On PoisonTap, Internet of Things Regulation, and Ransomware

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including this week’s House hearing on the Internet of Things, Samy Kamkar’s PoisonTap tool, and Windows 10’s ransomware protections. Show notes: Regulation May Be Best Answer to IoT Insecurity PoisonTap Steals Cookies, Drops Backdoors on...

PoisonTap Steals Cookies, Drops Backdoors From Password Protected Computers

Even locked, password-protected computers are no rival for Samy Kamkar and his seemingly endless parade of gadgets. His latest, PoisonTap, is a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero device running Node.js that’s retrofitted to emulate an Ethernet device over USB. Assuming a victim has left their web browser open,...

This $5 Device Can Hack your Password-Protected Computers in Just One Minute

You need to be more careful next time while leaving your computer unattended at your office, as it cost hackers just $5 and only 30 seconds to hack into any computer. Well-known hardware hacker Samy Kamkar has once again devised a cheap exploit tool, this time that takes just 30 seconds to instal...