Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Mega is a popular cloud storage service – with over 250million users. A minimum requirement for any cloud storage service is that the data at rest in their data centres must be encrypted. It seems that Mega’s is not, even though their own publicity states your data will be safely …
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There have been two pieces of recent research that are pointing to serious issues with a lot of the silicon we use to power our computers. Some of which may be irreparable. The Apple M1 attack is called PACMAN, as it exploits the Pointer Authentication Code (PAC). This attack bypasses …
Earlier this week, I wrote about the Bluetooth weaknesses that would allow someone to drive off with your Tesla: How to unlock a Tesla that does not belong to you! – Smart Thinking Solutions Here is a research paper, from UC San Diego, that examines how the cryptographic anonymity that …
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Before we go any further Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology support any effective and legal means to protect the vulnerable and minors. Politicians, they want privacy to cloak their personal, business and political lives – but seem to hate it when private law abiding citizens want the same as them! …
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I have written before about the security limitations of “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices. Many of them are simple devices, possibly based on older tech, they tend to lack the hardware to allow for regular security updates, etc, etc etc. At least the UK Government is enacting laws to make …
This is theoretical research that shows it may be possible to run malware on an iPhone that is still active even when the phone is powered off, by abusing a lack of authentication in the Bluetooth system and the fact that the Bluetooth is used in the Apple “find my…” …
You you start to order that holiday, and part way through completing the online form, your partner finds a better deal on their phone – so you stop and close that web page and go to the next one. I am sure that every reasonable thinking person (that will be …
