Three IoT security lessons to learn from Jeep hackers
Posted on 08 July 2016 by
IOActive, the company behind last year’s now infamous Jeep hack has released a new survey highlighting the vulnerabilities of IoT security.
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LTE advances demand increased – and award-winning – security
Posted on 28 June 2013 by
The recent prediction from research consultancy IDATE that there will be 1 billion LTE subscribers globally by 2015 shows us how the world of mobile WiFi is evolving faster than ever before. This world is not only evolving, but also growing rapidly as we can see considerable development in the US as Verizon Wireless have […]
What can you do with NFC?
Posted on 18 February 2013 by
Take a minute and cast your mind back to science fiction films of the 80s and 90s – Terminator or Demolition Man perhaps. People could use biometrics to gain access to computers, scan others’ minds to see what they were thinking, and so on. Based on these futuristic predictions, who would have thought, in the […]
The Myth of the “Strong” Password
Posted on 01 February 2013 by
Which password do you think is easier for a hacker to crack – “Th3r3 can only b3 #1!” or “Hammered asinine requirements”? According to some new research from Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Software Research, it’s actually the former that is the weaker password. Why? Because the password “Th3r3 can only b3 #1!” has grammatical […]
Twelve months of enterprising blogging
Posted on 30 August 2012 by
Today the Gemalto Enterprise blog celebrates its first anniversary. Since the birth of the Enterprise Blog on August 30th 2011, we’ve given our view on many of the biggest stories in the world of enterprise security and authentication. These have included everything from passwords to privacy, and Google to Genesis. Having shared so many of […]
The curious case of Felix Roque: Hacking for Dummies
Posted on 06 June 2012 by
Felix Roque, mayor of a New Jersey town (West New York) just minutes from downtown Manhattan, was arrested May 25th for hacking into a website that posted less than flattering comments about him and his administration. The now defunct site, www.recallroque.com, had been targeted by both Roque and his son, Joseph, since it was set […]