Tag: Wearables
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The Garmin Ransomware Hack Is Horrifying
The attack, which encrypted much of Garmin’s data, demonstrates that companies that collect and use highly sensitive GPS, health, and …
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Analyst Watch: Three smartphone trends worth watching
A few months ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the near-term future of the smartphone seemed obvious. We were moving to foldable …
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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect
As Tony Aiello entered his nineties, he had false teeth, an artificial hip, and an artificial knee. He gripped a walker to hoist himself …
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Major Technological Trends That Strike Software Security
Check out these major software security risks to avoid breaches in your applications. …
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Fitbit data leads to arrest of 90-year-old in stepdaughter’s murder
On Saturday, 8 September, at 3:20 pm, Karen Navarra’s Fitbit recorded her heart rate spiking. Within 8 minutes, the 67-year-old …
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Wearables vs. proctors: Test taking security in the era of constant connectivity
Red and blue blinking lights were suddenly in my rearview mirror. To paraphrase every driver ever, “Oh, …
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Holy sweat! Wearables have THREE attack surfaces
Black Hat Asia Wearable devices – and anything that relies on an app to help with configuration – has at least three attack surfaces …
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Securing the Web of Wearables, Smartphones & Cloud
Wearables are only a small part of the Internet of Things (IoT), a complicated mesh of smart devices, mobile phones, and several …
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Mobile News Round-up: Wearables, Security Strategies, and CES 2018
Happy New Year, everyone! For our first This Week In Mobile for 2018, I have a lot of stuff to share, including a decent amount of news and …
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7 Mobile App Development Trends to Watch Out for in 2018
Swiftly moving away from the world of web apps and desktop accessibility, 2017 saw an upsurge in the number of users choosing mobile to be …
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Researchers add physical objects into two-factor authentication
“A quick and familiar user action of snapping a photo is sufficient for Pixie to simultaneously perform a graphical password …
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