For a long time now, there has been an ongoing effort to fundamentally change the process of how we get things done on our computers. For the most part, if you want to get something done, you purchase a specific piece of software that’s designed to do it. Want to write a letter or document […]

You are concerned about spam and viruses? You ain’t seen nothing yet, believe researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC): A next phase of more sophisticated viruses may not only exist in software, but may be deeply embedded in hardware, or what the scientists describe as ““malicious circuits”.
The good thing about all malware […]

AS IF computer viruses and worms aren’t enough of a nuisance, malicious hardware, which will be much more difficult to detect, could soon become a threat too.
Today, computer viruses, which are programs downloaded either as an email attachment or when someone visits a website, are responsible for most computer attacks. Hackers use them to gain […]

Considering how many online services we end up subscribing to, it’s not surprising that we sometimes need a few attempts to get our passwords right. After failing a couple of times, you often see a little box popping up with a random jumble of skewed letters on a hazy background, which you have to decipher. […]

N.S. firms hope to launch new software within months
Two small Nova Scotia firms say they are on the verge of launching a “cloaking device” that will vastly improve computer security by making a user’s activities invisible to hackers.
“It is basically something to stop people from spying on what you are doing with your computer,” says […]

For years, hackers have focused on finding bugs in computer software that give them unauthorized access to computer systems, but now there’s another way to break in: Hack the microprocessor.
On Tuesday, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign demonstrated how they altered a computer chip to grant attackers back-door access to a computer. It […]