Abner Stories » Security Trends http://securitystory.com Abner Germanow's Musings on Communications, Economics, and Security Mon, 03 May 2010 06:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 When Technology Fails, Try Process: iPhone instore activation http://securitystory.com/2008/06/when-technology-fails-try-process-iphone-instore-activation/ http://securitystory.com/2008/06/when-technology-fails-try-process-iphone-instore-activation/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:13:04 +0000 Abner http://securitystory.com/WP/?p=5 Since the iPhone OS wasn’t up to the task of thwarting the haxor community, Apple is taking (being forced by AT&T?) the step of forcing customers to activate AT&T service at purchase.

Given the length of time it took to unlock the iPhone I (3 months) it appears Apple did a decent job attempting to secure the iPhone SIM. Despite that, someone at either Apple or AT&T is convinced they lost out on revenue from iPhones that were purchased and then unlocked and used on other carriers or even as wifi only devices.

]]> http://securitystory.com/2008/06/when-technology-fails-try-process-iphone-instore-activation/feed/ 1 Revision3 vs. MediaDefender http://securitystory.com/2008/05/revision3-vs-mediadefender/ http://securitystory.com/2008/05/revision3-vs-mediadefender/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 07:47:09 +0000 Abner http://securitystory.com/WP/?p=11 As entire businesses migrate online, what happens if they start attacking each other?

Here is Jim Louderback’s postmortem on the attack that took his company down over Memorial Day weekend. And more from Arstechnica

I think we’ll need some more lawyers who can understand tcpdump packet data.

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