Wi-fi – PossibleThreat Articles

A serious Wi-Fi flaw shows how Linux handles security in plain sight.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/k8HeNuageMA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Wi-Fi signals let researchers ID people through walls from their gait

October 7, 2019 0 Comments gait, IoT, Law & order, Privacy, radio frequency sensing, santa barbara, sensing, smart homes, university of california, Wi-fi, xmodal-id

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:36:22 +0000

Police could set up transceivers outside a building and compare spectrograms of suspects walking vs. crime scene footage.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uthcWVmlUvo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Will 5G increase mobile security?

October 4, 2019 0 Comments 5G, data breach, Mobile, Mobile Security, Security, Wi-fi

Credit to Author: Jack Gold| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:22:00 -0700

We love our smartphones, but there's a dark side. Their prevalence and users’ tendencies to connect over public Wi-Fi make mobile devices a common target of bad guys. Analyst Jack Gold looks at how to mitigate the risk.

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Hacked devices can be turned into acoustic weapons

August 13, 2019 0 Comments acoustic cyber weapons, bluetooth, DEF CON, Def Con 2019, Defcon, malware, Matt Wixey, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, research, security threats, sounds, soundwaves, vulnerability, Wi-fi

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 13:54:10 +0000

Security researcher Matt Wixey found that many gadgets aren’t protected from being turned into hearing-damaging weapons. Or melting.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/S9CML6xBVTQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hacking 4G hotspots – when did you last update?

August 12, 2019 0 Comments hotspot, vulnerability, Wi-fi

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:04:22 +0000

Your 4G hotspot might seem very basic and low risk compared to your phone, but you need to keep it patched just as carefully!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bLbnSDKyWeU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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