Author Archives: davidjsh

M-Pesa: Banking via SMS

Posted on March 16, 2008 by davidjsh

I was recently informed about a rather interesting service that is being used in Kenya called M-PESA.   According to their website, “M-PESA provides an affordable, fast, convenient and safe way to transfer money by SMS anywhere in Kenya. Through … Continue reading →

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Feature or Flaw?

Posted on March 13, 2008 by davidjsh

According to an article found at Dark Reading, Adam Boileau from Immunity Inc, has decided after two years to make publicly available his tool Winlockpwn that “lets an attacker take over a ‘locked’ Windows machine without even stealing its password” … Continue reading →

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The online tax system is safe to use. Well, if the government thinks that you’re unimportant, that is.

Posted on February 10, 2008 by davidjsh

Yesterday I was looking through Schneier’s blog and found a link to an interesting article about the UK and online taxes (Article). According to the article in the UK, “Thousands of ‘high profile’ people have been secretly barred from using … Continue reading →

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Here are RFID Debit Cards, whether you wanted them or not.

Posted on January 27, 2008 by davidjsh

In the world of banking, attention has turned to the prospect of using RFID technology for contactless transactions via bank cards.  While this in of itself is a security concern, John Leyden brought to light in his article (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/27/paywave/) that … Continue reading →

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