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Eavesdropping With An ESP8266

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In the old days, spies eavesdropped on each other using analog radio bugs. These days, everything’s in the cloud. [Sebastian] from [Hacking Beaver]  wondered if he could make a WiFi bug that was small and cheap besides. Enter the ESP8266 and some programming wizardry.

[Sebastian] is using a NodeMCU but suggests that it could be pared down to any ESP8266 board — with similar cuts made to the rest of the electronics — but has this working as a proof of concept. A PIC 18 MCU samples the audio data from a microphone at 10 kHz with an 8-bit resolution, …read more

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Samsung now offers an Enterprise Edition of the Note 8 for business

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 The push to let employees bring their own devices to work has been underway for some time now — in fact, it’s a big part of what ultimately doomed enterprise-focused companies like BlackBerry’s hardware businesses. Samsung’s been walking the line for a while as well, rolling out enterprise features like Knox security for its consumer handsets, along with accessories… Read More Continue reading Samsung now offers an Enterprise Edition of the Note 8 for business→

New infosec products of the week​: October 20, 2017

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Ransomware protection intercepts threats targeting enterprise data FileCloud announced FileCloud Breach Intercept, which offers ransomware protection. FileCloud offers branding and customization tools, allowing you to set your own policies, and design your own emails and alerts. Customized emails and UX reduce spoofing risk as hackers can’t run a mass spoofing unless they have an exact copy of an email from one of your employees. Nfusion 2 provides stronger misattribution environments for online investigation Ntrepid announced … More → Continue reading New infosec products of the week​: October 20, 2017→

Samsung is Bringing Linux Desktop to DeX … What About Windows?

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Samsung is Bringing Linux Desktop to DeX

Samsung announced that it is bringing a Linux desktop environment to its DeX docking solution for the Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8.

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Tech Brief: Advancing mobile technologies without sacrificing security

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The intensely personal relationship users have with smart mobile devices —essentially handheld supercomputers —presents a new combination of challenges for government and enterprise CIOs and IT security managers. The more data these devices collect or share, and the more they serve as conduits to enterprise systems, the more attractive they become to cyber criminals. A new CyberScoop tech brief describes how mobile devices can actually be more made secure than on-premises devices. Innovative technologies including derived credentials, behavioral analytics and containerization offer superior user authentication and multi-layer data and network protection at the transactional level. Guarding the gate The first challenge for mobile security is ensuring that only the authorized individual is using the device. Phones and tablets are too often lost or stolen, and laptops left unattended can be easily be viewed by unauthorized eyes. To address these risks, federal agencies including the Department of Defense have relied on […]

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Hacking Voice Assistant Systems with Inaudible Voice Commands

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Turns out that all the major voice assistants — Siri, Google Now, Samsung S Voice, Huawei HiVoice, Cortana and Alexa — listen at audio frequencies the human ear can’t hear. Hackers can hijack those systems with inaudible commands that their owners can’t hear. News articles…. Continue reading Hacking Voice Assistant Systems with Inaudible Voice Commands→