Why the DHS Findings Should Terrify You

sqlinsix (55)in #stem • 6 years ago (edited)

According to researchers at the Department of Homeland Security, some mobile devices have quite a few dangerous security vulnerabilities. In addition to sim-compromises which are not cell phone specific, these vulnerabilities allow hackers to use advanced features on the device and monitor user activity and data. Unfortunately, the news gets worse - these vulnerabilities are not surface level issues, but are nested deep within the mobile devices themselves.

This is just one of many major security flaws that have been found recently. At this time, the researchers do not know if hackers have been able to compromise devices.

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You may not find accurate information about security online. In fact, most of what you learn has been discovered after-the-fact, which isn't helpful. But that's not the only problem: you may not realize you're reading something that's false. How do you make sure this isn't the case? Never forget, false information is worse than no information.

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It's not just information that can be a problem either - we can face the same problem with data. In Automating ETL, we look at ways to get data and look at it, while considering the truth in data while we do this. Consider the data and information involved around mobile security. What was our sponsor saying years ago versus everyone else?

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