From June to September last year, five people in diverse environments around the world carried around special mobile phones made by Nokia. The prototypes were equipped with thin-film silicon solar panels on their back cover and a data logger to report harvested solar energy. View full post on cellphone security…
Could a Cellphone Run on Sun? Not Really, Says Nokia
From June to September last year, five people in diverse environments around the world carried around special mobile phones made by Nokia. The prototypes were equipped with thin-film silicon solar panels on their back cover and a data logger to report harvested solar energy. View full post on cellphone security…
Schottenheimer not concerned about Jets’ job, says he’s ‘an excellent coach’
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Brian Schottenheimer’s cellphone has been buzzing a bunch lately. The late-night text messages from friends and family members usually come as the New York Jets’ embattled offensive co-ordinator is still working, trying all he can to come up with a winning game plan. “I’m like, ‘I’m…
Stratfor Says Hackers Only Nabbed Credit Card Information
After hackers broke into its website on Dec. 24, Stratfor has partnered with an identity protection service in an effort to give subscribers some measure of comfort. The company will offer its members 12 months of global identity protection for free. View full post on credit card fraud – Yahoo!…
Mobile attacks on the rise, says McAfee
Mobile malware’s set to rocket, according to security firm McAfee’s 2012 Threat Predictions report, while the Anonymous hacking group may be on its way out. Threats involving mobile banking and virtual currency will dominate, says McAfee, and politically-motivated attacks will also make headlines. We can look forward to industrial attacks,…
Lax Security Exposes Voice Mail to Hacking, Study Says
BERLIN — It may be tempting to view the illegal interception of telephone voice mails, a practice that has roiled Britain and the News Corp. media empire of Rupert Murdoch, as an arcane tool employed by scofflaw journalists with friends in Scotland Yard. View full post on cellphone security –…
HP Plugs Security Hole With LaserJet Firmware Update, Says No Record Of Printers Set Ablaze By Hackers
Remember when researchers claimed a massive security vulnerability could potentially enable hackers to remotely take over Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers and even cause them to burst into flames? Fun times, for sure. Of course, HP was quick to point out that the researchers had it all wrong, lamented the “sensational and…
Iranian Engineer Says GPS Hack Tricked Drone into Landing (December 15, 2011)
According to a report in The Christian Science Monitor, the US military drone aircraft that was captured by Iran last week may have been forced to make its unplanned landing in that country through a GPS spoofing attack……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber…
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ProtectMyID: Need a last-minute gift? Give the gift of protection – a cross-cut shredder. @ITRCSD says it’s perfect for destroying sensitive documents. View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
GlobalSign says web server, not CA systems, hit by breach
GlobalSign, a Portsmouth, N.H.-based certificate authority (CA) that briefly halted the issuance of SSL certs over fears it had been hacked, has determined its CA infrastructure was never compromised. In addition, the company said in a statement Tuesday that it concluded its investigation and found no evidence of any bogus…