The security of all computers is dependent on three things: The Hardware The Operating System The Apps When it comes to the iPhone, Apple does a great job of making sure the hardware is secure. The Secure Enclave is the best in the industry and Apple spends a lot of money testing their hardware. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As people use their mobile devices as what one friend used to call a “pocket super computer” as opposed to something where you dial 7 digits (remember that) and talk to someone, hackers have figured out that the new attack vector is your phone. In part, this is due to the fact that finally, after […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A Houston lawyer is suing Apple alleging that Apple’s Facetime bug (still not fixed) that allowed people to eavesdrop even if you do not answer the call, allowed a private deposition to be recorded. If you are among the geek crowd you probably know that the most paranoid person around, Edward Snowden, required reporters to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Parental controls are generally a good thing. Except when it blocks the wrong sites and lets the bad sites through. So what is Apple doing in this case? Sites that are blocked: Scarleteen and O.school, which are sex education sites and Teen Vogue. Sites that are OK: The Daily Stormer, a neo-nazi site that publishes […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you can’t beat them on the battlefield, beat them in cyberspace. Israel has accused Hamas of creating a fake dating app and targeting both male and female Israeli soldiers to download the app. Once installed, the app has the ability to see the soldier’s location, contact list and to use the phone as a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While most of the general user base has never heard of DNS and of those that have, only a few of those understand how it works, that has not stopped the hackers from very effectively abusing it against everyone. Very simply, DNS maps the www.xyz.com names that people use in their browsers into the IP […]
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