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RFID passports arrive for Americans

August 14, 2006 State Department to begin handing out RFID-equipped passports despite lingering security, privacy concerns. TAGS: passport, RFID, e-passport, smart card, agency, RFID chip, digital signature, researcher, document, Las Vegas, U.S., security, radio, photograph, laptop computer

Breaking into a laptop via Wi-Fi

August 2, 2006 Flaws in software that runs wireless-networking hardware could let attackers take over PCs, including Macs, Black Hat warns. TAGS: Black Hat, researcher, flaw, attack, attacker, Wi-Fi, threat, software company, Apple MacBook, Apple Computer, laptop computer, Intel, PC, security, video, operating system

U.K. researchers devise smart-card hack

February 6, 2007 Determined hackers can outwit the supposedly tamper-proof bank cards that use both a chip and a PIN. TAGS: terminal, researcher, restaurant, criminal, smart card, victim, transaction, Cambridge, bank, card, banking, attack, laptop computer, U.K., security

Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest

February 7, 2008 An ethical hacking contest will pit the three operating systems against each other next month at CanSecWest conference. TAGS: hacking, contest, researcher, Linux, conference, Apple MacBook, security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Computer, laptop computer, operating system, Microsoft Windows

New Apple patch plugs Wi-Fi hijack flaws

September 21, 2006 Security updates plug a trio of flaws that could be exploited to break into Macs via Wi-Fi connections. TAGS: SecureWorks Inc., Black Hat, flaw, Apple Computer, researcher, representative, company representative, Apple MacBook, vulnerability, attacker, IBM PowerPC, Apple Macintosh, Wi-Fi, security, wireless network, Apple Mac OS X

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