Security News

Sniffing and tracking wearable tech and smartphones (Help Net Security)
2015-05-25 07:09

Researchers at Context Information Security have demonstrated how easy it is to monitor and record Bluetooth Low Energy signals transmitted by many mobile phones, wearable devices and iBeacons, includ...

South Korean minors to be monitored via smartphone spying apps (Help Net Security)
2015-05-20 06:33

The Korea Communications Commission, South Korea's media regulation agency modeled after US' FCC, has made it mandatory for telecoms and parents to install a monitoring app on smartphones used by anyo...

Yahoo develops cheap, effective biometric smartphone authentication (Help Net Security)
2015-04-30 11:56

A group of Yahoo researchers have demonstrated that apart from fingerprints, other parts of the human body, such as ears, fists, palms and fingers, can also be successfully used to authenticate users ...