Police think that hackers hacked the pumps at a Detroit area gas station allowing drivers to get free gas. Ten cars figured it was okay to steal gas from “The Man” to the tune of about 600 gallons. While 600 gallons of gas is not the end of the world, it does make a point. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you can’t beat them on the battlefield, beat them in cyberspace. Israel has accused Hamas of creating a fake dating app and targeting both male and female Israeli soldiers to download the app. Once installed, the app has the ability to see the soldier’s location, contact list and to use the phone as a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For some people, they don’t really care. For other people, it is a complete invasion of privacy. For both groups, it is happening every day. Apps sometimes ask for permission to read your mail. It could be to get rid of junk mail or clean your mailbox or many other reasons, but in all cases, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Cisco released an announcement that a high severity vulnerability affecting many Cisco ASA firewalls and Firepower security appliances has a proof of concept available in the wild. This means that even amateurs can take that code, modify it a bit and successfully either force your firewall to randomly reboot or to steal credentials from that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]People thought they were going crazy. Their air conditioner randomly turned off. The combination on their door lock changed every day. The doorbell kept ringing even though no one was there. These are all symptoms of domestic abuse where one partner understands how to use those technical toys against the other partner. And, in the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Thousands of Android and iPhone mobile apps use the Firebase database. The database runs in the cloud and, apparently, by default has no security. The net effect of this is that 100 million records, or more, are exposed for anyone to capture. Firebase, a database run by Google, is very popular with Apple and Android […]
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