Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security researcher Craig Smith developed a device to test if car diagnostics tools used in car dealerships to test and fix modern cars can be hacked and then used as infection stations, spreading malware to other cars. Craig named this concept…
Android phone users warned of latest hacktest hacking threat
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Independent reports that all Android phones are vulnerable to a huge hack that could allow people to take over phones if people just watch one ‘innocent’ video. The bug has been called Stagefright 2 and is similar to a bug…
US should sanction China for hacking: Rackspace exec
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Rackspace‘s chief security officer said Wednesday it was critical for the United States to impose sanctions on China in response to alleged cyber attacks. The White House is considering applying sanctions against companies and individuals in China it believes have benefited…
Samantha Cameron ‘sent messages to Rebekah Brooks through intermediaries in Chipping Norton shop’ during phone hacking scandal
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Samantha Cameron sent messages via intermediaries at a shop in Chipping Norton to Rebekah Brooks after David Cameronreportedly “threw her to the wolves” during the phone hacking scandal, an excerpt from the former Tory donor Lord Ashcroft’s book has claimed. More…
Cyber Hacking Conference Oct. 3 in Quad-Cities
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The event will include speakers, contests and prizes, capture the flag, red/blue team exercises, hacker village, t-shirt and swag, an after party for participants over 21. Children of the CornCon, a kids hacker camp, will include the ethics of making and…
Hacking an Android phone can be as simple as typing in a really long password
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Android 5.0 “Lollipop,” the latest version of the Android phone operating system, is vulnerable to a simple hack that involves typing in a password so long that it causes the phone to crash before then booting to the unlocked home screen….
Hacking risk threatens the future of connected cars
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The connected car may be catching everyone’s imagination at this year’s IAA auto show. But the new technology also brings with it new dangers, such as hacking. Carmakers at the Frankfurt Motor Show, which opens its doors to the general public…
The frightening ease of voicemail hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans “Hi, Dell. This is Andrew at EFF. We got disconnected. Oh, I think you might be calling me.” I was playing phone tag with Andrew Crocker, a law fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, during an ongoing conversation aboutnational security letters….
Hacking, China’s maritime claims overshadow Xi’s US visit
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first state visit to Washington this week, the outlook for relations is decidedly murkier than when he hosted President Barack Obama at their last summit less than a year ago. Tensions are rising over…
AT&T SUES EX-EMPLOYEES OVER PHONE UNLOCKING & HACKING MALWARE
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AT&T has brought a lawsuit against three of its former employees and an Anaheim-based IT company, alleging that the group conspired to install malware on company computers that would illicitly generate unlock codes for customer phones. According to the suit, Anaheim’s…