Co.Design: “A Simple Design Flaw makes it Astoundingly Easy to Hack Siri and Alexa” 2018

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September 11, 2017

Co.Design: “A Simple Design Flaw makes it Astoundingly Easy to Hack Siri and Alexa” 2018

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Using a technique called the DolphinAttack , a team from Zhejiang University translated typical vocal commands into ultrasonic frequencies t...

ZDNet: “New details emerge on Fruitfly, a near-undetectable Mac backdoor” 2018

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July 30, 2017

ZDNet: “New details emerge on Fruitfly, a near-undetectable Mac backdoor” 2018

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Apple released security patches for Fruitfly earlier this year , but variants of the malware have since emerged. The core of the malware is ...

The National Cyber Security Centre: “The problems with forcing regular password expiry” 2018

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November 07, 2016

The National Cyber Security Centre: “The problems with forcing regular password expiry” 2018

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The problem is that this doesn’t take into account the inconvenience to users – the ‘usability costs’ – of forcing users to frequently chan...

The New York Times: “Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Data on 500 Million Users in 2014” 2018

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September 23, 2016

The New York Times: “Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Data on 500 Million Users in 2014” 2018

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Yahoo announced on Thursday that the account information of at least 500 million users was stolen by hackers two years ago, in the biggest ...