http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Thu, 23 May 2013 09:30:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 09:15:58 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168194 Overnight, Twitter finally got two-factor authentication — which was enough to prompt Kim Dotcom to claim that he invented the technique. Taking to Twitter, the man behind Mega pointed out a patent from 1997 that he claims is proof that two-step security is, in fact, his idea. He went further, accusing companies like Google, Facebook, and [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication/feed/ 0 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/twitter-finally-has-two-factor-authentication-heres-how-to-get-it/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/twitter-finally-has-two-factor-authentication-heres-how-to-get-it/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:16 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168148 It’s about damn time. After an endless, occasionally entertaining — but mostly disconcerting — string of high-profile hacks, Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication to verify that yes, it is, in fact, you logging in. Of course, you’ll have to opt in for the new, long overdue security measure to be put into place. And once you do, you’ll be required to enter [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/twitter-finally-has-two-factor-authentication-heres-how-to-get-it/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/psa-your-skype-messages-arent-as-private-as-you-think-they-are/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/psa-your-skype-messages-arent-as-private-as-you-think-they-are/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 08:30:12 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167409 Most people think of Skype as a secure means of communication, with messages kindly delivered using end-to-end encryption. But a new report by Ars Technica suggests that’s far from the case — and Microsoft is often dipping into your communications. Having teamed up with security researcher Ashkan Soltani, Ars sent fresh web links across Skype, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/psa-your-skype-messages-arent-as-private-as-you-think-they-are/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/croatian-bees-are-being-trained-to-hunt-down-deadly-land-mines/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/croatian-bees-are-being-trained-to-hunt-down-deadly-land-mines/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:02 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167305 Sending animals to do our dirty work—specifically of the drug-sniffing, bomb-hunting variety—isn’t a novel concept by any means. But while an animal bomb-sniffing squad might conjure up the image of a noble K9 dog, Croatians are now depending on a very different, perhaps not quite as lovable bomb fiend: the common honeybee. Because though the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/croatian-bees-are-being-trained-to-hunt-down-deadly-land-mines/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/china-is-hacking-america-again/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/china-is-hacking-america-again/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:14 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167137 Just three months after hacks by China’s People’s Liberation Army came to an abrupt halt, the country is once again attacking US targets reports the New York Times. Hacks on organisations like the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times ceased three months back when it came to light that the perpetrators had stolen data — from [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/china-is-hacking-america-again/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/an-imprisoned-hacker-invented-an-atm-attachment-that-stops-skimmers/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/an-imprisoned-hacker-invented-an-atm-attachment-that-stops-skimmers/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:00:51 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166840 Valentin Boanta has a lot of free time on his hands—five years worth, to be exact. That’s because Boanta is currently serving a prison sentence for, according to Reuters, “supplying gadgets to an organised crime gang used to conceal ATM skimmers.” So with all that time to think about what he’s done, the apparently penitent [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/an-imprisoned-hacker-invented-an-atm-attachment-that-stops-skimmers/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/ee-user-data-offered-for-sale-was-anonymised/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/ee-user-data-offered-for-sale-was-anonymised/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 09:30:01 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165573 Mobile network EE, which was at the centre of a little storm over claims a market research company was offering to sell details of its users to the police, has advised everyone to calm down a little. It was anonymised data that wouldn’t be able to identify or lead to the tracking of its users. [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/ee-user-data-offered-for-sale-was-anonymised/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/3d-printed-gun-on-a-train-poses-international-security-risk-says-daily-mail/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/3d-printed-gun-on-a-train-poses-international-security-risk-says-daily-mail/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:08 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165223 While some experts claim the plastic “gun” is about as effective a weapon as holding a bullet in your hand with a pair of pliers and hitting it with a pin, it hasn’t stopped some from panicking about the possible mass proliferation of plastic weaponry. A worried-looking young Mail on Sunday reporter caused a bit [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/3d-printed-gun-on-a-train-poses-international-security-risk-says-daily-mail/feed/ 33 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/apples-got-a-huge-waiting-list-of-cops-who-need-iphones-cracked/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/apples-got-a-huge-waiting-list-of-cops-who-need-iphones-cracked/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 11:00:20 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164945 It’s no secret that the police aren’t very good at breaking into encrypted iPhones, but they’ve been asking Apple for help. A lot of help. According to reports by CNET the US government asks for so much help that the “please decrypt this iPhone for me” waiting list is at least seven weeks long. Law [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/apples-got-a-huge-waiting-list-of-cops-who-need-iphones-cracked/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/30-second-chit-chat-to-replace-pins-and-passwords-at-barclays/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/30-second-chit-chat-to-replace-pins-and-passwords-at-barclays/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 11:15:04 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164490 An introductory chat about the weather and last night’s TV may soon be enough to get you through your bank’s telephone security system, with Barclays successfully testing a voice recognition tool that authenticates users by analysing their speech patterns. The Barclays Wealth investment division is is using a the FreeSpeech voice biometrics system developed by input [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/30-second-chit-chat-to-replace-pins-and-passwords-at-barclays/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/infamous-bittorrent-tracker-demonoid-resurrected-to-fill-your-computer-with-malware/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/infamous-bittorrent-tracker-demonoid-resurrected-to-fill-your-computer-with-malware/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 