If you think that PEDs (personal electronic devices) are safe while left unattended in a typical locker box during a secure meeting or SCIF read on……
Would you believe that a middle school child could be writing malware (software such as viruses or Trojans designed to cause damage or disruption to a computer system)? We know that kids are very curious and studies have pointed to kids of all ages becoming technically savvy at ages earlier than we expected; but would writing malware ever cross our minds?
It could start out as easy as kids trying to impress their peers by writing spyware and showing their friends that they can hack into their video game logins. This may seem insignificant at first, but some gaming accounts have credit card details allowing users to make gaming purchases. This shows how vulnerable our financial information can be.
Researchers have said, “You teach your children that you can’t take a toy without paying – so we think this type of a message needs to get to the kids when they’re writing software too.”
The technology that makes our life so easy allows others to compromise our “mobility data”. There is a real need to protect our information since it is so simple for even a child to appropriate. Think about the level of protection that you need to protect your trusted information and the countermeasures that need to be put in place to protect that very information.
With limited inexpensive gear hackers could readily find where you as well as your mobile phone are without you having any notion. At least this is the decision of a recent study out of the University of Minnesota.
It all rests on the basic fact that the mobile phone network has to monitor your mobile in just a certain broad range so resources can be prioritized by it to supply the greatest service possible. (Most people are aware of the fact that providers must give up such location information when subpoenaed by law enforcement agencies.)
Then when a call is available in to you, the broadcasting tower will send a signal to your phone and waits for you personally to respond. A hacker has the capacity to intercept that sign before you even hear it to be answered by the call. Read more