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News in brief: inflight systems ‘can be hacked’; LA seeks extradition of ‘cyberattacker’; Uber safety fears grow – Naked Security

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News in brief: inflight systems 'can be hacked'; LA seeks extradition of 'cyberattacker'; Uber safety fears grow
Naked Security
Most people who are afraid of flying distract themselves with an inflight movie or a couple of beers. Not so nervous flyer Ruben Santamarta, a researcher with IOActive, who prefers to deal with his fears by understanding what he's scared of. It was in …
IOActive Labs Research: In Flight Hacking SystemIOActive
Hackers could take control of a plane using in-flight entertainment systemTelegraph.co.uk

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Verizon’s ‘Can you hear me now?’ guy is now selling us Sprint. This is wrong.

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Paul Marcarelli – an actor better known as the “Can you hear me now?” guy – spent nine years profiting from a Verizon ad campaign that made his face famous and that phrase a part of the lexicon. That gig ended in 2011.

Now he’s begun selling Sprint. In the new commercial he says he switched teams because Sprint’s service has become so wonderful. In real life, we all know he switched because Sprint is now helping him pay his bills. That’s fine. If AT&T had wanted Marcarelli’s services it would be the wonders of AT&T that the actor would be extolling on TV. Here’s the ad:

Now there’s absolutely nothing to criticize about an actor earning a living. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing wrong here.

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Network World Paul McNamara

Authentication startup brings on ‘Catch Me If You Can’ ID thief as adviser

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Authentication/identity-protection startup Trusona has enlisted the help of former identity thief Frank Abagnale — the subject of the movie “Catch Me if You Can” — to advise as it prepares to market what it claims to be an unbreakable cloud platform to make sure imposters don’t login.

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Frank Abagnale

Abagnale, now a security consultant, has helped out Trusona’s founder and CEO Ori Eisen before with his previous venture, ad-tracking and fraud prevention firm 41st Parameter, which was bought by Experian in 2013.

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Network World Tim Greene