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Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack

Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack

Webcam image resolution and compression are likely contributors to weaknesses in laptop facial recognition systems exposed by Vietnamese researchers at the Black Hat conference, according to a Hitachi Australia product specialist.
Ry Crozier Feb 23 2009 3:33PM Security
SSL subverted by hacker

SSL subverted by hacker

The security of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols widely used for ecommerce has been questioned again after a delegate at the Black Hat computer security conference showed how the system could be easily bypassed.
Iain Thomson Feb 20 2009 3:02PM Security
Researchers hack facial biometrics

Researchers hack facial biometrics

Researchers in Vietnam will be demonstrating how to hack facial recognition biometrics at the Black Hat security convention currently underway in the US.
Iain Thomson Feb 19 2009 3:09PM Security
Red Hat and Microsoft ink virtualisation support deal

Red Hat and Microsoft ink virtualisation support deal

Red Hat and Microsoft have agreed to build better interoperability between their respective virtualisation platforms, and to provide co-ordinated technical support for customers.
Daniel Robinson Feb 18 2009 6:52AM Software
Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 5.3

Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 5.3

Red Hat has released the latest version of its corporate Linux distribution, offering enhanced support for virtualisation and an open source implementation of Sun Microsystems' Java platform for the first time.
Daniel Robinson Jan 22 2009 6:20AM Software
Red Hat offers mainframe-class support

Red Hat offers mainframe-class support

Red Hat has introduced a new level of support for customers operating mission-critical workloads, offering decade-long product lifecycles for participating Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.
Daniel Robinson Nov 20 2008 6:10AM Software
Dell teams with Red Hat on enterprise Linux

Dell teams with Red Hat on enterprise Linux

Red Hat and Dell have announced an alliance that will see the systems giant offer the new midrange Red Hat Application Appliance.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 6:40AM Hardware
Red Hat to release supercomputing distribution

Red Hat to release supercomputing distribution

Red Hat will announce its first high performance computing (HPC) optimised distro, the Red Hat HPC, on 7 October.
Nebojsa Novakovic Sep 29 2008 9:27AM Software
Red Hat to launch Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, Grid

Red Hat to launch Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, Grid

Red Hat is launching a new platform for managing next-generation architecture in enterprise data centres and High Performance Computers (HPC).
Liz Tay Sep 10 2008 3:58PM Software
Australia gears up for Software Freedom Day 2008

Australia gears up for Software Freedom Day 2008

Free and Open Source Software zealots in Australia will celebrate Software Freedom Day 2008 with free software, CDs and seminars this month.
Liz Tay Sep 8 2008 1:53PM Software
Red Hat admits to getting hacked

Red Hat admits to getting hacked

Linux distributor Red Hat has issued a critical security update after its servers were hacked last week..
Iain Thomson Aug 26 2008 7:59AM Software
Red Hat warns of Fedora, OpenSSH compromises

Red Hat warns of Fedora, OpenSSH compromises

Hackers compromised Red Hat's Fedora servers, which prompted the open source software company to issue a critical update Friday for its OpenSSH packages.
Dan Kaplan Aug 25 2008 9:59AM Security
Has security become a non-issue for enterprise Open Source?

Has security become a non-issue for enterprise Open Source?

A two-year-old piece of Open Source code is likely to have far fewer security flaws than proprietary code, according to security expert Bruce Schneier.
Liz Tay Aug 21 2008 11:28AM Software
Red Hat launches new Brisbane headquarters

Red Hat launches new Brisbane headquarters

Red Hat has launched a new engineering and support facility in Brisbane to sustain its expanding product line.
Liz Tay Aug 19 2008 5:45PM Software
Journalists expelled from Black Hat for hacking competitors

Journalists expelled from Black Hat for hacking competitors

Three French journalists from Global Security Magazine have been thrown out of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas for hacking into fellow journalist’s computers.
Iain Thomson Aug 9 2008 4:58PM Security
BLACK HAT: Vista ineffective against browser attacks

BLACK HAT: Vista ineffective against browser attacks

The memory protections in Windows Vista are largely ineffective at preventing browser exploitation.
Chuck Miller Aug 8 2008 2:13PM Security
BLACK HAT: Here come Google gadget flaws

BLACK HAT: Here come Google gadget flaws

One of Google's latest features can be manipulated to spread malware, a pair of researchers said Wednesday at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
Dan Kaplan Aug 7 2008 4:57PM Security
BLACK HAT: DNS flaw could spread beyond the browser

BLACK HAT: DNS flaw could spread beyond the browser

DNS cache poisoning is not just for web browsers anymore. According to researcher Dan Kaminsky, there are a variety of programs that make requests of DNS servers, including games and a number of desktop applications.
Chuck Miller Aug 7 2008 4:57PM Security
Apple bails out of Black Hat gig

Apple bails out of Black Hat gig

Security Engineers at the Cupertino have cancelled their planned session at this week's Black Hat security convention in Las Vegas.
Egan Orion Aug 5 2008 9:48AM Security
Red Hat earnings grew in Q1

Red Hat earnings grew in Q1

First Tier Linux vendor Red Hat released its first quarter 2009 results on Wednesday, saying growth in subscriptions and services revenues led to a 6.6 per cent profit increase.
Egan Orion Jun 27 2008 11:55AM Software

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