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Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:54:12 -0800
X-ray image of installed pacemaker showing wire routing – Image from Wikipedia A few days ago, journalists reported a man had been charged with arson using data retrieved from his own pacemaker (see here). One article showed a "funny" image of a man's chest with stitches to insert or access the pacemaker. This, and the comments, led me to some research on pacemakers. No, you don't need to open the patient to retrieve data from the pacemaker Pacemakers transmit data over radio frequencies. They typically use the 402-405…
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The SHA-1 hash function is broken. This isn’t news. What is news is that a practical attack has been demonstrated Keep in mind that “practical” is used in cryptographers terms and those terms don’t necessarily have an impact on your daily IT use. The news has been making the rounds as IT teams, journalists, and…
