Setup headaches and operational flubs dampen our enthusiasm for this professionally monitored security system’s minimal price tag.
Christopher Null | 19 Sep | Read more
As electronic lock manufacturers up their design game, Kwikset gets to work.
Christopher Null | 29 Nov | Read more
While the new Assure looks great on the outside, its smart home capabilities remain lacking.
Christopher Null | 15 Nov | Read more
But we can't recommend the second and less-expensive new model.
Christopher Null | 19 Sep | Read more
In the increasingly commoditized wireless security camera world, Guardzilla's sales pitch is tough to beat. A sub-$100 sales price. No monthly fees. One minute setup. What's not to like?
Christopher Null | 03 Feb | Read more
Of all the lessons to be learned from the hacking of Naoki Hiroshima and the loss of his coveted @N Twitter handle, the most troubling is the one which will ultimately be the most difficult to solve. In online security, weak passwords and poor encryption standards may be part of the problem, but the biggest problem of all remains ourselves.
Christopher Null | 31 Jan | Read more
The risks of relying on the cloud have been discussed at length, but security researchers are about to add a new danger that users will soon have to worry about: Reverse engineering the software directly.
Christopher Null | 28 Aug | Read more
Edward Snowden's revelations surrounding the U.S. government's domestic surveillance system known as PRISM continues to create fallout. The latest casualty could be your business.
Christopher Null | 14 Aug | Read more
It's amazing it took so long. More than 20 years after its initial development, the SIM card has been hacked. A German cryptographer named Karsten Nohl will be presenting findings to that effect at the annual Black Hat computer security conference at the end of the month.
Christopher Null | 23 Jul | Read more
Upgrade your firewalls, insist on 16-character passwords, and apply all your security patches the day they come out. None of that may matter: The sad reality is that the biggest computer crime your organization is likely to face is the physical theft of a mobile device, should one of your traveling sales staff find their car broken into and their laptop bag stolen or merely become the victim of a subway bump-and-grab.
Christopher Null | 11 Jun | Read more