Earlier this week, I wrote about a hack that two security researchers demonstrated for a Wired reporter. The researchers were able to disable the brakes and the accelerator, along with turning on the radio, wipers and windshield washer, remotely, from miles away. Chrysler’s response was to put an obscure notice on their web site that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Seventh Circuit Appeals Court, normally pro-business, has reversed a lower court ruling and said that the class action lawsuit against Neiman Marcus can go forward. Often, these suits are dismissed saying that plaintiffs haven’t experienced any harm since fraudulent credit card charges have been removed. This decision means that businesses hopes that class action […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Not surprisingly, the fallout from the OPM breach continues. Here are a few new items in the news after OPM Director Archuletta was basically fired. The OPM has changed it’s privacy policy to allow investigators to probe it’s databases. This happened after the discovery of “significant entryways” for hackers in at least 3 more databases. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In documents filed in district court today, the FTC said that LifeLock failed to live up to it’s 2010 settlement with the FTC and asked the court to order full redress to all consumers affected. The 2010 settlement stemmed from the FTC complaining that LifeLock used false claims to sell it’s services (remember when their […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The media has been reporting the demonstration done by two security researchers and a Wired magazine reporter where they completely controlled a Jeep, including the brakes and accelerator. To quote Wired: I WAS DRIVING 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. Though I hadn’t touched the dashboard, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Ashley Madison web site, where people go to cheat on their spouses, was hacked last week. This is an interesting situation for a number of reasons. First, a little background. The Ashley Madison web site is owned by Avid Life Media (ALM), which also runs several other web sites – Cougar Life and Established […]
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