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Lock-In

2008-02-12 06:08:15 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cellphone carrier of your choice. And Apple is serious about these rules: A software update released in September 2007 erased unauthorized software and -- in some cases -- rendered unlocked phones unusable Bricked " is the term, and Apple isn't the least bit apologetic about it Computer companies want more control over the products they sell...
 
Tags: lock-in, software, software development kit, custom software, software company, security, hardware, special security hardware, security mechanism
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Customs Seizing Laptops

2008-02-12 12:23:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cellphones, laptops, MP3 players and other electronics. Almost all involved travelers of Muslim, Middle Eastern or South Asian background, many of whom, including Mango and the tech engineer, said they are concerned they were singled out because of racial or religious profiling Some of this seems pretty severe: "I was assured that my laptop...
 
Tags: customs, border, border agents, laptop, customs officers, san francisco, strongly recommend, electronic devices, laptops
 
 
 
 
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Laptop is stolen from the car of a First Calgary Savings employee

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2008-05-20 10:47:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...cellphone stolen last month Reference URL Calgary Sun First Calgary Savings Report Credit Bill Kaufmann, Sun Media (Calgary Sun Response From the online sources cited above The theft of a laptop computer containing hundreds of clients' confidential information from a Calgary bank employee's vehicle has raised concerns for Alberta's...
 
Tags: employee, information, personal information, breach description, breach, information security breach, financial information, confidential information, calgary savings
 
 
 
 
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Relay attacks on card payment: vulnerabilities and defences

2008-01-09 00:01:52 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...cellphone jammer DNS Rebinding And More Packet Tricks Dan Kaminsky describes the DNS Rebinding attack and demonstrates tunneling arbitrary TCP streams over a browser Mifare Karsten Nohl and Henryk Plötz describe how they reverse-engineered the Mifare encryption algorithm, Crypto1, and the weaknesses they discovered Steam-Powered Telegraphy...
 
Tags: dns, security, cellphone jammer dns, security michael steil, talks, henryk pltz describe, chaos communication congress, annie machon describes, arbitrary tcp streams
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cellphone) and who talk to strangers. In my opinion, securing my wireless network isn't worth it. And I appreciate everyone else who keeps an open wireless network, including all the coffee shops, bars and libraries I have visited in the past, the Dayton International Airport where I started writing this and the Four Points Sheraton where I...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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NSA's Domestic Spying

2008-03-26 06:02:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cellphone's location, whom a person is calling, and what Web sites he or she is visiting. For an email, the data haul can include the identities of the sender and recipient and the subject line, but not the content of the message Intelligence agencies have used administrative subpoenas issued by the FBI -- which don't need a judge's signature...
 
Tags: nsa, data haul, haul, information, transactional information, data, nsa receives, mass data, terrorism information awareness
 
 
 
 
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Comrade Communications: Cubans Can Have Cellphones

2008-03-28 14:50:00 by Associated Press in Wired Security
 
President Raul Castro's government is lifting the ban on private cellphone ownership, a move many hope is the beginning of a general relaxation of laws affecting personal freedoms on the island
 
Tags: president raul castro, personal freedoms, cellphone ownership, government, island, move, ban, hope, laws
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Kidnapping

2008-04-29 05:29:30 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cellphone call comes in, that is not at all clear But identifying the phone numbers they are now listed on a government Web site has done little to slow the extortion calls. Nearly all the calls are from cellphones, most of them stolen, authorities say On top of that, many extortionists are believed to be pulling off the scams from prisons...
 
Tags: cellphones owner, cellphones, extortion calls, ransom demands, telephone scams, scams, calls, government web site, demands
 
 
 
 
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Air Force's Scare-Mongering Space Ad Shoves Facts Out the Airlock

2008-05-07 21:20:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
A new Air Force ad warns of a "single missile" that can take out "your cellphone calls, your television, your GPS system, even your bank transactions." Luckily for us, not a word of it is true
 
Tags: air force, bank transactions, cellphone calls, single missile, gps system, luckily, television, true, word
 
 
 
 
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Inside an FBI Computer Forensics Lab

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2008-05-23 04:00:00 by Kevin Poulsen in Wired Security
...cellphones and memory cards There are now 14 such labs in the United States, with two more coming online this year. Last year, the FBI labs collectively performed more than 13,000 forensics examinations. The San Diego lab alone handled more than 1,000 requests from 40 law enforcement agencies in 2007, including 171 child pornography cases and...
 
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