Car-hacking: Bluetooth and other security issues

Computerworld Security: August 06, 2012
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Car-hacking: Bluetooth and other security issues

Thanks to increased computerization and access to the outside world for
functions including music and social networking, researchers have successfully
hacked cars -- brakes applied remotely, conversations overheard, GPS signals
interfered with. This has potentially disastrous consequences, especially for
managers of large fleets of trucks, cars and other vehicles.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Richi Jennings: Apple iCloud 'not secure': Cloud rains on BYOD parade
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2. Massive payment card upgrade has mixed results in Australia
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3. Microsoft tool shows whether apps pose danger to Windows
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Richi Jennings: Apple iCloud 'not secure': Cloud rains on BYOD parade


Mat Honan suffered a hellacious hack Friday. It turns out that Apple
(NASDAQ:AAPL) reset his password for a hacker. Due to the nature of iCloud, all
his devices stopped working and he's lost all his backups. In IT Blogwatch,
bloggers are excoriatingly critical of Apple's security policies .
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Stealthy Threats: Driving a New Approach to Security

Watch this video to find out how rootkits and other stealthy threats have
significantly changed today's threat landscape, and how you can prevent these
threats with an integrated solution from Intel and McAfee that delivers embedded
security beyond the operating system.

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Massive payment card upgrade has mixed results in Australia

Despite a years-long upgrade of Australia's payment systems, fraudsters are
still profiting, leaving a questionable record for a vast program to equip debit
and credit cards with new security features.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8151003/823929835/573675/0/

Microsoft tool shows whether apps pose danger to Windows

Microsoft has released Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0, a free tool that can help
system administrators, IT security professionals or software developers
understand how newly installed applications can affect the security of a Windows
OS.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8151003/823929835/573676/0/



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