According to reports, police in 20 countries arrested 70 people in mid-July, saying they were part of a group that traded in all sorts of nifty stuff (if you are a hacker) like hacking tools, zero day exploits, stolen credit cards, and spamming and botnet services. Assuming that there are 800 groups like this and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is the week for car hacks – because it is the week before the hacker conference Defcon. In this case, for about $100, a researcher has created a black box that, while no where as dramatic as the Jeep hack, is still unnerving. The black box is a WiFi hotspot. It intercepts the communications […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Following on from yesterday’s United Airlines post, both Kaspersky and Symantec are reporting about a hacking group that is not interested in stealing credit cards. Instead, they are stealing corporate secrets for financial gain. Whether they are using them for insider trading or selling them to the highest bidder, the group, whom Kaspersky calls Wild […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Stagefright is an Android subsystem that processes video in your phone. Stagefright has been around since Android 2.2. That means that the potential to affect around 950 million Android phones exist. The bugs (there are several of them) that researchers have discovered are really nasty because at least one of them does not even require […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]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 […]
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