09:45:42 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164112 Long-running Bittorrent tracker Demonoid appeared to be attempting another relaunch this week, although it’s almost certain the return was a scam designed to trick people into visiting a malicious site to fill their computers with malware. A bizarre email purporting to be from people who found the old Demonoid server data asked users to visit [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/infamous-bittorrent-tracker-demonoid-resurrected-to-fill-your-computer-with-malware/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/locked-out-of-your-facebook-account-trusted-contacts-will-save-you/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/locked-out-of-your-facebook-account-trusted-contacts-will-save-you/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 08:15:10 +0000 Mario Aguilar http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162873 Starting just last night, Facebook has started rolling out a new Trusted Contacts feature under your account security settings. Here, you can pick three to five folks who will have the power to help you when you lock yourself out of your account luck a dummy. It’s pretty unlikely that you’ll get accidentally locked out [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/locked-out-of-your-facebook-account-trusted-contacts-will-save-you/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/google-glass-gets-a-whole-lot-creepier-when-you-root-it/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/google-glass-gets-a-whole-lot-creepier-when-you-root-it/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:20 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162545 Google Glass has plenty of folks a little scared of being recorded in secret, but saying “OK Glass” and the recording light are kind of a dead giveaway. But a rooted pair of specs? Those could be a creeper’s dream. In a chat with ZDNet, Google Glass jailbreaker Saurik relayed some slightly concerning info about [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/google-glass-gets-a-whole-lot-creepier-when-you-root-it/feed/ 18 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/report-twitter-will-release-its-two-step-verification-soon/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/report-twitter-will-release-its-two-step-verification-soon/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:30:21 +0000 Casey Chan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=160518 Wired is reporting that Twitter has a two-step verification system currently undergoing internal testing that Twitter hopes to roll out to its users “shortly”. A two-step verification system would help prevent Twitter hacks from happening, like what happened last night with the @AP. There aren’t any details on how the two-step verification system would work exactly, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/report-twitter-will-release-its-two-step-verification-soon/feed/ 0 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/so-its-come-to-this-bulletproof-school-uniforms/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/so-its-come-to-this-bulletproof-school-uniforms/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:00:39 +0000 Andrew Liszewski http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=160484 Tragedies like the events that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School have certainly given parents reasons to worry about their children’s safety. But is this really necessary? A Colombian company claims to have created a line of kid’s clothing and school uniforms made from the same fabrics and technology found in bulletproof vests. The [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/so-its-come-to-this-bulletproof-school-uniforms/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/five-simple-ways-to-keep-your-android-device-malware-free/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/five-simple-ways-to-keep-your-android-device-malware-free/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:58 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=159943 Although it’s true that Android devices are a little more susceptible to malware attacks than iOS, the situation isn’t nearly as bad as Cook & Co. would have you believe. Yes, Android’s a wee bit insecure, but using a little bit of nous and a healthy dollop of common sense, you can make your device impervious to [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/five-simple-ways-to-keep-your-android-device-malware-free/feed/ 26 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/this-family-of-data-stealing-android-malware-got-downloaded-from-google-play-millions-of-times/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/this-family-of-data-stealing-android-malware-got-downloaded-from-google-play-millions-of-times/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:30:11 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=159722 Everyone knows there’s malware on Android, but for the most part it just hangs out in the seedier back alleys of the OS. You’re only likely to run into it if you start side-loading pirated apps, or frequenting sketchy unofficial app stores. But a newly uncovered family of malware—fittingly called “BadNews”—was just chillin’ in Google [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/this-family-of-data-stealing-android-malware-got-downloaded-from-google-play-millions-of-times/feed/ 6 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/two-factor-authentication-and-how-itll-stop-some-jackass-stealing-your-crap/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/two-factor-authentication-and-how-itll-stop-some-jackass-stealing-your-crap/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:00:34 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=159025 Microsoft enabled two-factor authentication this morning. That’s awesome, because two-factor authentication is a simple, cheap method of making yourself virtually hack-proof on the internet. And not enough people use it.   What is Two-Factor Authentication?  Two-factor authentication is the combination of multiple authentication ‘factors’ to create a secure verification system. A ‘factor’ of authentication is, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/two-factor-authentication-and-how-itll-stop-some-jackass-stealing-your-crap/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/microsoft-is-finally-offering-two-step-verification-for-your-entire-account/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/microsoft-is-finally-offering-two-step-verification-for-your-entire-account/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:00:48 +0000 Mario Aguilar http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=158889 Over the next few days Microsoft will begin rolling out an overhaul to accounts, which will include a crucial security upgrade: Two-step verification. This will go a long way to preventing hackers from getting into your account and causing all sorts of damage. So if you have a Microsoft Account, you should definitely set the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/microsoft-is-finally-offering-two-step-verification-for-your-entire-account/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/faa-no-you-cant-take-down-a-plane-with-an-android-app/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/faa-no-you-cant-take-down-a-plane-with-an-android-app/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:00:30 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=157594 Remember how the internet got itself all riled up a few days ago when it found out that it would only take one rogue Android user to hack and take over an entire plane? Yeah, about that—it’s not true. When Hugo Teso gave his demonstration at the Hack In The Box security conference, he used [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/faa-no-you-cant-take-down-a-plane-with-an-android-app/feed/ 9