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Month: March 2017
The Easiest Way To Protect Your Devices From Hacks? Keep Them Updated
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:00:44 +0000
The simplest thing you can do to make yourself just a little bit safer: Keep your firmware up to date. The post The Easiest Way To Protect Your Devices From Hacks? Keep Them Updated appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreHacker Lexicon: What Is an Attack Surface?
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:00:32 +0000
Whenever there’s a hack, one of the first questions is how the attackers got in. For the answer, look to the attack surface. The post Hacker Lexicon: What Is an Attack Surface? appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreSecurity News This Week: A One-Stop Guide to Zero-Day Exploits
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:00:45 +0000
Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: A One-Stop Guide to Zero-Day Exploits appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreAnything you post can and will be used against you
Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 04:00:00 -0800
Everybody’s freaking out over the Wikileaks revelations that the Central Intelligence Agency can hack Apple and Android smartphones, major PC operating systems — and even TV sets.
The news is causing ripples in international relations and got companies like Google and Apple to patch holes and issue fixes.
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Q&A: Wikileaks, the CIA, ‘Fine Dining’ and DLL hijacks
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 00:05:55 +0000
There’s been a lot of talk in the media lately about an alleged CIA project called Fine Dining. We’ve tried to explain what the fuss is all about by answering a series of questions about the what, the how and the why.
BlackBerry claims QNX automotive software is safe from CIA
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:31:00 -0800
A day after it was revealed through WikiLeaks that the CIA has allegedly explored hacking vehicle computer-control systems, including BlackBerry’s QNX OS, the company said its software is safe.
“We are not currently aware of any attacks or exploits against BlackBerry products or services, including QNX. Still, the news is a bit frightening, now that we are in the semi-autonomous driving age and evolving towards fully self-driving cars,” Marty Beard, BlackBerry’s chief operating officer stated in a blog.
BlackBerry claims its QNX software is in 60 million cars represented by more than 240 car models. The company has its sights set on becoming the leading end-to-end software platform provider in connected cars.
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Dahua, Hikvision IoT Devices Under Siege
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:07:51 +0000
Dahua, the world’s second-largest maker of “Internet of Things” devices like security cameras and digital video recorders (DVRs), has shipped a software update that closes a gaping security hole in a broad swath of its products. The vulnerability allows anyone to bypass the login process for these devices and gain remote, direct control over vulnerable systems. Adding urgency to the situation, there is now code available online that allows anyone to exploit this bug and commandeer a large number of IoT devices.
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