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Yet Another Car Hack – But Not Chevy’s Fault

Another day, another car hack. Computerworld reported that hackers at the Usenix Security Conference demonstrated taking over a Corvette by remotely accessing a telematics device that plugs into the on board diagnostics port (OBD-II).  These devices are often used by insurance companies to collect data on driving habits to figure out what insurance rates should […]

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Maybe Oracle Doesn’t Like Other People To Find Security Holes

Oracle has a love-hate relationship with security researchers.  Actually, mostly hate.  Given that Oracle finds enough of it’s own bugs – it released 193 patches in it’s July patch fest – maybe it doesn’t want people to find any more bugs. This all started when Oracle Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson wrote a rather […]

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Firmware Bugs – It’s The New “In” Thing

Wired wrote a piece about an attack that some researchers presented at Blackhat that represents an interesting attack that we don’t have a good solution for.  Wired says: “For most users that’s really a throw-your-machine-away kind of situation. Most people and organizations don’t have the wherewithal to physically open up their machine and electrically reprogram […]

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