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Securing the Future of Personal Medical Devices: Unveiling Vulnerabilities and Balancing Innovation and Security

Explore the hidden vulnerabilities in personal medical devices and the importance of maintaining a delicate balance between innovation and security. Discover how ethical hacking and proactive measures can ensure the reliability and safety of these life-changing technologies.

Something’s Fishy With Your Cellphone

image courtesy of Seattle Municipal Archives   In the United States, there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 325 million cellular devices in use (15), comprising phones, tablets, notebooks, hotspots, and, most recently, vehicles. We are generating a lot of data on these devices, and these devices are generating a lot of data—about us. At… (read more)

Aviator Doesn’t Fly for Me

View image | gettyimages.com I listen to a lot of podcasts on various subjects, and recently I heard the hosts of the Digital Underground Podcast from Kaspersky Labs talking about a new web browser called Aviator. Built on Chromium, but designed for privacy, I figured I’d give it a try. I like Chrome, and I… (read more)

Search and Seizure in the Digital Age

It is a rare circumstance when our United States Supreme Court agrees so completely as they did in the case of Riley v. California: all nine of the Justices agreed that law enforcement officers DO need a search warrant to examine the contents of your cell phone. This question is no longer about seeing who… (read more)