Researcher also launches a DoS attack on the car’s computer. A professor at Hiroshima City University was able to hack an Internet-connected car with a custom-made WiFi device and an appRead More →
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has taken maintaining law and order to another level: it uses a massive drone to catch other drones trespassing in its sky. Any drone flyingRead More →
VTech site remained vulnerable to an old SQL injection exploit. UK police said they have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection to the November breach of electronic toymaker VTech, aRead More →
ZOMBIE ARMIES AREN’T just invading movie screens these days. They’re also taking over the Internet in the form of massive botnets. A botnet is an army of computers, all infectedRead More →
There is an increase in people who have been victims of identity theft and unauthorized use of credit cards because of many companies that handle data irresponsibly. According to manyRead More →
Attackers carry out SMS fraud via the infected phones. The Android/OpFake and the Android/Marry malware families, two banking trojans targeting mobile devices, have (improperly) stored their C&C servers inside Facebook Parse,Read More →
Leaky database server left exposed online is at fault.For the past few weeks, security researcher Chris Vickery has been working on discovering insecure applications and contacting the makers of thoseRead More →
The Obama administration’s calls for backdoors echo the Clinton-era key escrow fiasco. In the face of a Federal Bureau of Investigation proposal requesting backdoors into encrypted communications, a noted encryptionRead More →
Today’s arrests are part of a co-ordinated Europol initiative to crack down on all levels of computer crime. Norway’s Kripos national criminal investigation service today announced the arrest of fiveRead More →
Wave of attacks grows. Researchers advise sites to install just-released patch. Attackers are actively exploiting a critical remote command-execution vulnerability that has plagued the Joomla content management system for almostRead More →
