Chakra JavaScript Engine: Microsoft Open-Sources the Heart of Edge browser

Microsoft has announced the plans to open source the core components of its "Chakra" – the JavaScript engine behind the new Edge browser – to GitHub code-sharing and collaboration repository next month. The company made this announcement at the JSConf US Last Call conference in Florida this...

Serious, Yet Patched Flaw Exposes 6.1 Million IoT, Mobile Devices to Remote Code Execution

As much as you protect your electronics from being hacked, hackers are clever enough at finding new ways to get into your devices. But, you would hope that once a flaw discovered it would at least be fixed in few days or weeks, but that's not always the case. A three-year-old security vulnerabili...

Millions of IoT Devices Using Same Hard-Coded CRYPTO Keys

Millions of embedded devices, including home routers, modems, IP cameras, VoIP phones, are shareing the same hard-coded SSH Secure Shell cryptographic keys or HTTPS HTTP Secure server certificates that expose them to various types of malicious attacks. A new analysis by IT security consultancy SE...

Inside the Conficker-Infected Police Body Cameras

Rarely does one story run such a gamut of security threats, encapsulating in this case, Internet of Things risks, supply chain infiltration and some circa-2008 malware for good measure. But that’s what we have with this week’s saga of the body cameras, marketed for police use, that were shipped...

vBulletin 5.1.x - Remote Code Execution

Exploit Title: Vbulletin 5.1.X unserialize 0day preauth RCE exploit Date: Nov 4th, 2015 Exploit Author: hhjj Vendor Homepage: http://www.vbulletin.com/ Version: 5.1.x Tested on: Debian CVE : I did not discover this exploit, leaked from the IoT. Build the object php functions'freeresult' =...

vBulletin 5.1.x - Remote Code Execution

vBulletin 5.1.x - Remote Code Execution Exploit Title: Vbulletin 5.1.X unserialize 0day preauth RCE exploit Date: Nov 4th, 2015 Exploit Author: hhjj Vendor Homepage: http://www.vbulletin.com/ Version: 5.1.x Tested on: Debian CVE : I did not discover this exploit, leaked from the IoT. Build the...

Hacking CCTV Cameras to Launch DDoS Attacks

The connected devices, better known as the Internet of Things, have been attracting the significant interest of, not only users but also cyber criminals that are turning them into weapons for cyber war. Due to the insecure implementation of Internet-connected embedded devices, they are routinely...

Cracking WiFi Passwords By Hacking into Smart Kettles

Hackers have come after your phone, your computer, and your car. Now hackers are coming after your home refrigerators, Smart TVs, and eventually KETTLES. Yes, your kettle turns out good for more than just heating up water or making coffee for you– they are potentially a good way for hackers to...

BSIMM6 Data Shows Poor Health Care Software Security

The folks behind the Building Security in Maturity Model BSIMM, its sixth iteration available today, tout the project as an intersection between science and computer security. “It’s more like a science experiment that escaped the test tube,” said Gary McGraw, chief technology officer of Citigal,...

IOT Security Pits Regulators Against Market

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Listening to today’s privacy panel at the Security of Things Forum, you might have thought you were beamed back to the early 2000s: government people hinting that legislation might be the ultimate solution for security and privacy concerns when it comes to embedded computers an...

IC3 Issues Alert on IoT Devices

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert to individuals and businesses about the security risks involved with the Internet of Things IoT. IoT refers to the emerging network of devices e.g., smart TVs, home automation systems that connect to one another via the Internet, often...

Chris Valasek Security of Things Forum Keynote

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller’s car hacking research put a crunching reality on Internet of Things security, moving it beyond almost clichéd discussions of smart refrigerators leaking inconsequential data, to hackers remotely manipulating car brakes. But Furby hacking matter...

Samsung Launches 6GB RAM Chips for Next Generation Smartphones

With Launch of Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung was the first one to bring 4GB RAM access in the Android mobile phones; with Samsung Note 5 and the current OnePlus 2 carrying the same RAM capacity. Now, today Samsung has again taken the technology a step further with the launch of 12GB LPDDR...

Caution! Hackers Can Easily Hijack Popular Baby Monitors to Watch Your Kids

Several video baby monitors from six different manufacturers were under scrutiny for in-depth security testing, and the outcome was negative. Yes, they lacked in serving basic security through their devices. At the High Technology Crime Investigation Association HTCIA conference on September 2,...

ZigBee is exposed a serious security vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

1, ZigBee is exposed a serious security vulnerability Along with technology the rapid evolution of IOTThe Internet of Things, IoTthe concept once again on the rise, people all around the daily necessities, terminal equipment, and household appliances also gradually been given of the network...

Download Free Windows 10 for the Internet of Things and Raspberry Pi 2

In the month of February 2015, second generation Raspberry Pi was made available and was commonly known as Raspberry Pi 2. Buzz was that Windows 10 will be supporting the hardware for its compatibility with the smart objects, popularly known as the ‘Internet of Things’. So, finally the Free versi...

How Drones Can Find and Hack Internet-of-Things Devices From the Sky

Security researchers have developed a Flying Drone with a custom-made tracking tool capable of sniffing out data from the devices connected to the Internet – better known as the Internet-of-things. Under its Internet of Things Map Project, a team of security researchers at the Texas-based firm...

SSL Encryption — Securing Internet of Things (IoT)

Internet of Things IoT with the purpose of providing convenience to the users enabled every object in the universe to be as smart as a whip. By assigning IP address to all sorts of devices, ranging from household appliances, machines, medical devices and sensors to other day-to-day objects, and...

Most Vulnerable Smart Cities to Cyber Attack on Internet of Things (IoT)

Imagine… You drive to work in your Smart-Car connected to the GPS automatically, but a hacker breaks into your car's network, takes control of the steering wheel, crashes you into a tree, and BOOM! Believe it or not, such cyber attacks on smart devices are becoming reality. Car Hacking was recent...

Cisco to Buy OpenDNS Company for $635 Million

Cisco, a networking giant that offers traditional network edge protection, has announced that the company is buying cloud-based security company OpenDNS for $635 Million. Yes, OpenDNS, whose Domain Name Services DNS you might have used to avoid regional restrictions or to improve your Internet...