Smart grid easily hacked
There has been a lot of media attention regarding “Smart Grid” this is digitally based electricity supply in the US, sounds crazy. Well it may just that according to security experts who believe that this type of power can easily be hacked, which could mean widespread blackouts.
Digitally based technology such as this relies on automated [...]
Stolen cars saved by an SMS
The power of the computer has been used in vehicles for some time, but not in the way that the Home Office want.
They have asked technology companies to come up with a system that will allow them to use the mobile phone network to turn the engines of vehicles off, it is claimed that this [...]
Malicious video crashes iPhone
There are always some ideas how to crack devices and in this case, it is the Apple iPhone, which can be brought down through a simple malicious video. This has been found by the author of the ZiPhone unlocking tool, Piergiogio Zambrini he has found a way to crash iPhones through this method.
There is a [...]
Mobile phone accounts hacked
Although this has happened in the States, it could quite easily happen here too! But hacking into someone’s mobile phone account can have devastating effects on the holder’s finances and it is all too easy to do, as the following will explain.
Apparently the main requirement is simply knowing the holders phone number, with this virtually [...]
Big brother is the real deal
It would seem that everything that we have feared about the government listening in on our conversations and having a little look at our emails is not just confined to films and TV programmes.
In the US the National Security Agency have the technology to do exactly that by listening in on phone calls, looking at [...]
Unlock any phone
Following the problems that were around when Apple launched the iPhone with the phone being tied to just one service provider, there has been a wave of people working on this can be overcome. In several cases there has been success with the iPhone being unlocked and therefore ready to be used on any network.
This [...]
No more privacy
In the wake of the data loss from the government where twenty five million names, addresses and bank details were lost in the post, there are calls for an improved Data protection act, however according to Dr David Murakami Wood from Newcastle University believes that it was out of date even before it came into [...]
November 15, 2007How secure is the iPhone?
Apple has always been known for the products being safe and secure, which is probably why they are possibly getting a bit worried about the news that the iPhone their latest icon product may be at risk to attack.
It could well be possible that there are pieces of spyware and malicious software being developed that [...]