Author Archives: cxlt
Security Review – Mobile Banking in the Developing World
One of the interesting topics brought up by Microsoft Research India during their Change talk last week was that of mobile banking in the developing world. Managing and distributing money can be a tricky proposition in the developing world – … Continue reading
Current Event – FAA, Kaiser Permanente Security Breaches; Tens of Thousands of Names Compromised
In another of a long line of high-profile security breaches both in and out of the government recently, the Federal Aviation Administration has announced that in the course of a breach of their computer system, over 45,000 employee names – … Continue reading
Security Review: Amazon Kindle
With rumors of Amazon revealing their next Kindle on Monday (an honor Engadget, along with other blogs has already done for them), and as a user of the first Kindle, I figured that with its numerous features, communication methods, and … Continue reading
Current event: Downadup worm infects 1.1 million machines in 24 hours
A worm known as Downadup, or also Conficker by some security companies, is spreading rampantly by exploiting a bug found – and patched – months ago in Windows machines. F-Secure believes that the worm has already compromised 35 million machines … Continue reading