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‘Hey Siri, buy $100 Bitcoin for the burglar guy’

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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 06:08:00 -0800

Apple will apparently bring FaceID to its long-awaited HomePod smart speaker systems next year, but voice assistant tech may be a weak link in domestic and enterprise security, fresh research claims.

The imitation game

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland claim that voice impersonators can fool smart speaker systems into thinking they are an authorized user of those systems.

It’s known that you can undermine voice authorization systems using speech synthesis, voice conversion or even dubbing recordings of a target voice.

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ComputerWorld Independent 

Mingis on Tech: The iPhone X – best phone for business, or best phone ever?

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Credit to Author: Ken Mingis| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:15:00 -0800

When it comes to mobile devices, companies tend to like three things: solid security, ease-of-management and low cost.

With Apple’s iPhone X, it looks like you can check off two of those three items. The phone’s cutting-edge Face ID authentication system really does work. iOS 11 is easy to manage and inherently secure. But that last one – price – is a big one. The iPhone X  starts at $999 for the 64GB model and goes to $1,149 for the 256GB version.

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ComputerWorld Independent 

What is Face ID? Apple’s new facial recognition tech explained

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Credit to Author: Michael deAgonia| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 02:57:00 -0700

With just a glance, Face ID can unlock Apple’s new iPhone X, giving owners a new authentication paradigm for the first time since the arrival of Touch ID with the iPhone 5. Face ID – that’s Apple’s name for the technology – uses a complex front-facing camera system and accompanying software to unlock the iPhone and authenticate purchases and payments with a mere glance.

The futuristic-seeming tech is one of the iPhone X’s main selling points, along with its “Super Retina” OLED screen, slimmer, bezel-less form factor and improved camera. But it also raises questions about whether the technology is as easy and secure to use as the tried-and-true fingerprint-based Touch ID.

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ComputerWorld Independent 

What is Face ID? Apple’s new authentication tech explained

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Credit to Author: Michael deAgonia| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 02:57:00 -0700

With just a glance, Face ID can unlock Apple’s new iPhone X, giving owners a new authentication paradigm for the first time since the arrival of Touch ID with the iPhone 5. Face ID – that’s Apple’s name for the technology – uses a complex front-facing camera system and accompanying software to unlock the iPhone and authenticate purchases and payments with a mere glance.

The futuristic-seeming tech is one of the iPhone X’s main selling points, along with its “Super Retina” OLED screen, slimmer, bezel-less form factor and improved camera. But it also raises questions about whether the technology is as easy and secure to use as the tried-and-true fingerprint-based Touch ID.

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ComputerWorld Independent 

Apple putties Krack in macOS, iOS

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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:06:00 -0700

Apple on Tuesday patched both macOS and iOS against serious vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol used to secure wireless networks.

Information about the flaws, dubbed “Krack” by their Belgian discoverer, made news earlier in the month when security researcher Mathy Vanhoef announced weaknesses in WPA2 that could allow criminals to read information transmitted over a Wi-Fi network thought to be encrypted.

Krack, said Vanhoef, stood for “Key Reinstallation Attacks.”

The macOS 10.13.1 and iOS 11.1 updates addressed the Krack vulnerabilities, as well as a slew of others. The Mac update fixed a whopping 148 flaws, while the iPhone and iPad update quashed 20 bugs. The bulk of the macOS patches – 90 of the total – plugged holes in “tcpdump,” an open-source network packet analyzer that’s baked into the operating system.

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In iOS 11, toggling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 'off' doesn’t work. Here’s why.

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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:54:00 -0700

Apple users have unwittingly discovered a new feature after installing iOS 11 on their mobile devices: when you toggle your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth quick settings to “off” those services remain on for Apple services.

For example, Location Services is still enabled, and Handoff and Instant Hotspot stay on, even when iPhones and iPads are put in “Airplane Mode.”

The change in iOS 11 has come under criticism because it could expose users to security risks.

Because iOS 10 allowed users to perform a quick swipe in the Control Center to toggle Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fully off, users reasonably believe they had the same capability in iOS 11.

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