Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap RSA 2016, the pervasiveness of the FBI vs. Apple debate, OpenSSL two years after Heartbleed, and why hacking back is always a bad idea.
Tag Archives: Hacks
DROWN Flaw Exposes 33 Percent Of HTTPS Connections To Attack
The latest Internet-wide crypto vulnerability has arrived in DROWN, which can be abused by attackers to carry out man-in-the-middle attacks and decrypt traffic.
Hospital Security Fail: Report Outlines Dangerous Shortcomings
In a scathing report that looks at the current state of hospital security, researchers say everything from bedside patient monitoring systems, automated drug dispensing machines to patient records are inadequately protected.
Angler Exploit Kit Learns New Tricks, Finds Home On Popular Website
Angler Exploit evaded detection through new technique that bypasses Firefox and Chrome security protection.
Total Recall: Troy Hunt Breaks Down His Nissan Hack
Researcher Troy Hunt explains how his hack of a Nissan Leaf works, and his experience disclosing the issue to the carmaker.
FTC And Asus Settle Router Security Case
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with ASUSTeK Computer over sloppy security settings tied to its routers.
IRS Warns Tax-Related Phishing, Malware Surging
The IRS warns businesses and consumers about a significant increase in tax-related phishing and malware attacks.
Magnitude of glibc Vulnerability Coming to Light
Researchers are pondering the magnitude of the glibc vulnerability and its exploitability via DNS.
Socat Warns Weak Prime Number Could Mean It’s Backdoored
Socat published a security advisory warning users that a hard-coded 1024 Diffie-Hellman prime number was not prime, and that an attacker could listen and recover secrets from a key exchange.
Java Serialization Bug Crops Up At PayPal
PayPal has rewarded two researchers with bug bounties for the discovery of a Java serialization vulnerability in manager.paypal.com