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POPSLondon Is The World's WiFi Capital A cool detail: home network users are more security-savvy than companies. 90% of Londoners have encrypted their home networks, but only 80% of corporations.
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POPSAre Balloons The New Security Threat? Hackers pull of stunts like this periodically at conferences to remind people about the security risks of wireless. People forget they're broadcasting a signal far beyond their home or office, and that all kinds of people can see it.
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POPSBad Security Could Mean Hacked Hearts When you read stories like this, it's important to remember that the security vulnerabilities described are hypothetical, and that there is no evidence anyone outside of the research laboratory has the ability or desire to exploit them. But it's still shocking to realize that medical device makers have been so sloppy. And that this is a problem not unique to the medical world. Wireless computers are rapidly becoming pervasive in our lives, and designers and manufacturers need to stay on top of security concerns. We have to stop thinking of computer security simply in the context of strong email passwords, firewall software and anti-virus scanners, or else we're setting ourselves up for a nasty period of suffering through everything from hacked hearts to supermarket denial of service attacks.
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