Tuesday 16 September 2014

Your gadgets will never be secure — chase the hackers instead


Credit: Business Insider

It is fundamental to security that nothing is secure against a sufficiently determined & resourced attack. This applies to computer systems as well as physical security of premises & objects.

Mobile devices have their own peculiar own set of security risks. Smartphone manufacturers are under pressure to match the opposition. This means a shiny new phone with shiny new features, annually. There is not a substantial piece of software in existence without bugs. Some of these bugs are security related. Each new revision brings the risk of new bugs. Occasionally, even a bug-fix release will introduce a new bug.

Public WiFi networks represent a security risk peculiar to mobile devices.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-15/your-gadgets-will-never-be-secure-chase-the-hackers-instead.html

http://www.thewire.com/technology/2014/05/hacker-sabu-freed-from-prison/371649/

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