Wireless security news and updates from the SecureW2 team.
Earlier this summer several unsuspecting Londoners offered their first born in exchange for free WiFi. Wait, what? Yes, you read that correctly. During an experiment sponsored by security firm F-Secure, researchers set up a hotspot in the city’s busiest …
In today’s mobile era, we are becoming more and more productive on the move, bringing the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets with us wherever we go. As employees have been pushing for the last couple of years to …
With the recent release of Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus flagship smartphones, there’s been a lot of talk about WiFi calling lately. Unbeknownst to many, WiFi calling has been around for about a decade, as T-Mobile …
Can’t say we are all that surprised with yet another security vulnerability on an Internet of Things (IoT) device. Heatmiser, a UK manufacturer of digital thermostats, has issued a warning to its customers regarding its Wi-Fi enabled thermostats running …
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone. As drones are constantly evolving in what they can and can’t do, companies in the WiFi security industry will always be looking for ways to protect consumers from potential data breaches. …
Earlier this summer we talked about drones that can be programmed to act as rogue access points sent to break into unprotected wireless networks. Julian Oliver, an artist living in Berlin, created a device designed to prevent these types of …
Red Light, Green Light is not just an innocent child’s game anymore. According to a team of researchers at the University of Michigan, it is possible to actually hack into traffic infrastructure to disrupt the flow of traffic and cause …
Gone are the days where a shattered window was the only telltale sign of a car break-in. At the Black Hat conference last month, Silvio Cesare, an Australian researcher, revealed a technique demonstrating how to spoof the signal from a …
Years ago industry experts may have laughed at the idea of a cat-turned WiFi spy. Last month a security researcher named Gene Bransfield showcased what he called the “War Kitteh” at the Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas. Using …
What happens when you design a smartphone to specifically place security and privacy in the hands of its users? You get an ultra-secure, attack resistant device right? Not exactly. Researchers on the BlueBox Labs security team discovered a potential vulnerability …
