Social Engineering Archive

  • McAfee Reveals Simple Safety Tips for Securing New Internet Connected Devices This Holiday Season

    McAfee Reveals Simple Safety Tips for Securing New Internet Connected Devices This Holiday Season

    Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments
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  • Are Caller ID spoofing apps in danger of becoming illegal? Maybe, thanks to H.R. 1258.

    Are Caller ID spoofing apps in danger of becoming illegal? Maybe, thanks to H.R. 1258.

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | No Comments
    The first time I jailbroke my iPhone and used SpoofApp, I called up a good friend of mine and (thanks to the voice changer) pretended to be a lusty old flame that just couldn’t get over him. Not exactly my finest moment — but if I had waited a few more months, it might have [...]

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  • Potentially nasty new iPhone security flaw discovered

    Potentially nasty new iPhone security flaw discovered

    Posted on February 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Wuh-oh! Considering its popularity and the number of handsets floating around out there compared to the number of security exploits discovered thus far, I'd say Apple has done a pretty good job of keeping things locked down. As this just-discovered flaw proves, however, nobody's perfect.

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  • Hack makes Palm Pre partially Verizon-friendly

    Hack makes Palm Pre partially Verizon-friendly

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Screwing around with CDMA handsets is no fun at all. You’ve taken the SIM card out of the equation, so a hefty chunk of the data that defines whether or not you can connect is stored on the carrier’s server. As such, getting a phone like the Palm Pre onto Verizon is as much social [...]

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