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Friday Squid Blogging: A Tracking Device for Squid

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Bruce Schneier

Really: After years of "making do" with the available technology for his squid studies, Mooney created a versatile tag that allows him to research squid behavior. With the help of Kakani Katija, an engineer adapting the tag for jellyfish at California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Mooney’s team is creating a replicable system flexible enough to work across a… Continue reading Friday Squid Blogging: A Tracking Device for Squid→

iPhone apps record your screen sessions without asking

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Lisa Vaas

Absent from privacy policies, the tracking came to light after a breach with Air Canada’s mobile app, then password slurping from Mixpanel. Continue reading iPhone apps record your screen sessions without asking→

Security Flaws in Children’s Smart Watches

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Bruce Schneier

A year ago, the Norwegian Consumer Council published an excellent security analysis of children’s GPS-connected smart watches. The security was terrible. Not only could parents track the children, anyone else could also track the children. A recent ana… Continue reading Security Flaws in Children’s Smart Watches→

Security Flaws in Children’s Smart Watches

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Bruce Schneier

A year ago, the Norwegian Consumer Council published an excellent security analysis of children’s GPS-connected smart watches. The security was terrible. Not only could parents track the children, anyone else could also track the children. A recent analysis checked if anything had improved after that torrent of bad press. Short answer: no. Guess what: a train wreck. Anyone could access… Continue reading Security Flaws in Children’s Smart Watches→

Can a SIM-less smartphone be tracked only by IMEI?

Posted on January 8, 2019 by user185953

If in the phone is no SIM card, connection to cell towers is at my own behest. But what about the opposite way, can the local base stations search for a specific phone through its IMEI? Question extracted from this comment by yasserbn

Cl… Continue reading Can a SIM-less smartphone be tracked only by IMEI?→

Vulnerability management and assessment tracking solutions

Posted on January 7, 2019 by anchovie

How does your company track the vulnerability management information that happens between receiving a vulnerability scan report and remediating a vulnerability?

Given the following example:

Scan A detects
Vuln 1
Vuln 2
… Continue reading Vulnerability management and assessment tracking solutions→

Can a Basic Dell Laptop BIOS be tracked?

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Josh Bailey

I Have a dell latitude 3480 and i was wondering if i sell the laptop would i still somehow be able to track the computer from BIOS.

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How hard is it to suspend and track a twitter account seeking ransom from govt. organizations?

Posted on January 2, 2019 by lmao

Am asking in reference to this Twitter account – DarkOverlord .
It threatened to post decryption keys, for the documents pasted on pastebin (archived), and few minutes ago it did post them.

Couldn’t this account be closed … Continue reading How hard is it to suspend and track a twitter account seeking ransom from govt. organizations?→

MAC randomization for Bluetooth?

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Raphael

Companies, governments, etc. can track Bluetooth and WiFi network scans passively by looking at a same MAC address over space and time (Bluetooth/WiFi Identity tracking in public spaces – How to discover?). Starting in Androi… Continue reading MAC randomization for Bluetooth?→

Can (the carrier of) a caller/callee see the position of the other ones mobile phone?

Posted on December 24, 2018 by H. Idden

Someone came to me with the following request:

He/She wants to drive somewhere without the employer knowing in his/her free time. If the employer will know about the drive, it will be bad for his/her career. The employer is … Continue reading Can (the carrier of) a caller/callee see the position of the other ones mobile phone?→