A cryptographic method could see cloud services work with sensitive data without ever decrypting it.
By Tom Simonite
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/25537
A novel technique could see future Web services work with sensitive data without ever being able to read it. Several implementations of a mathematical proof unveiled just last year will allow cryptographers to start making the proposal more practical.
In 2009 Craig Gentry of IBM published a cryptographic proof that was that rare thing: a true breakthrough. He showed that it was possible to add and multiply encrypted data to produce a result that–when decrypted–reveals the result of performing the same operations on the original, unencrypted data. It’s like being able to answer a question without knowing what the question is. Continue reading Computing with Secrets, but Keeping them Safe
Removing ads from Web pages may be an attempt to push content creators toward the iPad and iPhone.
By Stephen Cas
The latest version of Apple’s Web browser, Safari 5, sports a feature called “Reader” that concatenates the multi-page articles seen on most news sites (including Technology Review‘s) into a single scrollable window. According to Apple, the stripped down format “removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles.” Continue reading Will Apple’s Latest Browser Hurt Publishers?
An AT&T security breach has exposed the email addresses of thousands of elite iPad customers including the White Chief of Staff.
According to ValleyWag, the breach, which comes just weeks after an Apple employee lost an iPhone prototype in a bar, exposed the most exclusive email list on the planet, a collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes thousands of A-listers in finance, politics and media, from New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson to Diane Sawyer of ABC News to film mogul Harvey Weinstein to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It even appears that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s information was compromised. Continue reading Security Breach Exposes 114,000 iPad Owners
Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could help the military carry out surveillance in unknown territory or first responders look for survivors after a disaster. The trick is making them agile enough to pull off daredevil aerobatic maneuvers.
Daniel Mellinger, Nathan Michael and Vijay Kumar at the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Laboratory have developed software that lets a small, quadroter helicopter perform aggressive acrobatic stunts autonomously. They show off the impressive maneuvers–including a quadroter that autonomously maneuvers quickly through a tight space–in a new video, below.
Over the course of May, the PHP community was hit with a barrage of more than 60 security issues. The security assault was all part of the Month of PHP Security (MOPS) effort, which disclosed the flaws.
But even after so many identified security issues in MOPS, PHP experts argue that the language is not necessarily insecure.
“Since none of the issues found were deemed as critical security issues, we don’t consider any of them zero-day flaws,” Andi Gutmans, CEO of PHP vendor Zend, told InternetNews.com.
Gutmans added that the vast majority of the flaws reported in PHP itself belong to a class of issues that requires local access to the server for the bug to be exploited. That would entail a scenario in which a developer is attacking his own server, which would have to be configured to permit access to run custom code. Continue reading PHP Remains Strong Despite Security Flaws
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=9756 Wednesday, 2nd June 2010, 08:06 am
ProteMac has announced the release and immediate availability of ProteMac KeyBag 2.2. ProteMac KeyBag is a stealth keystroke monitor and recorder for your Mac computer. KeyBag runs in the background, completely undetectable by the user so it won’t interfere with way you work on your computer. For home and business use, ProteMac KeyBag is a useful tool for productivity and security. Continue reading Keystroke Recorder and Monitor for Mac OS X
