Most banks outsource their online banking platform – in fact their entire banking platform to one of the big players like Fidelity or Jack Henry. In fact, unless you are a Chase or a Wells, a handful of players own that whole market – see below. Apparently, at least one of these providers, possibly Fidelity, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For the most part, police need a search warrant to search your possessions. Want to search your house, get a warrant. Search your phone, yup, need a warrant. But when it comes to your car, the rules are different. The rules for searching your car don’t run back to the Constitution. After all, there were […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last week there were multiple reports that Petah Tekvah, Israel based Cellebrite could unlock any iPhone up to and including the iPhone X running the most current version of the Apple OS, but you had to send the phone to them along with a check for $1,500, per phone. This week there is a report […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Here’s something you don’t hear every day. Cellebrite, a cell phone hacking vendor based in Petah Tikvah, Israel, claims that they can unlock any iPhone ever made, including the iPhone X running iOS 11.2.6 . Cellebrite, who offers their services to the highest bidder – mostly law enforcement and governments, both ones that have a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UPDATE: The article says that the 1.35 terabit attack is the largest on record. Well it was. For FOUR days. Using the same technique another U.S. based but unnamed service provider was hit with a 1.7 terabit per second attack a few days after the Github attack. Denial of Service attacks (called DoS or DDoS) […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]What happens if you are a restaurant and your cash register system gets hit by a virus? Short Answer: You close the doors and turn off the lights. That is exactly what happened hundreds of Tim Hortons restaurants in Canada. Apparently Tim Hortons is something like a Dunkin Donuts serving coffee, donuts and some light […]
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