Microsoft just patched a bug this month (see article) that potentially allows a hacker to take over your computer and for sure allows a hacker to crash it – repeatedly – all because they forgot to check for a carry overflow in an addition operation. It potentially affects 70 million web sites and is being […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Wired reported today that the age of drone vandalism has come. Early Wednesday morning, the graffiti artist/vandal known as KATSU used a hacked Phantom drone to deface a 6 story tall Calvin Klein billboard on Houston Street in New York City and posted the tagging of the billboard on You Tube. Given what he did […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Researchers at the RSA conference this week disclosed an interesting iOS hack that would allow an attacker to put an iPhone into an endless reboot loop with no way for a user to get out of it. The attacker would need to set up a bogus WiFi hotspot near the target iPhone. This hotspot can […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A recent Network World article talks about the world of high tech auto theft. Using a $17 amplifier, thieves were able to boost the signal between your car and your key fob sitting on the kitchen table and convince your car to open up. The article has links to several other articles including one that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Everyone talks about “The Internet Of Things” (IoT), whether it is a web accessible security camera or your internet connected refrigerator that tells you when you are low on milk. Recently, a stalker talked to a nanny while she changed the baby’s diaper. We have also seen home routers with vulnerabilities that allow a hacker […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UPDATE: (Note: this is a bit geeky) Again according to Steve Gibson, the way this malware that attacked Github and GreatFire worked is that it modified the local hosts file using vulnerabilities that were fixed but that users had not yet patched and changed the local hosts file. It created entries for connect.facebook.net and google-analytics.com […]
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