Is Your Smartphone Safe?

The recent move by the FCC and major cell phone carriers to create a database of stolen phones is in response to the danger your smartphone is in from thieves who want to steal and then sell them for profit. What about the hackers who just want the information from your phone – and then hope you continue using it to make financial transactions? The goal of cyber thieves … Read More »

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The BEAST – Security Hype from the Net?

The Internet Represents Enormous Complexity, And One of The Most Profitable Vehicles For Commerce And Crime The World Has Ever Seen. In September of 2011, two security research guys, Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong, presented a paper at the ekoparty Security Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While the technical aspects of their paper go beyond the understanding of all but hard-core security geeks, the underlying security ramifications are far … Read More »