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Cell Phone Spying

2008-05-09 06:27:12 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...phone towers and GPS systems to pinpoint anyones exact whereabouts, any time as long as theyve got their phone on them All you have to do is log on to the web site and enter the target phone number. The site sends a single text message to the phone that requires one response for confirmation. Once the response is sent, you are locked in to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: It's Catchup Time: O2 Adds Wi-Fi for iPhone Plan, SanDisk Buys MusicGremlin, Zyxel Offers Phone-Home Wi-Fi Camera

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2008-06-11 14:34:38 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Phone 3G for free along with extensive Wi-Fi coverage: AT&T may still be sorting out how Wi-Fi service will be included in its cell plans, but O2 had already provided free Wi-Fi to supplement scanty EDGE service in the UK. The new iPhone 3G will be offered fully subsidized to subscribers of 45 or higher tariffed services, along with 9,500...
 
 
 
 
 
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Cell phone backup for the security or technologically challenged

2008-03-18 12:13:51 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
Not everyone is willing to connect their cell phone to their PC--or capable of doing so (e.g. security or knowledge constraints). So what happens to all those contacts entered into the phone over time, especially if the phone is lost or stolen
 
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #78: Cisco IP phone vulnerabilties, WiFi handset insecurity, IETF security-related news, VoIP security news, listener comments and more

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2008-04-29 13:56:50 by HASH0x8b2fcac in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
...phone vulnerabilties, WiFi handset insecurity, IETF security-related news, VoIP security news, listener comments and more Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #78, a 40-minute podcast from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions Download the show here (MP3, 17MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #78: Cisco IP phone vulnerabilties, WiFi handset insecurity, IETF security-related news, VoIP security news, listener comments and more

2008-04-29 14:56:49 by Dan York in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
...phone vulnerabilties, WiFi handset insecurity, IETF security-related news, VoIP security news, listener comments and more Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #78, a 40-minute podcast from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions Download the show here (MP3, 17MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Sybase aims to be your mobile phone security vendor

2008-06-25 21:50:46 by HASH0x8b350e8 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...phone security provider. According to this article in Information Week , Sybase iAnywhere division's, Afaria security line already provides device authentication and encryption and now will add anti-virus and firewall capabilities I was glad to see the Sybase name in the article. I have fond memories of Sybase on Sun servers from my early web...
 
 
 
 
 
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Are current vulnerability and compliance testing tools like answering the phone at 3am?

2008-05-19 23:16:18 by HASH0x8af1430 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...phone at the White House at 3am. That is an important question for who is president, but for compliance answering the phone when someone is there to talk to is more important. I think this is where NAC provides an advantage. By utilizing NAC to detect devices coming on the network and than using a low impact compliance test as well as...
 
 
 
 
 
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Detecting Nuclear Weapons Using the Cell Phone Network

2008-02-01 12:54:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...phones equipped with radiation sensors able to detect even light residues of radioactive material. Because cell phones already contain global positioning locators, the network of phones would serve as a tracking system, said physics professor Ephraim Fischbach. Fischbach is working with Jere Jenkins, director of Purdue's radiation...
 
 
 
 
 
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Intelius axes cell phone directory

2008-02-04 00:00:00 by Brad Reed in Network World on Security
 
Bowing to pressure from consumers and Verizon, Washington-based information commerce company Intelius has announced that it will shut down its online cell phone directory