Tag: Opsec
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Ghislaine Maxwell Wrapped Her Phone in Tinfoil—What Does That Actually Do?
After news of Maxwell’s tinfoil-wrapped cellphone started making the rounds on Twitter, Motherboard’s editor-in-chief Jason Koebler …
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Caution: Misuse of security tools can turn against you
We have a saying in Greece: “They assigned the wolf to watch over the sheep.” In a security context, this is a word of caution about …
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The NSA Just Released 136 Historical Propaganda Posters
The National Security Agency isn’t just concerned with spying on the bad guys—and sometimes the good guys—or creating powerful …
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New Tool Automatically Finds and Hacks Vulnerable Internet-Connected Devices
Hacking isn’t always hard. Some lower-tier hackers use programs to automatically churn through breached login details to break into other …
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Strava user heatmap reveals patterns of life in western military bases
In November 2017, online fitness tracker Strava published a heatmap of the activity many of its users around the world engage in (and …
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An Anonymous YouTube Video Has Started a Battle in the Secretive Secure Phone Industry
“Inside information has been leaked!” the caption beneath an anonymous video, uploaded last month to YouTube, reads. In the clip, …
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Snowden’s App Probably Can’t Protect You From Targeted State Surveillance
Right before Christmas, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden launched a new app to turn an Android phone into an internet-connected alarm …
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Security vs. convenience? IoT requires another level of thinking about risk
Enlarge / IoT products like Amazon Key come with a whole set of risks that consumers aren’t equipped to assess themselves. …
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KRACK For Dummies
For years security experts have advised users to only connect to password-protected wireless networks to prevent traffic snooping attempts …
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5 Cloud Security Tips for Emerging Tech Companies
True or false: companies born in the cloud naturally understand security. Read full news article on Dzone
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