Hacking Smartwatches – the TomTom Runner
2015-12-01
I intended originally for this series to contain only three posts, and in order to achieve that, this post is longer than anticipated. Here is a table of contents forRead More →
Embedded Devices Share, Reuse Private SSH Keys, HTTPs Certificates
2015-12-01
Researchers have found that thousands of Internet gateways, routers, modems and other embedded devices share cryptographic keys and certificates, exposing millions of connections to man-in-the-middle attacks that open the doorRead More →
Multiple serious vulnerabilities in RSI Videofied’s alarm protocol
2015-11-30
RSI Videofied are a French company that produce a series of alarm panels that are fairly unique in the market. They are designed to be battery powered and send videosRead More →
NSA to shut down bulk phone surveillance program by Sunday
2015-11-30
The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans’ phone records by Sunday and replace the practice with more tightly targeted surveillance methods, the ObamaRead More →
On China’s fringes, cyber spies raise their game
2015-11-30
By Clare Baldwin, James Pomfret and Jeremy Wagstaff HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle againstRead More →
Anonymous Takes Down Five Government Websites in Iceland to Protest Whale Hunting
2015-11-30
Group also goes after the website of a whale hunting company Online activists associated with Anonymous took down five websites belonging to the Icelandic government and two other related sites,Read More →
DecryptorMax Ransomware Decrypted, No Need to Pay the Ransom
2015-11-30
Emsisoft researchers creates decryption tool.Fabian Wosar of Emisoft has created a tool capable of decoding files encrypted by the DecryptorMax ransomware, also known as CryptInfinite. The ransomware gets its nameRead More →
Russians embrace Bitcoins, the West sticks with PayPal
2015-11-28
One day, as you’re busy surfing on one of your favorite online stores, you stumble upon a pair of chic shades … they’re the very ones you’ve been looking for,Read More →
Windows Phone hacked! Unlock Lumia bootloader, get root access, flash custom ROMs
2015-11-28
If you are the type of person that likes to tinker, Linux-based operating systems are for you. You would probably have many hours of fun playing with an Android device orRead More →
Google Translate Website Affected by XSS Bug, Google Says It’s OK
2015-11-28
The bug is in the website’s “translate a document” feature.Madrid-based Francisco Javier Santiago Vazquez, a security auditor for Mnemo, has discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Translate’s interface.Read More →
