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
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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” »
hacking, https, internetofthings, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology, usb, vulnerabilities
PoisonTap is an impressive hacking tool that can compromise computers via the USB port, even when they are password-protected. What’s interesting is the chain of vulnerabilities the tool exploits. No individual vulnerability is a problem, but together they create a big problem. Kamkar’s trick works by chaining together a long, complex series of seemingly innocuous … Read More “Hacking Password-Protected Computers via the USB Port” »
hacking, laws, Security technology, voting
It’s over. The voting went smoothly. As of the time of writing, there are no serious fraud allegations, nor credible evidence that anyone tampered with voting rolls or voting machines. And most important, the results are not in doubt. While we may breathe a collective sigh of relief about that, we can’t ignore the issue … Read More “Election Security” »
adware, hacking, Security technology, sidechannelattacks
Ad networks are surreptitiously using ultrasonic communications to jump from device to device. It should come as no surprise that this communications channel can be used to hack devices as well. Powered by WPeMatico
copyright, dmca, eff, hacking, internetofthings, reverseengineering, Security technology, securityengineering
For years, the DMCA has been used to stifle legitimate research into the security of embedded systems. Finally, the research exemption to the DMCA is in effect (for two years, but we can hope it’ll be extended forever). Powered by WPeMatico
hacking, historyofcomputing, historyofsecurity, Security technology, videos
New Atlas has a great three-part feature on the history of hacking as portrayed in films, including video clips. The 1980s. The 1990s. The 2000s. Powered by WPeMatico
hacking, leaks, nsa, Security technology
There’s another leak of NSA hacking tools and data from the Shadow Brokers. This one includes a list of hacked sites. According to analyses from researchers here and here, Monday’s dump contains 352 distinct IP addresses and 306 domain names that purportedly have been hacked by the NSA. The timestamps included in the leak indicate … Read More “Another Shadow Brokers Leak” »