Collaborate Disseminate
Logged into same network of residence, owner knows my Mac address.. what can they see?
They are techy and know my Mac address for my phone and PC.
Can they see text message to and from me? My email? My pictures and documents… Continue reading Logged into same network of residence, owner knows my Mac address.. what can they see? [on hold]
I have a suspicion that my employer is misusing their work monitoring and remote access software to check my online activity outside of work.
I have the software installed on my personal machine as I occasionally work from h… Continue reading Can employers log internet traffic of employees personal computers?
A new week, a new crop of security stories. Last week, U.S. Military ‘Reaper Drone’ Designs, Eavesdropping on mobile devices, Making security priority and Multifactor authentication adoption made the headlines. In addition, we discussed why that XKCD … Continue reading Security Boulevard’s 5 Most Read Stories for the Week, August 06-10
If I connect a portable router like GL-AR150 to a public, unsecured Wi-Fi network at a hotel and create my own private, password-protected Wi-Fi network, how much more secure is this compared to just connecting straight to th… Continue reading Does using a router connected to an unsecured WiFi network add security?
Eavesdropping is a prevailing threat among many on mobile phones, with technology capable of tracking users, listening to their conversations and even logging their application usage becoming more pervasive and easier to come by. “Mobile devices conta… Continue reading State of Eavesdropping on Mobile Devices
It’s now possible to not only see people through walls but to see how they’re moving and if they’re walking, to tell who they are. We finally have the body scanner which Schwarzenegger walked behind in the original Total Recall movie.
This is the work of a group at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). The seeing-through-the-wall part is done using an RF transmitter and receiving antennas, which isn’t very new. Our own [Gregory L. Charvat] built an impressive phased array radar in his garage which clearly showed movement of complex shapes behind a wall. What is …read more
Given:
A file (assume 1 GB in size) is encrypted along with filenames using 7zip into a 7z archive using AES-256
The file is uploaded to a cloud storage service such as those offered by Google, Amazon, or Microsoft
The file… Continue reading Susceptibility of 7z encrypted archive files to man in the middle attacks
I’m almost positive that my father has hacked my phone and computer (and those of my mother, plus her bank account) to the point of literally seeing and hearing everything we do or say (including this post), and even trace ou… Continue reading How to securely wipe mobile phone and computer clean from being bugged?
I had just been looking, in a plain text file, using a VI-ish editor, at my notes about garlic. I did not use the clipboard. The file is on my HD; nothing is ‘in the cloud’. In the editor, I had searched for both ‘garlic’ … Continue reading Can google read my mind?
A US court has said that a man can sue a spyware company whose software was used unlawfully by a jealous spouse to intercept his messages. Continue reading Snooped-on man free to sue spyware maker