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Connected devices riddled with badly-coded APIs, poor encryption

19

Sep

2016

The advent of home automation and rapid rise of smart home connected devices is seeing some vendors and new startups scramble to become a part of the movement, with ABI Research forecasting 360 million smart home device shipments by 2020. Unfortunately, many companies are leaving major security flaws in the wake of their hurried attempts […]

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The Rise of the Selfie Authentication as a New Security Factor

28

Jul

2016

The idea is a good one: Use the cellphone camera to take a selfie and employ it as another login authentication credential. Both MasterCard and LogMeOnce have introduced a type of selfie authentication.

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Android 7.0 to Strictly Enforce Verified Boot

25

Jul

2016

Google is planning new security features for the upcoming Android 7.0, including verified boot, which will prevent devices with a corrupt or modified boot image from booting. Android already has verified boot for cryptographic integrity checking to detect modifications to the operating system, but Android 7.0 will now require the feature to be strictly enforced, […]

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