Following up on today’s Uber theme, There is an article on USAToday.com tonight that says that Uber has something they call “God View” that allows Uber employees to stalk VIP users (and apparently track the movements of any Uber user) – including journalists who are writing articles negative to Uber. My guess is that this is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There was an interesting article in Wired that “outed” Verizon’s use of perma-cookies. Simply explained, perma-cookies are cookies that identify the user that are added by the carrier between the user’s browser and the receiving web site. The effect of this is an ID that will follow the user, potentially across devices, silently, with no […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to the Wall Street Journal (pay link), the government (US Marshals Service) is flying “dirtboxes” in small airplanes to capture the signals from your cell phone. Basically, a dirtbox is a self contained cell tower with a strong signal. Since your cell phone will connect to the strongest signal, if the dirtbox winds up […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Do you think about the permissions that an app asks for? A recent ITWorld article delves into the subject and while the article was testing Android apps, the issue is a concern, although a somewhat lesser concern, for Windows and iOS apps as well. The issue at hand is that apps ask for certain permissions […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]McAfee Labs reported that 80% of the participants in its online phishing test failed at least one of the seven parts of the test. Combine this with a reported 250,000 new phishing URLs in the last quarter, 1,000,000 in the last year, and think about the likelihood that one of your employees will fall victim […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Yes, this is for real. Russian entrepreneurs have figured out there is a market for this. According to an article in ITWorld, there is a business in hacking iCloud accounts. Get the password by some means and then using EPPB from Elcomsoft, the hacker can grab just pictures or contact or messages – just what […]
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