January 31st, 2012 by lhaas                              

Stealing smartphone crypto keys using plain old radio

At next month’s RSA Conference, researchers will demonstrate how the simple use of radio waves can be used to steal encryption keys.

“You tune to the right frequency,” says Kocher, who described the hacking procedure as involving use of a radio device much like a common AM radio that will be set up [...]

January 30th, 2012 by lhaas                              

Mobile Forensics to be focus of next issue of Digital Forensics Magazine

The upcoming issue of Digital Forensics Magazine will focus on mobile device digital forensics, including a feature article “Circumventing & Cracking the Android 3Ps – Patterns, PINs and Passwords” written by viaForensics’ Andrew Hoog and Thomas Cannon.

If you’ve even begun the journey into mobile device forensics, you’ve already likely encountered the dreaded “lock [...]

January 13th, 2012 by ctriplett                              

Mobile Forensics Training May 2012 – Chicago IL

Join us for our May mobile forensic training in Chicago IL May 21-25! We are offering our full five day series containing the following courses:

Introduction to Linux in Forensics iPhone Forensics Android Forensics Advanced Mobile Forensics Advanced File Carving & Analysis

Courses come with our virtual machine build containing useful forensic utilities, as [...]

November 17th, 2011 by lhaas                              

Financial Institutions Shoring Up Compliance Plans For FFIEC Deadline – Dark Reading

The updated FFEIC supplement has been a topic of significant discussion for financial institutions and the deadline is fast approaching:

For banking and financial organizations, Jan. 1 looms large as deadline day for a new set of regulations under the supplements added to the Financial Institutions Examination Council FFIEC “Authentication in an Internet [...]

October 21st, 2011 by lhaas                              

Android Source Code Gone For Good?

Is Android source code gone for good? A poster on Slashdot offers this observation:

“Many people were upset at the revelation, reported here in May, that the Honeycomb version of Android would not be open sourced. But Google promised that the next version, Ice Cream Sandwich, would have full source available. Now that ICS [...]

September 30th, 2011 by lhaas                              

George Costanza’s Infamous Wallet Is The Star Of New Google Wallet Commercial

Remember George Costanza and his overstuffed wallet in the classic Seinfeld episode? Well, George’s wallet is set to make a comeback schilling for the overdue Google Wallet. According to Google Wallet, the app will be compatible with Nexus S 4G by Google, available on Sprint®. It stores virtual versions of your existing plastic cards on [...]

September 29th, 2011 by lhaas                              

viaForensics’ CIO invited to speak at Apple’s Enterprise Innovation Summit 2011

Apple’s Enterprise Innovation Summit traditionally provides a forum for European C-level executives and industry thought leaders to discuss business challenges of digital media with peers in an interactive environment. The 2011 summit will focus specifically on the impact that mobile devices are having on the business world and the challenges presented by this.

With this mobile focus [...]

September 16th, 2011 by lhaas                              

ITA Crain’s Small Business Week Event: Mobile Security Strategies

Catch Andrew discussing strategies for deploying secure mobile apps and devices at ITA Crain’s Small Business Week:

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Presentations by: Sprint ”Consumerization of IT – Driving a collaborative approach to Managed Security” & Andrew Hoog, CIO, viaForensics ” Mobile Security – Strategies for deploying secure mobile apps and devices”

Register here.

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September 9th, 2011 by lhaas                              

Two phones, one device

VMware’s mission to bring virtualization to the mobile market gained a major supporter last week when Samsung pledged to use VMware software to build business-friendly smartphones and tablets.

VMware already offers the View desktop virtualization client for Android and the iPad (but not the iPhone), allowing remote access to a Windows desktop from a mobile [...]

August 31st, 2011 by lhaas                              

viaForensics on CompTIA cybersecurity panel

viaForensics’ Andrew Hoog participated in a panel discussion: Cybersecurity in the Age of Mobility. Listen to the experts discuss new threats and vulnerabilities for cybersecurity created by mobility and how to promote technological innovation while also providing reasonable protections for management, storage, and transmission of business and consumer data.