Kamkar’s new exploit, PoisonTap, uses free software and a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero microcomputer. After attaching the Raspberry Pi to a USB adapter and plugging it in, the device goes to work. In all of 30 seconds, it bypasses your lock screen and begins installing a backdoor that works even after the device is removed from the USB port.
The article lists some ways to protect your machine, but misses the big one in my opinion. Don’t let anyone get their hands on your computer. 😉
Recently, I’ve become painfully aware that my personal phone, an iPhone 3S, might be lagging a bit in the technology department. Actually, it’s not so much the technology lag as the number of things that kinda sorta work some of the time. For example, there was a recent occasion where my wife sent me a…
I posted this photo to Facebook yesterday, as I worked from the hotel to try and get up to speed with this new job. A friend left a sarcastic comment about the glamorous life of traveling for work. It got me thinking. If you have never had the kind of job that requires a lot…
It’s not all that often that airline news releases make me miss flying all the time. This is not one of those times either. “An American spokesman said Tuesday that the carrier’s Boeing 737 Max jets, the first of which should arrive later this year, will have only 30 inches of seat pitch in most…
So here’s a good one. Angela logged in to her MySpace account to send a message to a friend of hers. When she did, it gave her an error about the spam filter, then she was prompted to change her password because her account had been phished, which it hadn’t. Stay with me on this…
I was doing a little light reading last night, about the latest scourge of iCloud attacks, wherein a hacker gets access to your iCloud account, and using the Find my iPhone service, puts your device in “lost mode” and sets up a PIN to lock you out of your own device until you pay the…
Here’s an interesting thought experiment. When you are in your office and receive an email from your boss, how long will it take before a follow-up email or phone call will occur if you don’t respond? If the answer to that question is a short time period, like say 10 minutes, you might actually be…
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RT @mikemac29: Linked – This $5 device can hack password-protected computers in just 30 seconds:
RT @mikemac29: Linked – This $5 device can hack password-protected computers in just 30 seconds:
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