloaded.
'Janitor satellite' would clean up space junk
The Swiss Space Center's CleanSpace One project aims to help sweep the orbital paths of dangerous debris, but let's hope it's not one piece at a time.
How NOAA went from zero to cloud in a year
In just a little more than a year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration went from shopping for solutions for desktop services to a full-scale implementation of Google Apps for Government. Here are some milestones in that process.
What's inside NOAA's cloud?
An installation of Google Apps for Government can feature a variety of different programs.
Google Apps on the job: The GCN Lab tries it out at NOAA
With agencies looking to Google Apps for Government as a cloud computing option, the Lab's Greg Crowe visits NOAA, where a team is putting collaboration, customization and cost-control to work.
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