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FTC reminder: ‘Spread the word about government imposters’

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Yes, you and I are waaaaay too savvy to fall for the old “I’m calling from the government and you had better pay up” trick.

Unfortunately, others are not, especially among the elderly.

So the Federal Trade Commission is once again asking for help getting the word out:

We’re hearing from our colleagues that those pesky government imposters are at it again, using the FTC’s name to try to con people into paying them for something. Whether it’s to clean up your credit report, give you a prize, resolve a complaint against you, or pay off a debt you owe, they’re all lies. The message may be a call or an email, but it isn’t from the Federal Trade Commission, or any other federal agency.

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Network World Paul McNamara

How Sigfox plans to spread its low-power IoT network across the U.S.

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Sigfox, a French networking company whose technology is already supporting large Internet of Things (IoT) deployments in several countries in Europe, has its sights set on the U.S. market.

The company hasn’t been shy about its plans for U.S. expansion in 2016. By the end of the first quarter, Sigfox claims its networks will be up and running in 10 U.S. cities: San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, and Austin, Texas.

So, how does the company plan to accomplish this? And how can it succeed in establishing a nationwide network for the IoT?

What is Sigfox?

Sigfox deploys Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) that work in concert with hardware that manufacturers can integrate into their products. In terms of compatibility, the network takes a similar approach to traditional GSM networks. Any device with integrated Sigfox hardware can connect to the internet – in regions where a Sigfox network has been deployed – without any external hardware, like a Wi-Fi or Zigbee router. But, in another sense, the Sigfox network is entirely different than traditional GSM networks, in that it can only transmit small amounts of data, at just 100 bits per second.

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Network World Colin Neagle

Android cellular voice channel used as new covert channel to leak info, spread … – Computerworld

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Android cellular voice channel used as new covert channel to leak info, spread …
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The test repeated the attacker's caller ID being recognized without showing up on the victim's screen, but the rootkit, acting as a botnet, listened for a command and then executed it. The attacker used the researcher's modem to send a command to …

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Research: Attacks on HTML5-based apps infect smartphones, spread like a ‘worm’

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By 2016, experts estimate that over 50% of mobile apps will be based on HTML5 technology and coded, at least partially, in JavaScript. Apps are usually written in a language native to a specific platform, but developers only need to create one HTML5-based app and it runs on any platform. While that’s handy for app developers, it’s also “just a disaster waiting to happen,” according to Syracuse University…
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