Similar to the WiFi bug we reported about in July (see post), this Bluetooth bug does not require the user to interact with the hacker, does not require the user to connect to an infected Bluetooth device or anything like that. All it requires is that Bluetooth is turned on in the device. The good […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We have seen a number of hacks of cars including the hack of a Jeep driving down the highway at 60 miles an hour – from miles away – on 60 Minutes, but now researchers have come up with a new attack – one that cannot be patched. The CAN bus or Controller Area Network […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The security firm Symantec is reporting that hackers have compromised energy companies in the U.S. and Europe. Well that sounds bad enough, but we have to ask the question “what do you mean when you say compromised?” The answer is a little bit complicated. For most energy companies, in a bid to make it tougher […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In what may be the first of its kind event, the FDA recalled a pacemaker from St Jude, now owned by Abbott Labs. Researchers discovered the flaws prior to Abbott’s acquisition of St. Jude and reported them to both the FDA and St. Jude. Both decided to do nothing about it until the researchers went […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]General Keith Alexander, former director of the National Security Agency, said that cyber espionage is the greatest transfer of wealth in history. In 2012 when he made that statement, the the value of cyber industrial espionage on an annual basis was $338 billion. Per year. 5 years later I am sure that number is greater. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are relentlessly attacking businesses with no let-up in sight. BEC attacks have traditionally used CEOs and CFOs as their foils, pretending to be them and getting people to wire money to the hackers. The oil and gas industry was targeted by a single individual using old generic malware readily […]
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