Security Gaps Seen Making Ships, Ports Vulnerable
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Ports and ships present vulnerable,  high-profile targets for militants who can exploit gaping  security loopholes to inflict massive economic damage and  civilian casualties, maritime experts said on Thursday.
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Vendors ship updated packages to fix the problem that could allow an attacker to take control of a system.
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Human security and technologies from cell phones to weather forecasts are more at risk than ever from anti-satellite weapons and space junk, said a research report released Friday.
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Multiple fiber cuts to undersea cables show the fragility of the Internet at its choke points.
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Unpatched vulnerabilities may leave computers open to remote attacks.
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Vulnerability, rated as highly critical, could enable an attacker to compromise a user's machine.
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The next terrorist threat may come from the deep. In recent years, several homeland security alerts have focused on the danger of scuba-equipped terrorists targeting docked Navy vessels or ocean-side nuclear plants. Now the U.S. military is quietly developing a new generation of underwater weaponry.
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A Bush administration initiative to secure the nation's ports is bogged down in industry opposition, technology flaws and evidence that it fails to safeguard workers' privacy, according to industry and government analysts.
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Experts will rate potential severity of business security threats.
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Wrecks and abandoned munitions around the British coast risk exploding unpredictably, an expert says.
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Coast Guard divers prowl the depths of the St. Johns River and inspect the hulls of cruise ships here. Federal helicopters fitted with crowd-surveillance cameras soar overhead. Hundreds of manholes have been locked down, and thousands of security forces are poised to hit the streets.
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Web servers may be vulnerable to attack, security company warns.
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People have long been the weakest link when it comes to protecting computers. The same applies to mobile phones, a security expert says.
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Most large companies are struggling to protect themselves against security threats, a survey from security consultancy NetSec published today reveals.
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Vulnerabilities in technology widely used for network authentication leave computers open to attack.
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Ports security legislation that most senators agree would make the country safer was stuck Tuesday in election-year politics as Republicans threatened to scrap it if Democrats forced in a wide range of provisions.
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Incident prompts unease about whether the hair-trigger response of U.S. ports might affect the free flow of trade.