Using Toys to Open a Fixed-Code Garage Door in 10 Seconds

It may be time to upgrade your garage door opener. Security researcher Samy Kamkar has developed a new technique that enables him to open almost any garage door that uses a fixed code–and he implemented it on a $12 child’s toy. The attack Kamkar devised, known as OpenSesame, reduces the amount of...

How to Skyjack Drones for $400

UPDATE–The skies may soon be full of drones–some run by law enforcement agencies, others run by intelligence agencies and still others delivering novels and cases of diapers from Amazon. But a new project by a well-known hacker Samy Kamkar may give control of some drones to anyone with $400 and a...

CVE-2009-2861

Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point 1100/1200 OTAP feature has an improper access-point association implementation, enabling remote attackers to spoof a controller and trigger a denial-of-service via crafted remote radio management (RRM) packets. No exploitation details beyond the SkyJack/CSCt...