Category: Mobile
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Kaspersky finds hardware backdoor in 5 generations of Apple silicon
Audio transcript There are some readers here who will understand the import of the statement above and not believe it, and there are others who are not in a position to understand it all. For both camps, I’ll attempt to explain the details around what is (confirmed and corroborated by others) arguably one of the…
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Storm in a WhatsApp teacup?
Facebook’s recent update of the Terms of Service for Whatsapp has got a lot of people riled up. And quite rightly so. The core of this issue is not privacy of information as many believe, but rather pure business economics – let’s cover the basics first. There are 2 primary considerations for using cloud services…
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Are you BIASed?
A new vulnerability in the authentication component of the Bluetooth wireless protocol has been uncovered by a group of researchers. The issue is not relating to a bug but rather the specification itself. “The Bluetooth standard includes both a legacy authentication procedure and a secure authentication procedure, allowing devices to authenticate to each other using…
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Online security in the shopping season
Online security should always be the focus of anyone using the internet. Yet major holidays tend to be more important seeing as there are many who only shop online around this time. Black Friday especially is a big draw-card. The fact is that online security is part common sense and part preventative maintenance. If you…
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Apple Pay thoughts and security
The big Apple event on Tuesday wasn’t that big a deal in my opinion. The iPhone 6 was expected although not in 2 editions but that is the least that Apple had to do to catch up with Android. Apple watch? Meh … sleek industrial design and interesting software options but ultimately I still think that smart…
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Windows ( XP ) and ATMs
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve ranted about the use of Microsoft Windows by banks in their ATMs, in the past. The idea of using one of the most insecure and targeted OS’ in existence to run what should be a very secure device, just boggles the mind. My own bank does…
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The people we trust
The right to privacy in the new social era is no longer a given. In fact, many say that you should expect to have no privacy with information made available on the Internet. I’m a half and half kinda guy in this argument. On the one hand, pure social media information should be assumed to…
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Android Security
I’ve been a keen Android user for many years now; as I am with all things Linux. I really do believe that Linux, and other associated FOSS software, has proven a great advantage for us bipedals, allowing those in a not so fortunate financial situation to still use high grade software and achieve their goals.…