Researchers were able to remotely brake Tesla model cars as well as freeze control panels and open the rear hatch while driving.
Monthly Archives: September 2016
China's Keen Team Hacks A Tesla From 12 Miles Away
Qadars Trojan Takes Aim At 18 UK Banks
'Fear' Hacker Claims He Hit Hundreds Of Government Servers
Hackers Claim They Breached Aussie Point Of Sale Tech Firm
Making of a Makerspace
Have you heard about 3D-Printing? Or VR? How about Arduinos, or IoT? I’m sure you have, and so have we!
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Inside Petya and Mischa Ransomware
Petya and Mischa ransomware, come as a package deal, distributed by its creators, Janus. They are very unusual in that they combine two different methods to encrypt user data. Unlike most other ransomware, Petya primarily encrypts MFT (Master File Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record). If Petya has insufficient privileges to access MBR on HDD (Hard Disk Drive), the Mischa module is deployed and encrypts files one by one.
Vulnerability Patched in WordPress Theme That Allows Unrestricted Uploads
A vulnerability has been patched in a popular WordPress theme called Neosense that allows an attacker to upload code without authentication.
CVE-2015-8915 (libarchive)
bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted cpio file.
CVE-2015-8916 (debian_linux, libarchive, ubuntu_linux)
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 returns a success code without filling the entry when the header is a “split file in multivolume RAR,” which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted rar file.