GadgeTell » Security http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets Gadgetell lives by the phrase 'Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things' and that is exactly what we bring you. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:10:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Paypal Ready to Ditch Passwords and Pinshttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/120946/paypal-ready-to-ditch-passwords-and-pins/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/120946/paypal-ready-to-ditch-passwords-and-pins/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 23:10:14 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=120946 With the way technology has allowed us to conduct business, communicate, and put ourselves out there while on-the-go, security has become even more important to protect personal information. With so many different online accounts, it becomes a large task to create unique passwords for each individual place. While there are some password manager solutions, most more »

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]]> With the way technology has allowed us to conduct business, communicate, and put ourselves out there while on-the-go, security has become even more important to protect personal information. With so many different online accounts, it becomes a large task to create unique passwords for each individual place.

While there are some password manager solutions, most users succumb to reusing the same usernames and…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/120946/paypal-ready-to-ditch-passwords-and-pins/feed/ 0 Washington State Court System Hit With Data Breachhttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/120710/washington-state-court-system-hit-with-data-breach/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/120710/washington-state-court-system-hit-with-data-breach/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 22:41:31 +0000 Sue Walsh http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=120710 The state of Washington’s Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked and the personal information of over 1 million people was exposed. The data, including 160,000 social security numbers and 1 million driver’s license numbers, was accessed sometime between last fall and February. So far the actual theft of only 94 social security numbers has more »

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The state of Washington’s Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked and the personal information of over 1 million people was exposed. The data, including 160,000 social security numbers and 1 million driver’s license numbers, was accessed sometime between last fall and February. So far the actual theft of only 94 social security numbers has been confirmed. The breach is blamed on a security flaw in Adobe’s ColdFusion program, and the office was alerted to the breach…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/120710/washington-state-court-system-hit-with-data-breach/feed/ 0 “With Mobile, It’s Not the Vulnerability that Will Get You”http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/118806/with-mobile-its-not-the-vulnerability-that-will-get-you/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/118806/with-mobile-its-not-the-vulnerability-that-will-get-you/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:58:11 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=118806 Above is a quote from Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report, which basically means that the number of vulnerabilities in an operating system are not the main problem for a mobile device. It’s how often those vulnerabilities are exploited. It clearly makes sense when you think about it, especially when drawing comparisons between Android and more »

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]]> light-virus-1Above is a quote from Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report, which basically means that the number of vulnerabilities in an operating system are not the main problem for a mobile device. It’s how often those vulnerabilities are exploited.

It clearly makes sense when you think about it, especially when drawing comparisons between Android and iOS, as the report shows.

Although more vulnerabilities were identified in iOS in 2012, only one threat had been created for the platform. Android…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/118806/with-mobile-its-not-the-vulnerability-that-will-get-you/feed/ 0 How Do You Protect Your Passwords? LastPass is a Good Optionhttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/115058/how-do-you-protect-your-passwords-lastpass-is-a-good-option/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/115058/how-do-you-protect-your-passwords-lastpass-is-a-good-option/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:18:38 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=115058 Hacking and passwords have been in the news a lot lately. The New York Times had a good story today about hackers attacking the power grid, and of course there was the Evernote hacking over the weekend. If you’re not thinking about password security, you should be. LastPass is a good consumer option. The basic more »

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]]> Hacking and passwords have been in the news a lot lately. The New York Times had a good story today about hackers attacking the power grid, and of course there was the Evernote hacking over the weekend. If you’re not thinking about password security, you should be. LastPass is a good consumer option.

The basic idea is simple. Store all your passwords in a secure vault which recognizes login screens of the various sites you visit and automatically fills in all information. Presto!

The only password you need to remember is your master…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/115058/how-do-you-protect-your-passwords-lastpass-is-a-good-option/feed/ 1 Blackberry Messaging Susceptible to Malware and Viruseshttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/114756/blackberry-messaging-susceptible-to-malware-and-viruses/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/114756/blackberry-messaging-susceptible-to-malware-and-viruses/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:03:44 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=114756 “Just as the Department of Defense is working to open its networks to iOS and Android mobile devices, a new report reveals that Canadian federal workers are being warned about potential security holes on BlackBerry.” According to Canada.com, Public Safety Canada — the federal agency that manages cyber-security within the government — issued a memo back in more »

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]]> BlackBerry Logo“Just as the Department of Defense is working to open its networks to iOS and Android mobile devices, a new report reveals that Canadian federal workers are being warned about potential security holes on BlackBerry.”

