A co-worker of mine sent me this article this morning, since we both have iPhones. He has an iPhone 4 running iOS 4, while I have an “old” (18 months is ancient!) 3G, running iOS 3 something. Here’s an example of when upgrading to the latest an greatest may not be in your best interest. This [...]
Archive for the ‘Security’ category
iPhone “Secret Button” bypass
October 26th, 2010
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
December 22nd, 2008
I was loaned this book by a friend who thought I would like it, knowing that I am in the security field and enjoy cryptography. I must say that I had high hopes for it. Sadly, I had the entire book figured out in less than 75 pages. This is the second Dan Brown book [...]
Several Microsoft zero day vulnerabilities announced last week
December 16th, 2008
For those of you who haven’t heard, Microsoft announced several zero-day vulnerabilities last week. I can hear my mother now: “What’s a zero day vulnerability and why should I care?” A zero day vulnerability is one that has been previously unknown to security professionals/the tech community at large, and once known, can be exploited right away [...]
Google’s Eyes Are Watching You
September 23rd, 2008
This is a really interesting article originally published in the August 2008 issue of Discover magazine under the title “Google’s Eyes Are Watching You: No Place to Hide”, written by Sharon Weinberger. For some reason Discover’s website lists the title as “Can You Spot the Chinese Nuclear Sub?”. When I first saw the title on [...]