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
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Late last week, Walmart alerted the public to an email-based scam that used the company’s name (misspelled as “Wallmart”) to illegally gather information about users. The email sported the title “Thanks for your Walmart.com order,” and after confused users clicked on links within the emails, their Walmart accounts were charged. While local police departments and Read more…
Tags: email scams, McAfee LiveSafe, phishing, Walmart
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Last year McAfee undertook some quite revealing research into the online behaviour of Aussie teens. Entitled ‘The Secret Life of Teens ‘ this research report taught us that 95% of our teens are accessing Facebook daily, 31% have broken the law through piracy and a shocking 6% have met up with a stranger they met Read more…
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It’s that time again, where we look back at the year passed and assess how the threat landscape has changed—for better and for worse. The 2013 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) reveals that last year was not only defined by the varied nature of cyberattacks, but also by the increased frequency of these incidents in general. Read more…
Tags: eCommerce, PCI Compliance, Small Business, Verizon DBIR, web security
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