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 »
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 »
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 »