Russia has been blamed for launching a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff unclassified email system.
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Law enforcement is learning to navigate the Dark Web
Police from 11 countries got to role-play as vendors, buyers and admins on a virtual Darknet, replete with illicit marketplaces and cryptocurrencies.
SSCC 210.5 – Live at BlackHat USA 2015 [PODCAST]
We went to Vegas so you didn’t have to… Paul Ducklin catches up with Chester Wisniewski on the Sophos booth at Black Hat USA 2015.
Stagefrightened Google, Samsung to push out monthly Android fixes
The aptly named Stagefright vulnerability scared them into action. Let’s hope that fear shakes up all the vendors and carriers so the fixes get to us ASAP.
Sound: Yet another way to smack down drones
Researchers attacked drones by matching their gyroscopes’ resonant frequencies, sending them crashing into the ground as they vibrated like glasses shattered by opera singers.
Tutor gets a year in jail for hacking his students’ grades
Timothy Lai used keyloggers to break into computer systems at a school in Orange County, California, and adjust the grades of his students.
SSCC 210 – So many cool new Windows 10 features to opt out of! [PODCAST]
Enjoy the latest episode of our award-winning weekly security podcast – a quarter-hour of entertaining education.
How your battery life could be used as an undeletable cookie
Researchers have discovered that unscrupulous websites could use your laptop’s battery as a short-lived super cookie.
EFF and MuckRock run census to find out how local police track your biometrics
Fill out the EFF form to generate a public records request and find out how police are tracking your fingers, face, DNA, tattoos and more.
Hacked: yup, even your skateboard isn’t safe
Security researchers have revealed the latest IoT security blunder by hacking electric skateboards via a Bluetooth controller.