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Cybersecurity and the Pagers that Explode
Setting aside the moral and ethical concerns of indiscriminate remote killing of people, one is shocked at the news from Lebanon. Two consecutive days pagers and walky-talkies have exploded killing dozens, including 2 children. The victims of this attacks purposely used obsolete technology to safeguard communications and prevent geo tracking. Obviously, this was not enough…
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Steal Your Face – Biometrics
Biometrics has become pervasive today to protect our data. There are fingerprint scanners like on my MacBook. There is face recognition on my iPhone. Biometric recognition systems also play a prominent role in Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). MFA is a security control that requires two or more forms of authentication to confirm identity. MFA has long…