According to Canada.com, Public Safety Canada — the federal agency that manages cyber-security within the government — issued a memo back in January with a severe warning to government…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/114756/blackberry-messaging-susceptible-to-malware-and-viruses/feed/ 1 Symbiote: The Future of Internet-Enabled Device Protectionhttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/114613/symbiote-future-of-internet-enabled-device-protection/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/114613/symbiote-future-of-internet-enabled-device-protection/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:08:58 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=114613 Tomorrow the company, Red Balloon Security, will present proof that its security software, the “symbiote,” can protect a standard IP office phone from malicious attacks. And this IP phone demo is just the beginning. Eventually, the symbiote could protect virtually any connected device you can think of. The developer, Ang Cui, a Columbia PhD student in computer science, has been more »

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]]> Red Balloon Security LogoTomorrow the company, Red Balloon Security, will present proof that its security software, the “symbiote,” can protect a standard IP office phone from malicious attacks.

And this IP phone demo is just the beginning. Eventually, the symbiote could protect virtually any connected device you can think of. The developer, Ang Cui, a Columbia PhD student in computer science, has been working for the last five years on developing offensive attacks and defensive solutions for vulnerabilities in embedded devices.

“Really [IP…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/114613/symbiote-future-of-internet-enabled-device-protection/feed/ 1 myIDkey Unlocks, Protects Passwords With a Fingerhttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/114182/myidkey-unlocks-protects-passwords-with-a-finger/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/114182/myidkey-unlocks-protects-passwords-with-a-finger/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:33:45 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=114182 Passwords can be a nuisance sometimes. But not with myIDkey; the first fingerprint, voice-search, secure Bluetooth / USB drive that displays passwords and ID on the go as well as works with all smart mobile devices and personal computers. Your finger (or thumb) print is your key to unlock your highly personal data such as passwords, more »

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]]> Passwords can be a nuisance sometimes. But not with myIDkey; the first fingerprint, voice-search, secure Bluetooth / USB drive that displays passwords and ID on the go as well as works with all smart mobile devices and personal computers. Your finger (or thumb) print is your key to unlock your highly personal data such as passwords, bank accounts, passports, etc.

Simply swipe your thumb or finger across the reader to view passwords and more. After…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/114182/myidkey-unlocks-protects-passwords-with-a-finger/feed/ 0 “Frost” Attack Unlocks Android Phones’ Datahttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/113836/frost-attack-unlocks-android-phones-data/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/113836/frost-attack-unlocks-android-phones-data/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:21:40 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=113836 A pair of researchers at Erlangen University in Germany have shown that a trick known as a “cold boot attack” can read data from a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running the latest version of Android, even when the phone is protected by a PIN and has its storage disk encrypted. They call their technique FROST, or more »

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]]> FrostA pair of researchers at Erlangen University in Germany have shown that a trick known as a “cold boot attack” can read data from a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running the latest version of Android, even when the phone is protected by a PIN and has its storage disk encrypted.

They call their technique FROST, or Forensic Recovery of Scrambled Telephones. By simply cooling the phone to around five degrees Fahrenheit and quickly rebooting it, they found data could be read from its memory….

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/113836/frost-attack-unlocks-android-phones-data/feed/ 0 iTwin Connect, the Personal VPN for Privacy When Travelinghttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/112882/itwin-connect-the-personal-vpn-for-privacy-when-traveling/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/112882/itwin-connect-the-personal-vpn-for-privacy-when-traveling/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:58:43 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=112882 The company that made the iTwin Remote File Access and iTwin SecureBox is happy to announce the availability of the iTwin Connect. The iTwin Connect lets users make the public Internet private. One half of the iTwin plugs into a trusted personal or office computer. The other half stays with you until you want to more »

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The company that made the iTwin Remote File Access and iTwin SecureBox is happy to announce the availability of the iTwin Connect. The iTwin Connect lets users make the public Internet private. One half of the iTwin plugs into a trusted personal or office computer. The other half stays with you until you want to have a secure internet connection,…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/112882/itwin-connect-the-personal-vpn-for-privacy-when-traveling/feed/ 1 Aegis Bio Encrypts Your Drive with Your Fingerprinthttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/112745/aegis-bio-encrypts-your-drive-with-your-fingerprint/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/112745/aegis-bio-encrypts-your-drive-with-your-fingerprint/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:30:57 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=112745 Apricorn, a leader in data security products for business, has announced a biometric USB drive that safeguards your data with secure fingerprint access. The Aegis Bio uses real-time 256-bit AES-XTS hardware encryption and it doesn’t require software setup or admin rights to access the data. The Bio works on any operating system including Mac, PC, and more »

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]]> Apricorn Aegis Bio USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Apricorn, a leader in data security products for business, has announced a biometric USB drive that safeguards your data with secure fingerprint access. The Aegis Bio uses real-time 256-bit AES-XTS hardware encryption and it doesn’t require software setup or admin rights to access the data. The Bio works on any operating system including Mac, PC, and more »

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