iStan is “the most advanced wireless patient simulator on the market, with internal robotics that mimic human cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological systems,” according to CAE Healthcare. iStan costs about $100,000 and is regularly used by hospitals to teach medical school students how to perform procedures without murdering people. That’s nice, but here is the interesting part. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UPDATE August 19, 2015 – As I predicted, there are now web sites which allow you to search the Ashley Madison data. Check this Wired article for links: http://www.wired.com/2015/08/check-loved-one-exposed-ashley-madison-hack/ . The hackers who broke into the Ashley Madison web site last month threatened to make the data that they stole public if Ashley Madison’s parent […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Lenovo has stopped installing software which allows them to overwrite system files with their version of those files, even if you wipe the disk. They have released a patch for it and recommend that users install the fixes, especially on laptops, quickly. How they do it is quite amazing. Lenovo has built, into the firmware […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For those of you who use Bit Torrent to download pirated movies, this post is for you. Microsoft has turned every Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro user into a Bit Torrent node of sorts, delivering Microsoft updates to their millions of customers. Like other Windows 10 features (WiFi Sense, for example), I am […]
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]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, […]
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