Friday 4 March 2016

Latest news from Naked Security (03/04/2016)

Forget iPhone backdoors, here's a *side* door that can steal your keys

Researchers planted a magnetic coil under the table and sniffed out cryptographic keys using electromagnetic emissions.

Trolls who use fake profiles to torment others to be prosecuted

New proposed laws fit new crimes, including using fake accounts to catfish nude photos or smear people and spyware or GPS to control exes.

This state wants to ban gun-toting, flame-shooting, gas-spraying drones

Connecticut wants to ban the weaponization of drones, after a teen armed his drone with a handgun and a flamethrower.

Teacher resigns after student shares nude photos found on her unlocked phone

The sheriff's office is investigating, and students have put up a petition to reinstate her that's gotten thousands of signatures.