Following her 1971 paper, other
researchers found flaws with her methodology, and recent research is conflicting at best.
The researchers found flaws with both proposed explanations but noted that some combination of the two could be the cause.
In April, Adobe issued an emergency update to Flash after security
researchers found a flaw that allowed hackers to distribute so - called ransomware to owners of Microsoft Windows personal computers.
Not exact matches
They were working under so - called responsible disclosure, where
researchers inform affected companies of their
findings to give them time to prepare «patches» to repair
flaws they have exposed.
The North Korean malware program WannaCry did serious damage to computers around the world last year, but it would have been much worse if not for the rapid discovery of a
flaw in the attack
found by young British security
researcher Marcus Hutchins.
Researchers have
found a security
flaw in the Nvidia chip powering the popular Nintendo Switch gaming device could allow hackers to gain control and access data, Ars Technica reports.
Apa said that SoftBank had told IOActive that it planned to issue patches to address security
flaws the
researchers found, but that no fixes had been released yet.
The idea of enlisting outsiders to
find vulnerabilities isn't exactly new — Google's (GOOG) «bug bounty» program pays independent
researchers who
find security
flaws in its products.
In some cases, it's even possible that
researchers have
found — or will
find — a
flaw in the cryptography, or the necessary key, used in the data lockdown, and victims can use tools later to decrypt their files.
A group of
researchers found design
flaws in Samsung's SmartThings that leaves users vulnerable, reports Wired.
One notable example was the security
flaws found in $ 2 billion - worth cryptocurrency IOTA that supports the Internet of Things (IoT) transactions by MIT
researchers.
Researchers have
found eight new
flaws in computer central processing units that resemble the Meltdown and Spectre bugs revealed in January, a German computing magazine reported on Thursday.
Researchers supporting co-parenting identified a number of fundamental methodological
flaws of recent studies that challenge co-parenting of infants and young children: the failure to interview both parents, small and non-representative samples and use of unreliable and invalid measures, and the fact that even these studies have actually
found no significant differences in child outcomes in single versus co-parenting families.
They
found no signs of a hypothetical type of dark matter, which consists of
flaws in the fabric of space called topological defects, the
researchers reported here on Saturday at a meeting of the American Physical Society.
But the most ambitious effort yet to
find traces of Yersinia in the remains of Black Death victims has failed, and the
researchers involved argue that a previous study that did report
finding Yersinia was
flawed.
Other
researchers tried to
find flaws in Thorne's arguments and, in particular, pointed to problems in satisfying a requirement known as the «weak energy condition».
Links between genetics and mental illness led to several major discoveries this year:
Researchers at Myriad Genetics in Salt Lake City reported finding a gene related to depression, and researchers at the University of California at San Diego found a flawed gene linked to manic
Researchers at Myriad Genetics in Salt Lake City reported
finding a gene related to depression, and
researchers at the University of California at San Diego found a flawed gene linked to manic
researchers at the University of California at San Diego
found a
flawed gene linked to manic depression.
In general, symmetry is the rule in the universe — the world makes perfect sense if seen in a mirror, for instance — but in April, physicist Edward Stephenson at Indiana University
found a
flaw in the balance of nature that
researchers have been seeking for decades.
The requirement for both original and retouched images is an obvious
flaw in his system, admits Farid, as
researchers can't always
find their originals.
When Keren Shemtov - Yona, DDS, a dental
researcher at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, examined 100 discarded dental implants under a scanning electron microscope, she
found that more than 60 percent of the implants had cracks and other
flaws.
The iPS cell research is not in question, but a frenzy of anonymous bloggers searching for
flaws in prominent
researchers» papers did
find fault with one of his older publications.
Researchers tried to
find flaws in the muon technique, but have now given up.
The most serious
flaw was that
researchers failed to distinguish between manufactured vitamin A in the form of retinol,
found in supplements and added to fabricated foods, from natural vitamin - A complex, present with numerous co-factors, from vitamin - A-containing foods.
Triple Meltdown: How So Many
Researchers Found a 20 - Year - Old Chip
Flaw At the Same Time I Am Eighteen features 18 year old pornstar wannabes - with proof of age, in their first hardcore sex scenes.
