Breach Shows Borders Still Vulnerable
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U.S. authorities last week blamed tuberculosis carrier Andrew Speaker's illicit reentry to America on a single point of human error, faulting a Champlain, N.Y., inspector who failed to detain him as instructed by a computer alert.
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An unpatched server at the University of Colorado may have compromised information on up to 45,000 students and recent alumni. The patch, which fixed a vulnerability in a Symantec AV console, had been issued but not yet applied.
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FORT WORTH -- Recent conflicting federal court decisions regarding when authorities can search and seize files on laptop computers of travelers crossing the US border have left business travelers confused and asking questions.
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As RFID-chipped passports gain adoption around the world, successful attempts to crack them are on the rise as well. Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have already reported compromised data, while countries such as New Zealand remain sure it can't happen there. But what if the goal wasn't data theft but detonation?
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2 November 2004 - Security breaches have been increasing in the camps housing Sudan&#39;s Darfur refugees and internally displaced people on both sides of the Sudanese-Chadian border, the United Nations said today.
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Data Traveler Secure Privacy Edition U.S.B. port is not just password-protected but also scrambled using high-strength, 256-bit encryption.
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Along the expansive Canadian border, a lack of agents and antiquated motion sensors can make it difficult to distinguish between a would-be terrorist and a wayward moose, officials say.
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Vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain complete control of a system.
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Countries that are hackers' targets should work together, not blame each other, officials say.
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SEOUL, South Korea Security has been heightened in South Korea after border guards found a hole in two layers of wire fence about 40 miles north of Seoul (sohl).
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The US Department of Homeland Security unveiled new computer workstations Thursday that allow Border Patrol agents on the Canadian and Mexican borders to tap into the FBI&#39;s fingerprint database, overcoming a technological hurdle that
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Because of a software glitch, the first high-tech "virtual fence" on the nation's borders remains inoperable, three months after its scheduled debut.
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The governmentâs inability to manage a reverse exodus has left the most vulnerable in an uneasy limbo.
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Vulnerability, rated as highly critical, could enable an attacker to compromise a user's machine.
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Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a vulnerability affecting the Windows Shell. The issue exists in the WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX control, and exploitation could result in an attacker gaining the same rights as a local user.
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Among the security concerns that have been raised is the possibility of someone being able to cast multiple ballots. Other concerns are about a sudden power outage and whether data would be lost in such a scenario.
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Activity spotted by an eWeek reporter on at least two "gray-hat" vulnerability research sites appears to indicate that an exploit for a weakness in one of Microsoft's Multimedia ActiveX controls discovered last June may still be feasible, even after four years of patches.