Seems far fetched, but it is not. Of course, it is expensive. It took Stephen Hilt almost two weeks and $400. Of course that is the “quantity one” price. With a little work and volume, the price would go down. Dark Reading is reporting that Stephen, who works for the industrial control security firm Digital […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]SC Magazine is reporting that a flaw signaling System 7, the telephone industry standard for setting up, managing and tearing down phone calls allows anyone to listen in on cell phone calls, read texts and locate a user. Two separate researchers have identified the flaw and are going to demonstrate it at a hackers conference […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In an about face, after Art House Convergence posted a letter to Sony expressing their desire to show the picture, Sony is allowing theatres, mostly Indies, to screen the movie The Interview on Christmas day. The best guess is that the number of theatres that will offer it is around 200-300. In addition, Sony is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Krebs on Security is reporting a new method of extracting money from bank accounts. So far, this has been reported as being accomplished in eastern Europe and Russia, but there is certainly no reason why this cannot be accomplished in the U.S. The group starts by sending spear phishing emails to bank employees that look […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UPDATE: After a 9 hour outage, North Korea has reappeared on the Internet. Most folks are saying this does not look like the work of the NSA but rather the work of a hacker, but of course, who knows. Multiple sources are reporting that all 4 of North Korea’s Internet connections are totally down. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While this is not exactly an “Internet Of Things” issue, it points out how long it takes to get things fixed and how the tail of a bug can live on forever. In the case of the Internet of things, people rarely patch their refrigerator, so that bug will live on until the refrigerator is […]
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