Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Researches on the French government’s payroll have discovered a new way to remotely and silently seize control of personal assistants such as Google Now or Microsoft’s Siri installed on a smartphone. The brilliant hacking technique only works within short distances, and…
Rocket Kitten Hacking Group Linked to Iranian Government by Security Researchers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Group targets individuals, private businesses, academic institutes, and state departments in equal measure Trend Micro and ClearSky security firms have put out a joint, detailed paper in which theyDOCUMENT the actions of an APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) group they believe is…
Meet these five child hackers who could become top cyber security researchers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Meet these 5 child geniuses who could be the future of cybersecurity Cybersecurity industry is hunting for new talent due to severe shortfall of skilled professionals in this field and it seems the industry has already got five child geniuses. In this…
Researchers wirelessly hack a Corvette’s brakes using an insurance dongle
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans By sending SMS messages to an OBD2 dongle connected to the dashboard of a Corvette, the researchers were able to pass commands to the car’s CAN bus, which controls a slew of critical functions, including the car’s brakes. Less than a…
UNC researchers unlocking the mysteries of autism
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans RALEIGH, N.C. — One out of 68 children born in the United States is later diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder but University of North Carolina researchers believe they have found a cause for one form of the disorder. Advances in sequencing…
Researchers in Bluetooth IoT Privacy Warning
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security researchers are warning that privacy issues in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol could make users’ smart devices easily trackable from potentially long distances. Context Information Security announced the findings of new research in a post at the end of…
U of M researchers find traffic lights can be hacked
Have you ever watched a movie where a snarky young computer hacker wreaks havoc with civic infrastructure, and wondered if it could happen in real life? Read More…. For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post on National Cyber Security
Researchers warn of connected car hacking dangers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hi-tech vehicles could be at increased risk from hackers, researchers warn Researchers have issued a warning to drivers about some of the security risks inherent to modern hi-tech cars. Computer systems inside these modern vehicles have raised serious concerns regarding […]…
Researchers say GameOver malware is back
Last month, DOJ announced that International law enforcement agencies disrupted the Game Over Botnet. However, Researchers at Sophos say the GameOver malware is back. Researchers spotted several spam campaign and analyzed a few samples of the new version. The new version has few modifications. Read More…. For more information go…
Mandiant Researchers: Heartbleed Attack Bypasses Multifactor Authentication, Hijacks VPN Sessions.
According to the researchers at security firm Mandiant the attackers have developed a way to exploit heartbleed in an SSL VPN. The Heartbleed bug, as it’s now known, affects any sites and services running specific versions of OpenSSL. It is estimated that over 66% of the web uses OpenSSL, so…
