Collaborate Disseminate
Mike Specter has an interesting idea on how to make biometric access-control systems more secure: add a duress code. For example, you might configure your iPhone so that either thumb or forefinger unlocks the device, but your left middle finger disables the fingerprint mechanism (useful in the US where being compelled to divulge your password is a 5th Amendment violation… Continue reading Duress Codes for Fingerprint Access Control
Trump might be using a totally easy to hack phone, according to security researchers. Continue reading Trump’s Personal Phone Is a National Security Risk
Reports are that President Trump is still using his old Android phone. There are security risks here, but they are not the obvious ones. I’m not concerned about the data. Anything he reads on that screen is coming from the insecure network that we all use, and any e-mails, texts, Tweets, and whatever are going out to that same network…. Continue reading Security Risks of the President’s Android Phone
Interesting research — "Cracking Android Pattern Lock in Five Attempts": Abstract: Pattern lock is widely used as a mechanism for authentication and authorization on Android devices. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel video-based attack to reconstruct Android lock patterns from video footage filmed u sing a mobile phone camera. Unlike prior attacks on pattern lock, our approach does not… Continue reading Capturing Pattern-Lock Authentication
Billions of robocalls came from two groups selling extended auto warranties, SEO services, and home security systems over the last seven years — many to numbers on the “Do Not Call” list — but this week the Federal Trade Commission took action. Trail… Continue reading FTC Dismantles Two Huge Robocall Organizations
Billions of robocalls came from two groups selling extended auto warranties, SEO services, and home security systems over the last seven years — many to numbers on the “Do Not Call” list — but this week the Federal Trade Commission took action. Trail… Continue reading FTC Dismantles Two Huge Robocall Organizations
New submitter drunkdrone writes: “French authorities investigating the EgyptAir crash that killed 66 people last year believe that the plane may have been brought down by an overheating phone battery,” reports International Business Times. Investigator… Continue reading Faulty Phone Battery May Have Caused Fire That Brought Down EgyptAir Flight MS80
An anonymous reader quotes Mashable:
To little fanfare, the Finnish technology company HMD Global Sunday unveiled the Nokia 6, a mid-range Android smartphone for the Chinese market. HMD owns the rights to use Nokia’s brand on mobile phones. The Nokia 6… Continue reading Nokia Finally Returns To The Smartphone Market (In China)
After surveying over 9,000 Android and iPhone users, Nielsen’s “Electronic Mobile Measurement” has calculated the 10 most popular apps of 2016. Interestingly, the #1 and #2 most popular apps of the year were Facebook and Facebook Messenger.
BrianFagio… Continue reading Google and Facebook Dominate The List of 2016’s Top Ten Apps
Crowdstrike has an interesting blog post about how the Russian military is tracking Ukrainian field artillery units by compromising soldiers’ smartphones and tracking them. News article…. Continue reading Russian Military Using Smartphones to Track Troop Movements