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Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak

Krebs on Security

Image: Camdenliving.com Also, the fobs pass the credentials to his front door over the air in plain text, meaning someone could clone the fob just by bumping against him with a smartphone app made to read and write NFC tags. Neither August nor Chirp Systems responded to requests for comment.

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Fines as a Security System

Schneier on Security

Tile has an interesting security solution to make its tracking tags harder to use for stalking: The Anti-Theft Mode feature will make the devices invisible to Scan and Secure, the company’s in-app feature that lets you know if any nearby Tiles are following you. Tile security requires an “in-app feature.”

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Crooks used rare Steganography technique to hack fully patched websites in Latin America

Security Affairs

The Exchangeable image file format is a standard that specifies the formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones), scanners and other systems handling image and sound files recorded by digital cameras. S igler added.

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Security AI and automation are key in protecting against costly data breaches for retailers and consumer goods businesses

IBM Big Data Hub

The rise of online commerce over the last two decades has completely transformed the retail and consumer goods industries—and with smartphone adoption accelerating globally, the share of shopping done via the internet will only continue to expand.

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10 everyday machine learning use cases

IBM Big Data Hub

Machine learning in smartphones ML powers a lot of what happens with our smartphones. Companies also take advantage of ML in smartphone cameras. Then, it suggests the social media user tag that individual. ML algorithms govern the facial recognition we rely on to turn on our phones.

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U.S. Govt. Apps Bundled Russian Code With Ties to Mobile Malware Developer

Krebs on Security

based company that provides code for software developers to profile smartphone app users based on their online activity, allowing them to send tailor-made notifications. Pushwoosh employees posing at a company laser tag event. Pushwoosh says it is a U.S. Edwards said the U.S.

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Asset lifecycle management strategy: What’s the best approach for your business?

IBM Big Data Hub

Radio frequency identifier tags (RFID): RFID tags broadcast information about the asset they’re attached to using radio-frequency signals and Bluetooth technology. But unlike barcodes, they are two-dimensional and easily readable with a smartphone from any angle.