botnets, crime, fraud, internetofthings, Security technology
Brian Krebs has a long article on the Mirai botnet authors, who pled guilty. Powered by WPeMatico
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bombs, cellphones, cracking, crime, datadestruction, fbi, forensics, police, Security technology, whatsapp
Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese journalist whose anti-corruption investigations exposed powerful people. She was murdered in October by a car bomb. Galizia used WhatsApp to communicate securely with her sources. Now that she is dead, the Maltese police want to break into her phone or the app, and find out who those sources were. … Read More “Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder and the Security of WhatsApp” »
banking, bitcoin, crime, hacking, Security technology
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crime, israel, Security technology, weapons
I have no comment on the politics of this stabbing attack, and only note that the attacker used a ceramic knife — that will go through metal detectors. I have used a ceramic knife in the kitchen. It’s sharp. Powered by WPeMatico
crime, dataprotection, hacking, Security technology, socialmedia
Turns out, multi-million dollar yachts are no more secure than anything else out there: The ease with which ocean-going oligarchs or other billionaires can be hijacked on the high seas was revealed at a superyacht conference held in a private members club in central London this week. […] Murray, a cybercrime expert at BlackBerry, was … Read More “Yacht Security” »
crime, hacking, phones, Security technology, ss7, twofactorauthentication
I’ve previously written about the serious vulnerabilities in the SS7 phone routing system. Basically, the system doesn’t authenticate messages. Now, criminals are using it to hack smartphone-based two-factor authentication systems: In short, the issue with SS7 is that the network believes whatever you tell it. SS7 is especially used for data-roaming: when a phone user … Read More “Criminals are Now Exploiting SS7 Flaws to Hack Smartphone Two-Factor Authentication Systems” »
courts, crime, datacollection, Security technology, sports
Fitbit evidence is cited in an arrest warrant, stating that the device monitored steps by the victim after the suspect claimed she died. Powered by WPeMatico
atms, crime, physicalsecurity, Security technology, theft
This is an interesting combination of computer and physical attack: Researchers from the Russian security firm Kaspersky on Monday detailed a new ATM-emptying attack, one that mixes digital savvy with a very precise form of physical penetration. Kaspersky’s team has even reverse engineered and demonstrated the attack, using only a portable power drill and a … Read More “Clever Physical ATM Attack” »
apple, backups, cloudcomputing, crime, cybercrime, extortion, hacking, Security technology
Turkish hackers are threatening to erase millions of iCloud user accounts unless Apple pays a ransom. This is a weird story, and I’m skeptical of some of the details. Presumably Apple has decided that it’s smarter to spend the money on secure backups and other security measures than to pay the ransom. But we’ll see … Read More “Hackers Threaten to Erase Apple Customer Data” »
bitcoin, crime, ransomware, Security technology
Matthew Green and students speculate on what truly well-designed ransomware system could look like: Most modern ransomware employs a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to enable the payments that make the ransom possible. This is perhaps not the strongest argument for systems like Bitcoin — and yet it seems unlikely that Bitcoin is going away anytime soon. … Read More “Building Smarter Ransomware” »