The train is watching you!
Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:00:46 +0000
Can’t resist the convenience of free Wi-Fi? Here’s a way to make it secure.
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Strong and stable: The iOS security guide
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:36:00 -0800
Apple’s smartphones are highly secure, but if your private or enterprise data matters to you, it’s essential to ensure your iPhone (or iPad) is as secure as possible.
Why security matters
Just because almost all mobile malware targets Android doesn’t mean iPhone users can be complacent.
Quite the reverse:
We need to be even more alert in case attackers use complacency against us. What follows are a few simple tips to help you secure your iPhone (and iPad).
There’s no way to deny that iPhones are in the ascendant, particularly in enterprise IT. Beyond business, you’ll see them used by educators, doctors, police and politicians and in each one of those cases the information on those smartphones is confidential and must not be abused.
‘Hey Siri, buy $100 Bitcoin for the burglar guy’
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 06:08:00 -0800
Apple will apparently bring FaceID to its long-awaited HomePod smart speaker systems next year, but voice assistant tech may be a weak link in domestic and enterprise security, fresh research claims.
The imitation game
Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland claim that voice impersonators can fool smart speaker systems into thinking they are an authorized user of those systems.
It’s known that you can undermine voice authorization systems using speech synthesis, voice conversion or even dubbing recordings of a target voice.
Mingis on Tech: The iPhone X – best phone for business, or best phone ever?
Credit to Author: Ken Mingis| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:15:00 -0800
When it comes to mobile devices, companies tend to like three things: solid security, ease-of-management and low cost.
With Apple’s iPhone X, it looks like you can check off two of those three items. The phone’s cutting-edge Face ID authentication system really does work. iOS 11 is easy to manage and inherently secure. But that last one – price – is a big one. The iPhone X starts at $999 for the 64GB model and goes to $1,149 for the 256GB version.
What is Face ID? Apple’s new facial recognition tech explained
Credit to Author: Michael deAgonia| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 02:57:00 -0700
With just a glance, Face ID can unlock Apple’s new iPhone X, giving owners a new authentication paradigm for the first time since the arrival of Touch ID with the iPhone 5. Face ID – that’s Apple’s name for the technology – uses a complex front-facing camera system and accompanying software to unlock the iPhone and authenticate purchases and payments with a mere glance.
The futuristic-seeming tech is one of the iPhone X’s main selling points, along with its “Super Retina” OLED screen, slimmer, bezel-less form factor and improved camera. But it also raises questions about whether the technology is as easy and secure to use as the tried-and-true fingerprint-based Touch ID.
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What is Face ID? Apple’s new authentication tech explained
Credit to Author: Michael deAgonia| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 02:57:00 -0700
With just a glance, Face ID can unlock Apple’s new iPhone X, giving owners a new authentication paradigm for the first time since the arrival of Touch ID with the iPhone 5. Face ID – that’s Apple’s name for the technology – uses a complex front-facing camera system and accompanying software to unlock the iPhone and authenticate purchases and payments with a mere glance.
The futuristic-seeming tech is one of the iPhone X’s main selling points, along with its “Super Retina” OLED screen, slimmer, bezel-less form factor and improved camera. But it also raises questions about whether the technology is as easy and secure to use as the tried-and-true fingerprint-based Touch ID.
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Apple putties Krack in macOS, iOS
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:06:00 -0700
Apple on Tuesday patched both macOS and iOS against serious vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol used to secure wireless networks.
Information about the flaws, dubbed “Krack” by their Belgian discoverer, made news earlier in the month when security researcher Mathy Vanhoef announced weaknesses in WPA2 that could allow criminals to read information transmitted over a Wi-Fi network thought to be encrypted.
Krack, said Vanhoef, stood for “Key Reinstallation Attacks.”
The macOS 10.13.1 and iOS 11.1 updates addressed the Krack vulnerabilities, as well as a slew of others. The Mac update fixed a whopping 148 flaws, while the iPhone and iPad update quashed 20 bugs. The bulk of the macOS patches – 90 of the total – plugged holes in “tcpdump,” an open-source network packet analyzer that’s baked into the operating system.
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PSA: With Camera Permission, iPhone Apps Can Take Pictures And Videos Without You Noticing
Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:30:00 +0000
This is not a bug, but keep it in mind when a random app asks you for permission to access your camera.
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