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Brinks safe — with a USB port — proves easy hacking for security researchers

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“Every step of the way, we were like, ‘This can’t be possible.’ ”

Yet this – opening a Brinks CompuSafe Galileo using its standard USB port, a keyboard and 100 lines of code – was most definitely possible for a pair of security researchers, Daniel Petro and Oscar Salazar, who work for the IT security consulting company Bishop Fox.

From an IDG News Service story on our site:

They bought a Galileo CompuSafe on eBay. The most egregious problem they found is a fully functional USB port on the side of the safe. That allowed them to plug in a keyboard and a mouse, which worked.

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Network World Paul McNamara

HP study finds smartwatches could do more to keep user data safe

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Smartwatches are failing people at keeping their data safe and protecting them from hackers.

Those are the findings of a study from Hewlett-Packard, whose Fortify on Demand security division tested 10 popular smartwatches. The company is in the process of alerting vendors about the flaws and can’t disclose the watches it tested, said Daniel Miessler, practice principal at HP.

HP also examined the security around the Web interfaces and mobile apps that accompany smartwatches and allow a person to access the device as well as how data gathered by watch apps is protected and used.

The study found vulnerabilities with each of the watches and raised concerns over user authentication methods, data encryption and data privacy, among other issues.

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FinalCode keeps files safe wherever they go

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Startup FinalCode secures files so permissions that protect them follow them around even when they are accessed outside secured networks.

The company’s FinalCode platform encrypts files and imposes restrictions on who can access them, when, for how long and with what privileges. So a person could be allowed to read a document but not copy and paste it, be allowed to open it only twice and only for 24 hours.

The company offers its platform as software entirely under control of the customer or as a service in which FinalCode handles the server side.

That is a big advantage for businesses that want this type of protection but don’t want to deal with the key management and infrastructure, says Eric Ogren, principal analyst for the Ogren Group. “They don’t even see the keys,” he says. “They can if they really want to, but why would they want to.” So the problems of scaling the number of files that are encrypted are handled by the service, not corporate staff.

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Network World Tim Greene

Apple no longer completely safe from hackers and viruses

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada Jul 21, 2015/ Troy Media/ – One of the major selling points for Apple products has been the perception that they are impervious to malware and viruses. “I don’t need antivirus protection,” many users say. “I have a Mac.”
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