Los Alamos builds time machine to the way the Web was
A team of Los Alamos computer scientists has developed Memento, which lets users search across Internet archives to revisit old Web pages.
AntiSec hackers expose data from 74 sheriff's offices
The Anonymous-led AntiSec hacking campaign released 10G of data taken from more than 70 mostly small-town sheriff's offices. The group also claimed a hack of the Syrian Defense Ministry website.
'Stop fooling yourself' and assume you are compromised, Black Hat crowd told
Black Hat attendees are told they should assume they already have been compromised by malicious code, which makes cooperation between industry and the hacker community more important now than ever.
DOE takes innovative approach to data center consolidation
Energy's agreement with Lockheed Martin is the first to use an energy-savings contract for data center consolidation and IT enhancements.
NARA takes crowdsourcing approach to tagging historic documents
The National Archives and Records Administration wants amateur historians to get involved in putting electronic tags on its historic documents online.
10 agency projects win 2011 GCN Awards
The winning project teams, selected from more than 200 nominated, combined leadership and technical innovation with a determination to improve services and cut costs.
Homemade drone can snoop nearly anywhere
Two researchers introduced their WASP drone at the Black Hat security conference, and its potential for malfeasance is clear.
Unlucky no. 13 for August's Patch Tuesday
Who ever said summer was a time to slow down? Certainly not the folks at Microsoft, who will be sending out 13 security updates Aug. 9.
BlueHat contest looks to inspire cyber defense measures with $200K prize
Researchers who develop new security technologies to protect Windows against exploits can be up to $200,000 richer, thanks to a BlueHat Prize contest announced by Microsoft.
News Corp. has an eye in the sky: drones
The embattled News Corp., under fire in a phone tapping scandal, has added a new weapon to its news-gathering arsenal: drones.
Anti-porn bill won't protect children, but it could cripple the Internet
The Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 would require ISPs to keep users' credit card and other personal data — and wouldn't require police to get a warrant to see it.
Mobile security 'dicey' but doable
Creating secure applications for mobile devices is possible, but the differences between network and mobile security make it tough, experts say.
Biometric database helps identify repeat illegal immigrants
The IDENT database collects fingerprint data for all foreign nationals entering the United States and allows government officials to cross-check them against the digital prints of known offenders.
Google, Microsoft exchange blows in Android dispute
Two Microsoft executives say Google was invited to join patent purchases, but Google says that was just a legal ploy.
What was the first registered domain name on the Internet?
Interestingly, the first registered Internet domain name was not the first domain name created. Can you guess what it was?
White House names Kundra's successor as federal CIO
White House officials say former FCC and Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel will be the new Federal CIO, succeeding Vivek Kundra.
Patent wars: Google says Microsoft, Apple ganging up on Android
Google says those companies and others have banded together to buy up thousands of patents that could be used for legal attacks against its mobile operating system.
DOD is looking to fund a few good hackers
Hacker turned DARPA program manager Mudge returned to his roots at the Black Hat Briefings to announce a new program to fund small-scale hacker research.
Security vendors slow to respond to new evasion techniques
AETs combine evasion techniques to get around standard intrusion prevention and detection tools.
Windows kernel a fertile field for vulnerabilities
Microsoft in recent months has patched more than 40 vulnerabilities in a 15-year-old component of the Windows kernel, and the researcher who first discovered them says there are plenty more to come.
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