One of my friends recently locked himself out of his apartment. I found this out when I called him, because while he didn’t have his keys he did have his smartphone. This was one of those times he wished he lived in one of those hotels with the Assa Abloy NFC enabled locks.
It turns out he doesn’t need to go to a hotel to open his door with a phone. Kwikset will soon be selling Kevo, a new deadbolt that can be unlocked with a bluetooth enabled phone. You can switch out your old door locks with one of these newer models
Tags: Bluetooth, iphone security, keyless, locks, mobile devices and security threats, mobile security
The ShmooCon security conference takes place in Washington D.C. this weekend. There will be a good number of mobile and embedded talks, covering attacks on and defense of Bluetooth, Android, NFC, RFID, and more. Disposable computers A number of years ago at DefCon a team of penetration testers showed how to infiltrate a corporate network Read more…
Tags: Android, Bluetooth, iphone, mobile security, NFC, RFID, SchmooCon
There is a lot of suppressed excitement in the Cybermum India household. Netizen daughter has zeroed in on a 3G enabled Android smart phone for her birthday present and has roped in her cyber geek brother to get the specifics of the different models available in the market. The duo have been surveying phones surreptitiously Read more…
Tags: 3G, Android, app security, applications, Bluetooth, hacking, malware, mobile security, Spyware
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