Thursday, November 1, 2007

Japan may track defense officials with GPS phones


Category: Biometric News, Security, Personal Technology, Wireless, Reuters, Consumer Electronics, Phone
Proposal is made after the former No. 2 at the defense ministry admitted he'd been treated to hundreds of rounds of golf by a defense contractor. Japan's government wants to use mobile phones with GPS--often used by parents to keep track of children--to keep tabs on senior defense...

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Security firm: Hackers can divert Vonage calls


Category: Biometric News, Security, Attacks, Reuters, Hacker, Phone
Hackers with a Vonage subscriber's name and number could intercept Net phone calls by exploiting a system weakness, according to a security firm. Hackers with a Vonage subscriber's name and phone number could intercept Internet phone calls by exploiting a weakness in the system, according to security firm...

Friday, September 21, 2007

Symantec warns users over Bluetooth security


Category: Biometric News, Security, Mobile, Wireless, Lynn Tan, Symantec Corp., Privacy & data protection, Wi-Fi, Mobile Device, Phone, Device, Bluetooth
Executive offers advice on how to combat growing security threats linked to use of Bluetooth-equipped devices. With Bluetooth wireless features fast becoming commonplace on mobile devices, users need to be aware of the security vulnerabilities linked to the technology, said a Symantec executive. A study by research...

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