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 …
Research that shows it is possible to hack an iPhone when it is turned off and drive off in your Tesla – UPDATED 18 May 2022 with real world examples of Bluetooth vulnerabilities
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…” …
Your expectations of privacy
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 …
That selfie you posted online gives more away about you than you thought…
Here is a privacy issue right out of fiction. You know, the movie where the hero sees a reflected detail in a photograph and then the techs clean up the indecipherable blur to reveal the villain. Well researchers have been able to get details from the reflections in people’s eyes, …
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Zero-Days are back in the news
Zero-Days – will always be a problem and both Google and Mandiant are reporting rises in such exploitations in 2021. I have reported on this before but the point that comes out in Bruce Schneier’s piece is the numbers these research groups are reporting are detected or declared Zero-Days. What …
