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- Hacking Gmail with 92 percent success
- Smartphone-loss anxiety disorder
- Does your computer know how you're feeling?
- For secure software: X-rays instead of passport control
- Security flaws found in backscatter X-ray scanners formerly used in U.S. airports
- New framework would facilitate use of new Android security modules
| Hacking Gmail with 92 percent success Posted: 21 Aug 2014 09:48 AM PDT Computer scientists have identified a weakness believed to exist in Android, Windows and iOS mobile operating systems that could be used to obtain personal information from unsuspecting users. They demonstrated the hack in an Android phone. |
| Smartphone-loss anxiety disorder Posted: 21 Aug 2014 07:23 AM PDT New research outlines the possible coping mechanisms that might be needed following loss or theft of one's smart phone or other digital devices and the security problems that the user might face. |
| Does your computer know how you're feeling? Posted: 21 Aug 2014 06:05 AM PDT Researchers have designed a computer program that can accurately recognize users' emotional states as much as 87% of the time, depending on the emotion. The study combined -- for the first time -- two established ways of detecting user emotions: keystroke dynamics and text-pattern analysis. |
| For secure software: X-rays instead of passport control Posted: 21 Aug 2014 06:00 AM PDT Trust is good, control is better. This also applies to the security of computer programs. Instead of trusting "identification documents" in the form of certificates, JOANA, the new software analysis tool, examines the source text (code) of a program. In this way, it detects leaks, via which secret information may get out or strangers may enter the system from outside. At the same time, JOANA reduces the number of false alarms to a minimum. |
| Security flaws found in backscatter X-ray scanners formerly used in U.S. airports Posted: 20 Aug 2014 08:04 AM PDT Researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in full-body backscatter X-ray scanners deployed to U.S. airports between 2009 and 2013. In laboratory tests, the team was able to conceal firearms and plastic explosive simulants from the Rapiscan Secure 1000 scanner. The team modified the scanner operating software to present an 'all-clear' image to the operator even when contraband was detected. |
| New framework would facilitate use of new Android security modules Posted: 20 Aug 2014 06:17 AM PDT Computer security researchers have developed a modification to the core Android operating system that allows developers and users to plug in new security enhancements. The new Android Security Modules framework aims to eliminate the bottleneck that prevents developers and users from taking advantage of new security tools. |
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