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Archive for: September, 2008

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 12/09/2008 | 2296 views

If you use a 'smart phone' well then it really isn't very secure at all. Probably less so than using the average PC to connect to the internet. Apart from the numerous features available to hackers to exploit, the ease in which a trojan can be installed and various flaws in the network design, you're left with a pretty dumb little computer that is ... Tags: Security

Ges Ray - 3BView Ltd - London | 01/09/2008 | 2256 views

Post holiday reading - Digital DNA and Metadata Cleaning

Enthusiasm for the post holiday reading pile is normally considerably less than the gleeful anticipation of packing those paperbacks for reading in sunnier climes, as I am sure you will agree..... A pleasant and rewarding surprise, then (at least in my world!) to return to a 'straight to the point' article on Digital DNA and the dangers of accident... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 01/09/2008 | 2248 views

Yet another critical old 'black' hat web flaw re-discovered

So, the word is out. Now that many of the old spooks-only tricks to eavesdrop on unsuspecting banks, governments and consumers are out of the bag it might be time to have a moment of panic. The border gateway protocol (BGP) which routes traffic between telco's and ISP's is somewhat flawed. This has been known about since the inception of the inter... Tags: Security, Online banking

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