by wwarren | Nov 19, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
SCADA systems and their ilk simply aren’t designed for security. You do ont want these systems to be acessible by the internet…it is just too easy to take control of them. Get ALL infrastructure systems completely OFF the Internet. Second water utility...
by wwarren | Nov 15, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security
In a statement, Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes acknowledged that the site was the target of a coordinated spam attack and explained how it went down. “During this spam attack, users were tricked into pasting and executing malicious javascript in their browser...
by wwarren | Nov 15, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security
Read the earlier article i posted about this. It is not a Facebook issue but the ease of which browsers can be comprised. Facebook explained in a statement that the spam attack was the result of a browser vulnerability that tricked users into running malicious...
by wwarren | Oct 19, 2011 | Apple, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts
Whoopsie. Apple’s new “Siri” feature, the voice-activated personal assistant built into the iPhone 4S, leaves owners’ spanking new smartphones partially unguarded. Those of us who work in the security arena have often banged on about the...
by wwarren | Oct 3, 2011 | Hardware, Internet, Linux, Open Source, Security, Security Alerts, Smartphone
HTC screwed up big time here. If you are using the stock HTC Sense UI(and most folks are) they have enabled a backdoor into the phones base operating system that essentially allows any app with simple permissions to sniff everything on or about the phone and send it...
by wwarren | Sep 21, 2011 | Security, Security Alerts
Cars with OnStar’s built-in technology will begin having their where-abouts monitored in December, even if their owners opt-out of the service, according to a new privacy statement issued by the vehicle navigation and emergency notification service this week. via...
