PlanetLab is an experimental network that sits on top of the internet that will allow researchers and others to test and build applications that can essentially span the globe. Participating researchers will then be able to use slivers of the...
The 2002 survey by the firm contributed to the political firestorm surrounding offshore outsourcing after its findings were widely circulated in the press and elsewhere. The research reinforces earlier Forrester findings that were cited by Senator...
Eli Biham and Rafi Chen, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology, originally were scheduled to present a paper identifying ways to assail the security in the SHA-0 "Secure Hash Algorithm," which was known to have imperfections.
Since digital handsets have not been in widespread circulation over that period, the researchers related their findings to analogue phones alone. A Swedish research institute has released a report that links the use of analogue mobile handsets and...
The unusual March gathering, a summit of sorts between delegates of the hacking community and their primary corporate target, illustrates how important security has become to the software behemoth. Within minutes after the meeting was convened, the...
Attackers could easily uncover Oracle database users' passwords because of a weak protection mechanism, putting corporate data at risk of exposure, experts have warned. In the presentation, Wright discussed how passwords are encrypted before being...