Win Bitcoins, booze and cash! Be the first to crack the iPhone's Touch ID fingerprint sensor...
A posting from Dark Reading about iPhone's Touch ID fingerprint sensor: The fingerprint sensor on Apple's new iPhone 5s could well be the device-within-a-devicethat brings biometrics into the everyday mainstream. (There's good and bad in that. The good news is that if you paid extra for a laptop, years ago, because it had a fingerprint scanner you […]
Take that, hackers! Quasar IV boasts hackproof Android greatness
An Interesting article in C/Net about Quasar IV boasts: The subject of cell phone security haunts every major mobile player, but none so defiantly throws down the gauntlet to data thieves like the smartphone startup QSAlpha and its Quasar IV "cipherphone." A self-funded project launched Tuesday through Kickstarter-like Web site Indiegogo, the Quasar IV runs on a security backbone […]
Phone and tablet unlocking - US government nudges it closer to law
A posting from Naked Security about Phone and tablet unlocking: US citizens are now one step closer to being able to do (more or less) what they want with their gadgets - at least as far as choosing a wireless carrier goes. On Thursday, six months after the White House publicly endorsed a citizens' petition to regain […]
Android Phone Numbers Leaked By Facebook App
An interesting article from information week: Facebook has fixed a bug in its Android app, following reports that the app was inadvertently leaking users' phone numbers to the social network. The "privacy leak" was spotted by Symantec, which said that the latest version of Norton Mobile Security, which includes a new Mobile Insight tool that […]
Blackberry releases first security fixes for new Z10 smartphone
A posting from Naked Security: Blackberry released two security bulletins yesterday, fixing flaws in its software for the Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry Z10 smartphone. BSRT-2013-005 affects both the Z10 and the Playbook and fixes vulnerabilities in the bundled Adobe Flash Player. This raises an important question in my mind, though. Why on earth has Blackberry launched […]
BlackBerry Z10 incurs 'critical' security warning
A posting in CNET New in there Security & Privacy Section: BlackBerry has issued a security advisory notice to those who have bought its flagship Z10 touchscreen smartphone -- the first BlackBerry 10 device to launch following the company's bid for revival, back in February. The advisory, which was issued last week, notes a bug that relates to […]
US law enforcers want to see a kill switch on our mobile phones
US law enforcers want to see a kill switch on our mobile phones
Blackberry releases first security fixes for new Z10 smartphone
Blackberry releases first security fixes for new Z10 smartphone
Why Twitter's two-factor authentication isn't going to stop media organisations from being hacked
A posting from Naked Security on Why Twitter's two-factor authentication isn't going to stop media organisations from being hacked: Twitter has announced the availability of two factor authentication (2FA) for its service, meaning that users can opt-in to something stronger than just a username and password to protect their accounts. In a blog post, Twitter explains how the […]
Apple iPhone Decryption Backlog Stymies Police
A posting from InfromationWeek in there Security section: pple is overwhelmed by requests from law enforcement agencies to decrypt seized iPhones, and its waiting list is so long that it may take months before new requests get handled. That revelation, first reported by CNET, was gleaned from a search warrant affidavit for a seized iPhone last summer by a […]