Google hack creates peer-to-peer network
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Blog: File sharing has new rival: a 21-year-old instructs on how to use Google's search engine to locate music files on any unprotected server.
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Blog: Random search strings in Google can yield sites hosting drive-by downloads of malicious content.
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A new worm has been detected that uses Google to find vulnerable phpBB forums. The worm - named Net-Worm.Perl.Santy.a - queries Google to find sites using outdated versions of the phpBB forum software which can be exploited.
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Today, "Peer to Peer" (P2P) is inextricably linked to file sharing. But another "P2P" was once the subject of great buzz.
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File-swapping company Grokster is teaming up with newcomer Mercora to distribute an advanced streaming radio service to the peer-to-peer crowd.
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Plus: Google apps for your site, and HP's pretexting debacle.
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Cyber rights hacking group creates browser that makes it possible to surf the net anonymously.
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(Article Central) A glitch was discovered in Google Desktop that could allow an attacker to access the contents of a PC from the Internet, according to a report in The New York Times.
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Plus: File sharing growing like a Weed. [News.com Extra]
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Preliminary results of a study on peer-to-peer file sharing show that on the average, the technology still makes up anywhere between 50 and 90 percent of Internet traffic, with BitTorrent surging in popularity.
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GNUCitizen is describing an apparent vulnerability that could use VoIP to trick people into revealing personal data.
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A tsunami detector built from ordinary PCs linked over a peer-to-peer network has been demonstrated in Austria.
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Blog: Although rare, a sophisticated attacker could perform a man-in-the-middle attack using Google Desktop.
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An explosive growth in traffic leads some internet service providers to restrict users' bandwidth or to block peer-to-peer applications altogether. But P2P vendors say that's misguided: In cooperation with ISPs, they say, they can alleviate traffic problems.
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Google has fixed a flaw in its high-profile webmail service, Gmail, which created a possible route for hackers to gain full access hackers full access to a user&#39;s email account simply by knowing their user name.
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Google Inc. on Wednesday plans to offer free, high-speed Internet access to everyone in its Silicon Valley home town &#151; a hospitable gesture that the online search leader hopes to see spread to other parts of the country.
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A potential security flaw has been found in Google&#39;s Desktop Search by a Rice University professor and two of his students. A hacker could use the glitch to search the content of someone&#39;s computer via the internet.