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Just Say No To (Some) Mobile Apps
Even in the mobile world, we still haven’t learned how to write secure applications. It’s been more than twenty years since office applications, or applications in general, have been commercialized. And it’s been more than twenty years that we’ve had … Continue reading
Covert Hacking Of IoT Trivial Say Researchers
The Internet of Things is made of circuit boards with hardware operating systems called firmware. Many of these devices are just the basic chipset and were not conceived to connect to the Internet—hospital monitors, remote telemetry units– yet they are … Continue reading
How Mobile Fingerprint Scanners Can Fail
This week a major mobile carrier unveiled a new line of phones secured with fingerprint scanners. While there’s the convenience of merely pressing your finger to gain access to a device, there’s a recognized trade-off for security; Biometrics are not … Continue reading