RADAR: a Radio-Based Analytics for Dynamic Association and Recognition of Pseudonyms in VANETs

This paper presents RADAR, a tracking algorithm for vehicles participating in Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems C-ITS that exploits multiple radio signals emitted by a modern vehicle to break privacy-preserving pseudonym schemes deployed in VANETs. This study shows that by combining...

Network Hexagons under Attack: Secure Crowdsourcing of Geo-Referenced Data

A critical requirement for modern-day Intelligent Transportation Systems ITS is the ability to collect geo-referenced data from connected vehicles and mobile devices in a safe, secure and anonymous way. The Nexagon protocol, which builds on the IETF Locator/ID Separation Protocol LISP and the...

The vulnerability of the sof-nau8825 component in the Linux operating system allows for a malfunction to occur, leading to service failure.

The vulnerability of the sof-nau8825 component in the Linux operating system is related to an overflow in the length of a pseudonym. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Design/Logic Flaw

LibreOffice is typically bundled with LibreLogo, a programmable turtle vector graphics script, which can execute arbitrary python commands contained with the document it is launched from. LibreOffice also has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed scripts can be executed on...

Facebook Allowing VIPs To Verify Accounts, Use Nicknames

Lady Gaga and Carrothead rejoice: with a tweak of its ‘real name’ policy, Facebook will allow high profile members to verify their account and begin using nicknames or pseduonym to identify themselves. The company says the new feature will allow celebrities and other Facebook VIPs to get higher...