Freaky Leaky

With a name like ‘Freaky Leaky SMS’ I had to cover this research. Freaky Leaky SMS: Extracting User Locations by Analyzing SMS Timings (arxiv.org) At the moment this a research paper, the “attack” has only be carried out in the lab and it takes a large amount of preparatory work. …

“Don’t click on that link”

click me

Yesterday I published an article on CyberAwake discussing the advice every security expert gives (including myself) “don’t click on that link”. Don’t blame your team “Just Click Here” – CyberAwake It’s more complicated than you would expect.

More Twitter issues – and why text messages are a poor authentication option

Now the SMS text authentication is only working for some people: Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down | WIRED Do you want to know why SMS text message authentication is a very poor third behind app based multi-factor authentication and just about anything else? Read on: Twitter ‘closes offices’ …