Kevin's Security Scrapbook
Friday, October 17, 2014

Even Good Spys Have a Bad Day Once in a While

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The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio) inadvertently spied on its own employees,   in one of a series of surveillance ...

Binder Flaw Threatens to Blow Apart Android Security

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Security researchers have warned of a serious security flaw in Android which could potentially leave every device open to attack. The vu...

Hackers Target Hong Kong Protesters via iPhones

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When the Hong Kong protests were at their height, activists using WhatsApp received messages advertising a program that promised to help th...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

FBI to Congress - More Power Please

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The FBI is asking Congress to give it new powers to force technology companies to turn over private information on their customers.   FB...

Tunnel Vision Focus on IT Security - The Biggest Mistake...

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...companies make when securing sensitive data. FACTS • All pre-computer era information theft tactics still work, and are still used. • M...

Cell Phone Eavesdropping Just Became Really Difficult

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Scientists have invented a new method to encrypt telephone conversations that makes it very difficult to 'eavesdrop'.  Professor L...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Chinese Renovation Plan Creates Waldorf-Hysteria

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Concerned about potential security risks, the U.S. government is taking a close look at last week's sale of New York's iconic Waldor...

Rogue Bank Security Department Buys Wiretaps

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The accusations read like a pulp thriller: Citigroup employees in Mexico are suspected of pocketing millions of dollars in kickbacks from ve...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Aaron's Settles Spy Software Installation Charges

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Aaron's Inc., the nation's second-largest chain of rent-to-own appliance and furniture stores, agreed to pay $28.4 million to se...
Monday, October 13, 2014

Word on the Street: Hertz has cameras in their cars!

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...from an anonymous blog entry... I am a regular renter from Hertz (President's Circle)... I got into a rental car at O'Hare airpo...

Huff Butt Dial Blues

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If a person accidentally calls someone from their cell phone, do they have a right to privacy protecting any conversation heard on the other...

In 60 Seconds: Snoopy Books, Malware in Firmware, and an SMS Virus on Android

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Nixon Offered To Illegally Wiretap New York Mayor John Lindsay

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The disclosure that Nixon offered to wiretap Lindsay comes via the detailed diaries of Dr. W. Kenneth Riland, who was Rockefeller’s osteopat...

Chinese Espionage Now Rampant in Taiwan

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As relations improve between Beijing and Taipei, military morale still continues to fall as fewer Taiwan military officers see a future in a...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

The Case of the Eavesdropping Corvettes

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General Motors may have to take the sting out of its new Stingray.  The 2015 Corvette offers a personal video recording option that lets ...
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