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PRISM and Obama’s lie

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In the maelstrom of accusations, opinions and spin whirling around the PRISM revelations, there’s one statement that stands out as particularly chilling. US President Barack Obama said: You can’t have 100% security and also have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience. We’re going to have to make some choices as a government. Implicit in that statement is a breathtaking lie. You… Read more »

Google Glass: a security disaster waiting to happen?

So, it seems we have the first vulnerability for Google Glass, even before the product from your favourite Internet stalker hits the stores. Consultant Jay ‘saurik’ Freeman has described how he used a known exploit for Android Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) to get root on Glass. This isn’t going to endear the platform to people who are already worried about… Read more »

Profiting from our vulnerability

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Security is a business and those of us who make a living from it, in some form or other, effectively profit from the fact that vulnerabilities get exploited by bad people. But is there a moral or ethical limit to how you turn insecurity into money? ReVuln, a security company based in Malta, claims to have found nine zero-day vulnerabilities… Read more »