When the Coleman Report was released,
researchers and statisticians were confident that the
findings were
flawed in ways that would affect the major conclusions.
Education
researchers at the University of Sussex have
found major
flaws in the Prime Minister's education policy, which aims to have ability groupings as the norm in key subjects.
Two D.C. - based
researchers with many years of experience with the District's troubled public school system
found the report «seriously
flawed.»
Impacts of Free - ranging Domestic Cats (Felis catus) on birds in the United States: A review of recent research with conservation and management recommendations (2009) HAHF cites the 2009 paper co-authored by former Smithsonian
researcher Nico Dauphiné (who resigned after being
found guilty of attempted animal cruelty last year, after rat poison was
found in cat food outside her apartment building) as evidence of «the incredible impact of free ranging cats on the bird populations of the U.S.» Among the many
flaws in «Impacts of Free - ranging Domestic Cats» was the authors» estimate of «117 to 157 million exotic predators,» which was based on David Jessup's inflated (and, not surprisingly, unattributed) «estimate» of «60 to 100 million feral and abandoned cats.»
On 6th December
researchers from the University of Birmingham announced that they had
found a security
flaw that...
On 6th December
researchers from the University of Birmingham announced that they had
found a security
flaw that had 10 million banking app users at risk.
In recent years, MIT students have faced legal challenges for groundbreaking and creative work: an MIT student arrested by homeland security for wearing e-textiles who eventually dropped out; MIT
researchers who
found security
flaws in public transportation systems; and a gradstudent whose research helped hobbyists extend the capabilities of their gaming hardware.
In another followup, Wired reported that University of California
researchers found a way to turn the two - inch - square dongle — plugged into cars» and trucks» dashboards and used by insurance firms, trucking fleets, and Uber to monitor vehicles» location, speed, and efficiency — into a deadly security
flaw.
Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller, the
researchers who
found the
flaw, say they did so to raise awareness about security questions surrounding connected vehicles.
Security
researchers released official documentation — complete with nicknames and logos — of two major
flaws found in nearly all modern central processing units, or CPUs.
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT
found 13 severe security
flaws that could turn a popular smart camera into a device an attacker could use to spy on you.
... 2010, when it began paying security
researchers to
find flaws in its programs, Google has paid more than US$ 4 million to bug hunters.
A Project Zero
researcher found critical
flaws in two uTorrent versions, which would leave users vulnerable to hacking and snooping.
The security
flaw found in Intel CPUs, which Intel confirmed to affect other types of computing devices, just got to a whole new level as security
researchers revealed details on two critical vulnerabilities that put billions of devices at risk of attacks.
WhatsApp, which Facebook owns, was
found by German security
researchers with
flaws, specifically the app's group messaging feature that allows the addition of new members to encrypted conversation without the need to authenticate.
This information comes from Lenovo's support website, which thanks security
researcher Imre Rad for
finding four major
flaws in the Lenovo Service Framework (LSF) software that Lenovo adds to its Android devices.
Estonia has canceled its 760,000 of its national ID cards after
researchers found a cryptography
flaw they contain is «much worse» than they thought.
On successfully
finding a
flaw, the
researchers report it to the relevant company and provide them with 90 days to fix the issue before it is made public.
Google's Project Zero initiative tasks its security
researchers with
finding flaws in various software products developed by the company itself as well as other firms.
Because Android is open - source, it's easier for security
researchers to
find flaws and suggest fixes.
Speculative execution is the same CPU function exploited by the Meltdown and Spectre
flaws disclosed at the start of the year, but the attack
researchers found is different from previous
flaws, as it attacks a new section of the speculative execution process.
The
researcher deemed the
find a «crazy bad» bug which may be «the worst Windows remote code exec [execution
flaw] in recent memory.»
The D - Link DIR 850L router is rife with
flaws, from top to bottom, and the security
researcher who
found them told the public directly.
v3.co.uk - Google Project Zero security
researchers have
found what they claim is a «critical
flaw» in the Transmission BitTorrent client that could enable cyber crooks to take control of users» computers.
A prominent security
researcher claims to have
found 20 exploitable
flaws in the Preview utility provided in Apple's Mac OS X to display PDF and other types of file.