A Sarasota programmer wants to show the power of cyber security to her community. As the digital age advances, companies and organizations are increasingly exposed to cyber threats that can endanger ...

security internet The vulnerability is associated with using an internet connection to update software between the Medtronic CareLink and CareLink Encore Programmers (models 2090 and 29901) and the ...

Medtronic has disabled the internet update functionality of two of its CareLink devices used to program pacemaker implants amid concerns that they may be susceptible to cyberattacks, according to a ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has flagged a weakness in the security of a device for programming Medtronic’s neurostimulator implants. Exploiting the vulnerability would give a hacker ...

A German court has charged a programmer investigating an IT problem with hacking and fined them €3,000 ($3,265) for what it deemed was unauthorized access to external computer systems and spying on ...

Freelance developers need to be explicitly told to write code that stores passwords in a safe and secure manner, a recent study has revealed. In an experiment that involved 43 programmers hired via ...

Brandon Galarita is a freelance writer and K-12 educator in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is passionate about technology in education, college and career readiness and school improvement through data-driven ...

To catch a thief, you have to think like one. UT Dallas computer scientists are trying to stay one step ahead of cyberattackers by creating their own monster. Their monster can cloak itself as it ...

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AMERICA’S intelligence agencies are struggling to attract and retain talent. Leon Panetta, a former Pentagon and CIA boss, says this is “a developing crisis”. Barbs from President Donald Trump have ...