Detect Evil Maid Attacks: Do Not Disturb

Physical access or “evil maid” attacks are some of the most insidious threats faced by those of us who travel with our Macs. Do Not Disturb DND is a free, open-source utility that aims to detect and alert you of such attacks! One of the best ways to compromise a computer is with physical access...

Alexa, Are You Spying On Me? Not Really, Maybe, It's Complex!

Do you own an Amazon Echo? So are you also worried about hackers turning out your device into a covert listening device? Just relax, if there's no NSA, no CIA or none of your above-skilled friends after you. Since yesterday there have been several reports on Amazon Echo hack that could allow a...

How to Defeat Full-Disk Encryption in One Minute

Full-disk encryption is often heralded as a panacea to the huge problems of data breaches and laptop thefts, and with good reason. Making the data on a laptop or other device unreadable makes the machine far less attractive or valuable to a thief. However, researchers are showing that this soluti...