Udacity Partners with Google Offering Startup Business & Rapid Prototyping Classes (Free)

As many of you seen from my recent Google+ post, Udacity and Google are offering free courses and one is for prototyping, so if you have ideas or know someone who is innovative the link below is a portal to their success. Prototyping is one of the the primary steps in order to stay the research and development phase of an operation. Get these free classes and improve yourself. 
https://plus.google.com/+AcquaNINJA/posts/YeGdSyuz1XV

Also to save posts they are also offering free classes for "startup companies" so if you are not your own boss, you should highly consider this course since it also is free.
https://plus.google.com/+AcquaNINJA/posts/M4uSXusXkhT

iOS/Android Security Hack

It seems that a day or two can’t go by at the moment without another security researcher or research company finding vulnerabilities in the world’s leading mobile platforms. Two security researchers who have been undertaking work on behalf of the French government have discovered a new clever way for hackers to gain control of an iOS or Android device by tapping into the platform’s digital assistants, Siri and Google Now.

It’s worth noting that this method of gaining access to the iOS or Android device is seemingly a lot more sophisticated than simply tricking the user into downloading a third-party application that has been infected with malware or adware. This latest method of gaining access to the device relies on the attacker to be using the wire inside of a set of headphones to send electromagnetic signals via GNU Radio software directly from a laptop to the targeted mobile device. This method of access, which occurs from more than 16 feet away, then allows commands to be sent to the mobile devices, and consequently allowing the attackers to tap into Siri or Google Now.
The level of commands that could be issued to Siri or Now via this means of access is currently unknown, but there’s no arguing that hackers could instruct Siri or Google Now to create and send text messages, invoke a phone call directly from the phone, or even visit a malicious website via the Mobile Safari or Chrome browsers. All of these methods of access could result in the user’s device unknowingly telephoning a premium rate number or visiting a website designed to run malicious code remotely for extracting sensitive information.

One of the saving graces of this particular “hack” is that the iOS or Android devices in question are only actually susceptible to the attack when a set of headphones are connected to it. Those connected headphones must also be microphone enabled in order for the command to be given. The necessary criteria that needs to be met in order for the device to actually be hacked really narrows down the chances of it happening. There’s also the fact that any provided command via GNU Radio means, that targeted devices would still show the Siri or Google Now interface alerting the user.

iOS 9

As many iPhone users know when a new operating system update gets released you are on the side of automatically downloading it or never downloading it. With the iOS 9 update more people than ever are updating. Many believe because of how many new features the OS brings, but no matter the reason iOS 9 is definitely on the rise. 

Communities

There are several Google+ Communities that I'm the owner of such as the Google Community https://plus.google.com/communities/110156353528180699857 which is very prominent among the Google Universe. 

One of my favorite communities where anything technology related can be posted is the "New Technology" Community. The community can be found here https://plus.google.com/communities/117298335369736106527 and is rapidly expanding in member size. 

There are several other communities that I am apart of such as MobileTechThatMatters https://plus.google.com/communities/114199800856412053993 yet the uniting factor is technology is in my DNA, and in these places you'll find great content.

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