The Australian government wants to force companies to help it get at suspected criminals’ data. If they can’t, it would jail people for up to a decade if they refuse to unlock their phones.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Your smart air conditioner could contribute to mass power outages
Researchers call the scenario BlackIoT: an IoT botnet of high-wattage devices that could crash the power grid.
FBI warns of choreographed ATM drainage
This type of multinational ATM cashout could drain cash machines of millions within the span of hours.
Pacemaker controllers still vulnerable 18 months after flaws reported
A popular brand of heart pacemaker is still vulnerable to compromise more than a year and a half after the company that makes them was told of weaknesses in its security, researchers have claimed.
Police body cameras open to attack
A security researcher has revealed that police body cameras could put evidence – and even police officers themselves – at risk.
11-year-old hacker changes election results
It took him less than 10 minutes to change election results on a replica of Florida’s state website.
How a cryptocurrency-destroying bug almost didn’t get reported
A researcher recently revealed how he found a bug that could have brought the fourth largest cryptocurrency to its knees – and how he was almost unable to report it.
In-flight satellite comms vulnerable to remote attack, researcher finds
IOActive’s researcher Ruben Santamarta is the sort of person anyone interested in computer security would probably enjoy sitting next to on a long flight. Take the journey he made last November between Madrid and Copenhagen on Norwegian during which (naturally) he decided to use Wireshark to study the aircraft’s in-flight Wi-Fi.
Comcast Xfinity web flaws exposed customer data
It’s one thing to discover a data leak, it’s another to find out from a journalist that your website is leaking customer data.
Google to warn companies targeted in government-backed attacks
G Suite admins will have the option of enabling alerts if Google suspects government-backed hacking attempts.