A new hack has been discovered that gathers sensitive information from a desktop computer's tiny blinking LED lights. Researchers have successfully extracted a computer's secrets using a data-stealing ...

A yellow, gold or amber blinking light on a computer varies in meaning between systems, but in general, these lights are designed to give clues as to the power and activity states of the computer. Not ...

The two methods are relatively simple to carry out, but also easy to prevent, according to scientific papers written by researchers in the United States and Britain. "Data communication equipment, and ...

Monitoring your CPU usage isn't the most fun thing in the world, but when you're working with CPU intensive programs it's a necessity. If you're sick of flicking back-and-forth between programs to see ...

Two decades ago, Tsutomu Shimomura made headlines for helping the FBI track down computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. Tsutomu Shimomura. Today, Shimomura is still working with advanced technology — albeit ...