![]() |
Tags | Domains | Searches | Statistics | Options | Advanced Search |
security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 3, 2008
"NASA hacker" Gary McKinnon's recent diagnosis of Asperger syndrome â a kind of autism with a high incidence among computer programmers â may yet keep him out of American prisons. Several members of Parliament have …
Also tagged: hacking, security, productivity, diagnosis, u s, computer, hacker, richard koman
security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Sep 4, 2008
As I noted a few days ago, the International Space Station has a virus, which NASA now confirms. From eFlux, a spokesperson explained: "This is not the first time we have had a worm or a virus," said NASA spokesman …
Also tagged: security, virus, infection, viruses and worms, cyberthreats, richard koman
ZDNet Government - Sep 3, 2008
As I noted a few days ago, the International Space Station has a virus, which NASA now confirms. From eFlux, a spokesperson explained: “This is not the first time we have had a worm or a virus,” said NASA spokesman …
ZDNet Government - Aug 28, 2008
Photo: NASA Is the International Space Station just another bot in a botnet? Are criminal hackers tapping away in some dark warehouse now in control of critical command-and-control systems on board? No, that would make …
Also tagged: security
security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 27, 2008
Photo: NASA Is the International Space Station just another bot in a botnet? Are criminal hackers tapping away in some dark warehouse now in control of critical command-and-control systems on board? No, that would make …
Also tagged: security, virus, corporate governance, password, board, business operations, laptop computer, viruses and worms, corporate law, cyberthreats, richard koman, spaceref
security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 26, 2008
Malware is reaching new heights, and going into Space through a removable media carrying the W32.Gammima.AG password stealing malware to the International Space Station. According to SpaceRef.com : "W32.Gammima.AG worm …
Also tagged: security, hardware, software, malware, notebooks, virus, antivirus, space station, laptop computer, viruses and worms, notebooks and tablets, cyberthreats, dancho danchev
ZDNet Government - Aug 19, 2008
So now that relations with Russia are taking a decided turn south, NASA’s plan to depend on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to get to the space station isn’t looking too sharp, warns one congressman, according to Daily Tech …
Also tagged: international
ZDNet Government - Jun 4, 2008
Remember this? How NASA climatologist James Hansen claimed he was being muzzled by public affairs toadies trying to enforce the administration’s “there is no global warming” stance? Two years later, the agency’s …
Also tagged: science
security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - May 5, 2008
The CORE Security Team released an advisory to the Full-Disclosure mailing list today that documented a stack overflow in NASA's Common Data Format libs. Looking at this bug, the tech details aren't overwhelming, I …
Also tagged: hacking, security, patches, hacker, vulnerability, exploitation, nathan mcfeters
hardware News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Apr 26, 2008
As you can guess, hardwired computer systems are much faster than general-purpose ones because they are designed to do a single task. But when they fail, they need to be totally reconfigured. This can be just a costly …
Also tagged: hardware, patent, computer, ua, unit, fpga, roland piquepaille