IoT Devices: The Gift that Keeps on Giving… to Hackers

ARCHIVED STORY IoT Devices: The Gift that Keeps on Giving… to Hackers By Tim Hux · November 16, 2017 McAfee Advanced Threat Research on Most Hackable Gifts You’ve probably noticed the recent increase in Internet connected drones, digital assistants, toys, appliances and other devices hitting the...

IoT Devices: The Gift that Keeps on Giving… to Hackers

ARCHIVED STORY IoT Devices: The Gift that Keeps on Giving… to Hackers By Tim Hux · November 16, 2017 McAfee Advanced Threat Research onMost Hackable Gifts You’ve probably noticed the recent increase in Internet connected drones, digital assistants, toys, appliances and other devices hitting the...

Voting Machine Security

Last week, DefCon hosted a "Voter Hacker Village" event. Every single voting machine there was easily hackable. Here are detailed details. There should be a summary report soon; I'll add it to this post when it's published...

Firing a Locked Smart Gun

The Armatix IP1 "smart gun" can only be fired by someone who is wearing a special watch. Unfortunately, this security measure is easily hackable...

Asus Faces 20 years of Audits Over Poor Wi-Fi Router Security

Currently, Asus is undergoing through a troublesome situation after a lawsuit had been filed by the US Federal Trade Commission FTC regarding its Router Insecurity. On Tuesday, FTC settled charges with Asus, where the hardware manufacturing company agrees to: Undergo Independent Security Audits...

Researchers Hack TrackingPoint Rifle's Precision Targeting System

TrackingPoint rifles are state-of-the-art precision hunting and sniper rifles that come equipped with a networked tracking scope that’s accessible via Wi-Fi, and comes complete with USB ports and a mobile app. It’s almost foolproof shooting, albeit at a $13,000 price tag. And the security of all ...

Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Devices Vulnerable to Hackers

The growing threat of cyber-attacks and network hacking has reached the satellite-space sector, posing a growing challenge to the satellite operators. Because the satellite system are the critical components for the Nation to a modern military, they have become an attractive target of cyber...

Richard Thieme Got Dark

Richard Thieme, the Obi-Wan Kenobi of the security community holds forth during his Black Hat talk: “Staring into the Abyss: The Dark Side of Security and Professional Intelligence.” Thieme, an IT security consultant and published author, had a tough message, telling them that the world is “grey...

Security Stories We Wish Had Been April Fool's Jokes

There’s a grand tradition in the security community of clever, cerebral and sometimes downright inane April Fool’s pranks. They often take the form of fake news stories about viruses, world-ending attacks or something involving Bruce Schneier and Chuck Norris. But the security world is bizarre...