Tag Archives: security

New Security Holes

Posted on June 4, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the big advertising campaigns of 2011 was the Apple campaign that centered around Siri. This is a voice recognition feature of the iPhone 4S that allows you to manage many of your phone interactions by speaking instead of touch … Continue reading →

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Password Handling

Posted on May 18, 2012 by way0utwest

I thought this article on Best Buy PC setup was amusing. Here’s a company that’s trying to provide a service. They’re offering to set up most of your new machine for you. To make sure that things work right away for you, … Continue reading →

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Mobile Password Protection

Posted on May 7, 2012 by way0utwest

I recommend people that have smartphones install a password on their phones. Not that it provides a lot of protection, but it does limit the access that a casual phone-picker-upper gets if they take the phone as a target of … Continue reading →

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Security Outside the Database

Posted on April 26, 2012 by way0utwest

It’s 2012. We’ve known about SQL Injection for years, we’ve known about the issues with high privilege admin accounts for decades, and poor configuration has been an issue ever since we first started networking two computing devices together. Yet these … Continue reading →

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