hacking, historyofsecurity, maninthemiddleattacks, Security technology
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academicpapers, airgaps, drones, hacking, movieplotthreats, Security technology, sidechannelattacks
Researchers have demonstrated how a malicious piece of software in an air-gapped computer can communicate with a nearby drone using a blinking LED on the computer. I have mixed feelings about research like this. On the one hand, it’s pretty cool. On the other hand, there’s not really anything new or novel, and it’s kind … Read More “Jumping Air Gaps with Blinking Lights and Drones” »
botnets, defense, denialofservice, hacking, internetofthings, Security technology
Botnets have existed for at least a decade. As early as 2000, hackers were breaking into computers over the Internet and controlling them en masse from centralized systems. Among other things, the hackers used the combined computing power of these botnets to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks, which flood websites with traffic to take them down. … Read More “Botnets” »
cyberweapons, hacking, nsa, Security technology
At a talk last week, the head of US Cyber Command and the NSA Mike Rogers talked about the US buying cyberweapons from arms manufacturers. “In the application of kinetic functionality — weapons — we go to the private sector and say, ‘Build this thing we call a [joint directed-attack munition], a [Tomahawk land-attack munition].’ … Read More “Adm. Rogers Talks about Buying Cyberweapons” »
academicpapers, cyberattack, hackback, hacking, Security technology
There’s a really interesting paper from George Washington University on hacking back: “Into the Gray Zone: The Private Sector and Active Defense against Cyber Threats.” I’ve never been a fan of hacking back. There’s a reason we no longer issue letters of marque or allow private entities to commit crimes, and hacking back is a … Read More “Hacking Back” »
attribution, citizenlab, essays, hacking, leaks, nsa, russia, secrecy, Security technology, wikileaks
President Barack Obama’s public accusation of Russia as the source of the hacks in the US presidential election and the leaking of sensitive e-mails through WikiLeaks and other sources has opened up a debate on what constitutes sufficient evidence to attribute an attack in cyberspace. The answer is both complicated and inherently tied up in … Read More “Attributing the DNC Hacks to Russia” »
breaches, certificates, hacking, infrastructure, Security technology, securitystandards
Nice article on the 2011 DigiNotar attack and how it changed security practices in the CA industry. Powered by WPeMatico
cellphones, hacking, passwords, Security technology, socialengineering
In this impressive social-engineering display, a hacker convinces a cell phone tech-support person to change an account password without being verified in any way. Powered by WPeMatico
cyberattack, cybercrime, hacking, internet, publictransit, ransomware, Security technology
It’s really bad. The ticket machines were hacked. Over the next couple of years, I believe we are going to see the downside of our headlong rush to put everything on the Internet. Slashdot thread. Powered by WPeMatico
academicpapers, cellphones, hacking, passwords, Security technology, sidechannelattacks, wifi
This is impressive research: “When CSI Meets Public WiFi: Inferring Your Mobile Phone Password via WiFi Signals“: Abstract: In this study, we present WindTalker, a novel and practical keystroke inference framework that allows an attacker to infer the sensitive keystrokes on a mobile device through WiFi-based side-channel information. WindTalker is motivated from the observation that … Read More “Using Wi-Fi to Detect Hand Motions and Steal Passwords” »